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SPORTS CAR RACING IN CAMERA 1960-69
Written by Paul Parker.
Stock no. 2131229
Published by Haynes. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The world of sports car racing in the 1960s springs to life here through stunning full-colour period photography and the author's well-observed commentary. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844254002. A few marks to covers. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper has a couple of small nicks at corners.

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THUNDERBIRD SILVER ANNIVERSARY BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2130927
Published by Quicksilver Communications, Inc.. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 25 years of excellence.

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MINI: THE TRUE AND SECRET HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF A MOTOR CAR
Written by Simon Garfield.
Stock no. 1817503
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A fascinating story of British endeavour, ingenuity and masterful marketing. In May 1959, the first Mini was produjced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. It would take a team of supremely talented designers, draftsmen, engineers and production-line workers to build a car that was unique in appearance and construction. Somehow, the Mini became an icon. Blue boards, white title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w photos and a few colour. xiv and 285 pages including index. ISBN: 9780571248094. A lovely copy!

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SEVEN YEAR TWITCH
Written by Marcus Chambers.
Stock no. 1817472
Published by Motoraces Book Club. 1st thus 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd 1962. B/w photos. The author was for seven years competitions manager to BMC and was responsible for the most consistently successful rally team. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xiii and 225 pages. Page browning to contents. Name & address in ink to verso of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is grubby and scuffed.

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FAMOUS MOTOR RACES
Written by Rodney Walkerley.
Stock no. 1817470
Published by Motoraces Book Club. 1st thus 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally published by Arthur Barker Ltd. 1963. Edited by Walkerley. Grey boards, purple title to spine. B/w photos. Foxing and browning to text block else contents fine. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-creased with a small closed tear to edges.

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AUTOCOURSE 1989-90
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 2130293
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 39th Year. Foreword by Alain Prost. ISBN: 0905138627. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips.

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CORVETTE ROADSTER
No author listed.
Stock no. 2130087
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 0854295933. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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BUGATTI TYPE 46 & 50 THE BIG BUGATTIS
Written by Barrie Price.
Stock no. 2129950
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Updated edition. A concise history, an engineering analysis and the most thorough survey yet of the many coachbuilt bodies fitted to these famous chassis. Pale grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1901295699. Spine is bumped. Couple of grubby marks to covers and endpapers. Actual contents are still excellent! Dustwrapper is edge-creased.

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MOTORING IN THE 30s
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 2129766
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sandwiched between two exciting periods - the 20s made legendary by the vintage movement and the unforgettable 40s - is the eventful and significant 30s. This book explains why more cars were sold than ever before at a time when the country was supposed to be in a desperate economic state. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 216 pages including index. ISBN: 0850593654. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Spine is slightly cocked. Contents clean. Price-cut yellow pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. A very nice copy.

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BEST WHEEL FORWARD
Written by J.A. Gregoire.
Stock no. 2129757
Published by Motoraces Book Club. 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Motor Racing in France from 1920's to 1950's. Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 194 pages. Spotting to endpapers and outer page edges. Publisher label has come unstuck (but still present) to title page.

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ADVERTISING BRITISH CARS OF THE 50S
Written by Heon Stevenon.
Stock no. 2129745
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In the 'fifties, for the first time, everyone's dream of owning a car could become a reality. From Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire to Wolseley 15-60, from the world's "finest 3-wheeler" to "5 star" Fords, enjoy the British cars of the 'fifties and the advertising campaigns designed to sell them. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0854298983. A few minor foxspots to rear endpaper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has some grubby marks.

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THE MOTOR FOR THE MILLION THE AUSTIN SEVEN 1922-1939
Written by R.J. Wyatt. Illustrated by Peter Huntley.
Stock no. 1817434
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0356014428. Verso of dustwrapper edge strengthened with clear tape which has left marks on the boards and is bleeding through to the front of the dustwrapper. Price-cut dustwrapper is also faded at spine.

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