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THE TVRS A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 2117038
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd..
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The story of TVR, one of Britain's best-known specialist car manufacturers, is one of triumph over extreme and persistent adversity, for few if any other companies in modern times can have endured so many crises along the path to financial security. A fascinating pictorial path from the first kit cars to the TVRs of the late 1980s. Second edition. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages. ISBN: 0947981179. Couple of corners are lightly bumped. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Pale page edge browning and minor foxing to top edge, else contents are excellent. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and has publisher's price label to rear panel.
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CLOSE TO THE EDGE
Written by Dick Sheppard; Jacquie De Creed.
Stock no. 2116967
Published by Tweenbrook Publishing.
1st
2011.
Almost very good condition.
So you'd like to know more about stunting..... Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780956532916. SIGNED by Sheppard, with dedication to title page. Spine has crease vertically down it. Cover corners are creased. Glued binding is drying out and thus contents are liable to become detached, indeed several pages are detached.
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PININFARINA: ART AND INDUSTRY 1930-2000
Written by Antoine Prunet.
Stock no. 2116629
Published by Haynes Publishing.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The official history of the famous automobile design house Pininfarina, from the humble factory started in Italy 70 years ago to today's world-class manufacturing company with two plants and a research and development facility equipped with its own wind tunnel. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 379 pages plus appendices. ISBN: 1859606849. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few scuff marks and a couple of small tears (no loss).
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F1 IMAGES
Written by Daniele Amaduzzi.
Stock no. 2116622
Published by Guild Publishing.
1st thus
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Superb colour photos of Formula One motor sport. Green cloth boards with gilt title to front, no title to spine. Unpaginated. Bumping to board corners. Some light rubbing to cover edges. Front endpaper is creased. Hinges pulled but binding is tight. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and lightly scuffed.
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MG MIDGET & AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE
Written by Jim Tyler.
Stock no. 1606810
Published by Osprey Automotive.
1993.
Very good condition.
Large format. Card wraps. Restoration, Preparation, Maintenance. B/w photos and diagrams. 239 pages. ISBN: 1855322293. Corners rubbed, some corner creasing of covers. Page corners rubbed. Contents clean.
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- CAR REPAIR MANUAL
MOTOR REPAIR 1966-1968 MODELS
Written by J. Dewar McLintock; S.F. Page.
Stock no. 1606801
Published by International Learning Systems Corporation Limited.
1969.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. Some mottling to boards. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge torn and chipped with some loss.
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- ENGINES
- ENGINEERING
THREE-POINTED STAR: THE STORY OF MERCEDES-BENZ CARS AND THEIR RACING SUCCESSES
Written by David Scott-Moncrieff; St. John C. Nixon; Clarence Paget.
Stock no. 1810823
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The story of the rise of Mercedes-Benz begins in the middle of the 19th century with the early years of two great motoring pioneers, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 360 pages including index. Vertical crease to spine where the book has been read. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block a little grubby but contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-chipped with fading and large amount of loss to spine (see photo) - tape repair now yellowed to verso, grubby to rear panel.
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MERCEDES IN MOTORSPORT: PIONEERS TO PERFECTION
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1810816
Published by Haynes Publishing Group.
1st
2001.
Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A factual account of the Mercedes motorsport story, spiced with fascinating anecdotes and recollections from many personalities who over the years have played key roles in the competition programme of the famous Three-Pointed Star. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 185960658X. Dint to lower edge of boards, front and rear (dropped?). Contents clean. Light scuffing to dustwrapper.
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THE AUTOCOURSE HISTORY OF THE GRAND PRIX CAR 1966-1985
Written by Doug Nye.
Stock no. 1810811
Published by Hazleton Publishing.
1st
1986.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive survey of the technicalities, triumphs and triublations behind the design and development of the Grand Prix car. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 264 pages. ISBN: 0905138376. Corners lightly bumped. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-creased to top edge of rear panel with a couple of small closed tears (no loss), some light scuffing.
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VANWALL 2.5 LITRE F1: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1810780
Published by Haynes Publishing Group.
1st
1990.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The definitive Vanwall arrived in 1956, a British Racing Green car capable of beating the best of the reds. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour and b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 085429838X. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.
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RANGE ROVER GOLD PORTFOLIO 1970-1992
Written by R.M. Clarke.
Stock no. 2116365
Published by Brooklands Books.
Very good condition.
Contains articles previously published in various leading motoring magazines from 1970-1992. Complied by R.M. Clarke. Large format. Brown pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 179 pages. ISBN: 185520150X. Spine lightly faded. A cover corners are creased. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Some page browning.
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- LAND ROVER (CARS)
GRAND PRIX BUGATTI
Written by H.G. Conway.
Stock no. 1810763
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group.
2nd
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Second edition, reivsed. The definitive story of the Bugatti Types 35, 37, 43 and 51 in their various forms, cars whose engineering excellence, lightness and efficiency marked the birth of a new era in racing car technology. B/w photos. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 272 pages including index. ISBN: 0854292934. Light yellowing/browning to bottom edges of boards. Top front corner lightly bumped. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge-browning. A light musty odour present when contents are fanned. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.
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