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POLE POSITION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1606169
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the British Racing Drivers' Club. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0947981209. Spine bumped. Wrapper faded to spine and has some edge creasing.

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THE 1907 & 1908 RACING ITALAS
Written by Cecil Clutton.
Stock no. 1606162
Published by Profile Publications. Circa 1967. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Profile Publications Number 61. B/w photos, with colour illustrations to inside covers. 10 page booklet. Covers scuffed and slightly grubby.

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A CENTURY OF GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING
Written by Anthony Pritchard; Stirling Moss.
Stock no. 1606154
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A panorama of Grand Prix motor racing from the pioneering road races during the last years of the 19th century to the highly sophisticated and lavishly promoted events of today. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 272 pages. ISBN: 1899870385. Contents fine. Dustwrapper spine faded to pink (from red).

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THE WORLD CHAMPIONS
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1606137
Published by Leslie Frewin. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From Giuseppe Farina (1950) to Emerson Fittipaldi (1972). Their Lives, their failures, their triumphs. Black cloth boards, no titles to boards. B/w photos. 265 pages. ISBN: 0856320544. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little worn at edges, very slightly faded to spine, and is lightly browned.

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CHASING THE TITLE: MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM FIFTY YEARS OF FORMULA 1
Written by Nigel Roebuck.
Stock no. 1606120
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In 1999, The Formula 1 World Championship was 50 years old. Nigel Roebuck gives a personal selection of highlights from the past half-century, full of his own memories, colourful anecdtes and human interest, in the style of his highly popular Fifth Column in Autosport. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 1859606040. A few tiny foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of tiny tears.

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THE POWER GAME: THE HISTORY OF FORMULA 1 AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Written by Ivan Rendall.
Stock no. 1606088
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 17 Grands Prix which make up the World Championship are worth some £2bn a year. They are firmly controlled by Bernie Ecclestone and the Formula 1 team bosses, a small, tightly knit group of tough, equally entrepreneurial men... Navy blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 030435399X. Red spot to spine edge of lower text block. Text block lightly browned. Joints a little worn. Partially erased pencil annotation to rear endpaper (relatively minor). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean.

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POSTCARDS FROM DETROIT: REMEMBERING FORMULA 1 IN THE MOTOR CITY
Written by Roger Hart.
Stock no. 1605923
Published by David Bull Publishing. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Capturing the uniquely American atmosphere of the Detroit Grand Prix and a bygone era in Formula 1 racing. Roger Hart's compelling b/w photographs and accompanying recollections convey the relaxed camaraderie among drivers and a sense of fun that is hard to imagine in today's more intense paddock area. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 1893618722. A lovely copy.

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TRACKRAT: MEMOIR OF A FAN
Written by Bob Englehart.
Stock no. 1605899
Published by Bob Englehart. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

What compels a young man or woman to spend ungodly amounts of time and money driving a racecar every weekend at the local track, risking life and limb at 150 miles per hour, entertaining friends and total strangers? The author felt he had to find out after witnessing the tragic wreck that killed Boston-area driver Shane Hammond at Thompson International Speedway. Trackrat explores a slice of American culture, the short track racing obsession and how the author became a fan. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 244 pages. ISBN: 9781491065402. Slight grubbiness to lower edge of text block else contents clean.

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AUTOMOBILE YEAR No. 7 1959-1960
No author listed.
Stock no. 1712075
Published by Edita S.A. Lausanne. 1959. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

1959-60. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Wrapper edge-worn.

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BUGATTI LE PUR-SANG DES AUTOMOBILES
Written by H.G. Conway.
Stock no. 1712051
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Additional material includes details of a Bugatti steam engine and an index compiled with characteristic thoroughness. The authoritative history of the Ettore Bugatti and the exquisite road and racing cars that he created. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 459 pages including index. ISBN: 0854290842. A few marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to verso of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Some creasing to dustwrapper.

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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. 1711495
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very 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. Spine and corners lightly shelf-worn. Foxing mainly to text block, prelims and endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge-creased, spine faded and rear panel a little grubby.

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THE WORKS MGS
Written by Mike Allison; Peter Browning.
Stock no. 1711388
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In Pre-war and post-war races, rallies, trials and record-breaking. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 320 pages. ISBN: 1859606032. SIGNED by both authors to title page. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased to base of spine.

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