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GREEN RACES RED EDDIE IRVINE'S FIRST SEASON WITH FERRARI
Written by Eddie Irvine.
Stock no. 2139920
Published by Collins Willow. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour photos. ISBN: 0002187620. SIGNED by author to title page. Small knocks to top and tail of spine and a couple of corners. Grubby mark to front endpaper. Page browning.

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE RACING CAR
Written by Laurence Pomeroy.
Stock no. 2139917
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Based on the heroic age of motor racing from 1903 to 1937, the author has woven a fascinating composition, much more than a mere technical or historical book. B/w photos. Light bumping to top and tail of spine. A few marks to covers. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with browning and some grubby marks.

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H.R.G. THE SPORTSMAN'S IDEAL
Written by Ian Dussek.
Stock no. 2139878
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The origins of the car and technical details explained, and the production and competition record. Yellow boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0947981047. Wrapper is price-cut.

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FIFTY YEARS WITH MOTOR CARS
Written by A.F.C. Hillstead.
Stock no. 2139877
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. The author's life in motoring and motor sport. Browning and a little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has a few chips and nicks to edges; light foxing.

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THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORT CARS 1945-1975
Written by Rob De La Rive Box.
Stock no. 2139869
Published by Rebo Publishers. 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Back to the racing circuits of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s when cars such as those of Gianni and Lamborghini competed. Glazed pictorial boards. 4th edition. Colour photos. ISBN: 9789036615150.

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REG PARNELL
Written by Graham Gauld.
Stock no. 2139862
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The quiet man who helped to engineer Britain's post-war motor racing revolution. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852605618.

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LE MANS
Written by Anders Ditlev Clausager.
Stock no. 2139853
Published by Arthur Barker Limited. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. Large oblong format. B/w photos. The story of the Le Mans race. ISBN: 0213168464. Page edge browning, with some foxing. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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W.O. BENTLEY: THE MAN BEHIND THE MARQUE
Written by Malcolm Bobbitt.
Stock no. 1823866
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first full biography of the founder and inspiration behind Bentley Cars. An insight into the conception and design of some of the most famous sporting cars in automobile history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859833527. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BENTLEY BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by Hugh Young.
Stock no. 1823865
Published by Bentley Drivers Club Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The best articles which have appeared in the Bentley Driver's Club Review. B/w photos. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Foxing to prelims else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-rubbed.

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SPLIT SECONDS: MY RACING YEARS
Written by Raymond Mays.
Stock no. 1823861
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's racing years. An account of a life spent in the services of motor-racing, of almost overwhelming difficulties which have been overcome, and of the fulfillment of a life's ambition to produce a representative racing car that could uphold the prestige of his beloved country. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Spine browned, a few minor marks to boards. Light browning to contents. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-rubbed.

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PARRY THOMAS DESIGNER-DRIVER
Written by Hugh Tours.
Stock no. 1823851
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Biography of the car designer and racer (Full name John Godfrey Parry Thomas). Spine browned, browning to rear board. Minor foxing to text block. Previous bookseller's rubber stamp to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and just a little scuffed.

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WHEEL PATTER: MEMOIRS OF IRISH MOTOR SPORT
Written by Dudley Colley.
Stock no. 1823849
Published by The Talbot Press Limited. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An authentical and not too technical account of the world of motor sport from the inside. Grey cloth boards, blue titles & vignette to front board. B/w photos and thumbnail sketches. SIGNED by the author with a dedication to Elizabeth Nagle of The Veteran Car Club to front endpaper. Spine browned, boards grubby and stained. Text block and endpapers browned. Cancelled Veteran Car Club stamp to front pastedown is mostly hidden by front flap of dustwrapper, another stamp to rear endpaper. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed and scuffed, a little grubby.

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