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ITALIAN HIGH-PERFORMANCE CARS
Written by Anthony Pritchard; Keith Davey.
Stock no. 1823976
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maserati, Lancia, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo - the leading Italian sports cars of the time are the main subject of this book. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. B/w photos. 374 pages including index. Minor mark to rear board. Minor fading to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers & prelims lightly browned. A few minor foxspots to contents else clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is repaired at top corners with now browned tape, corners lightly rubbed, spine and rear panel a little grubby. Musty odour present.

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BEYOND THE LENS VOLUME 2: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF GEORGE MCKAIGE
Written by Chester McKaige.
Stock no. 2140520
Published by Chester McKaige. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Collection of Motor Racing Photographs 1952 - 1956 by amateur photographer George McKaige. Large format. Dark green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780646472607. SIGNED by Chester McKaige, with an inscription/dedication to previous owners on publisher information page. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing and a couple of tiny nicks.

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BEYOND THE LENS VOLUME 1: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF GEORGE MCKAIGE
Written by Chester McKaige.
Stock no. 2140519
Published by Chester McKaige. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Collection of Motor Racing Photographs 1946 - 1951 by amateur photographer George McKaige. Large format. B/w pictorial boards. Limited edition to 100 copies. B/w photos. ISBN: 0646435450. SIGNED by Chester McKaige to verso of front endpaper, this is Copy No. 54. A few small knocks to cover edges; couple of corners are bumped. Contents are excellent!

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THE MODERN MOTOR ENGINEER (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Arthur W. Judge.
Stock no. 2140396
Published by The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd.. 1948. Almost very good condition.

4th edition. New and Revised Edition. A practical work on the maintenance, running, adjustment and repair of automobiles of all types and on the management of garages. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles to spines. B/w photos and diagrams. Reprint of Fourth Edition. Bumping and wear to spines and corners to varying degrees; a little fraying to cloth on a couple of volumes. Marks and scuffs to covers. Foxing, a few finger marks to margins, and some page browning present - contents generally very nice despite this.

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DRIVERS WILD
Written by Red Daniells. Illustrated by Red Daniells.
Stock no. 2140362
Published by Scorpion Press. 1ST 1961. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Browning to covers. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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TOJ: JOHN TOJEIRO AND HIS CARS
Written by Graham Gauld.
Stock no. 2140361
Published by Havelock Publishing. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Born in Portugal but brought up in England, John Tojeiro is best known for the adoption of one of his sports racing car designs by the AC company to make the AC-Bristol which begat the AC Cobra. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. viii and 95 pages. ISBN: 0954916719. A very nice copy.

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BRITISH TRIAL DRIVERS: THEIR CARS, MOTORCYCLES AND AWARDS 1902 - 1914
Written by Donald Cowbourne.
Stock no. 2140360
Published by Westbury Publishing. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book lists not only the drivers and their cars who competed in some of the major British Trials but also motorcyclists who competed in these events. Oblong format. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. xi and 602 pages. ISBN: 1841030228. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper has some light edge-creasing and is lightly scuffed.

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THE MORGAN: SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS ON THE ROAD
Written by Ken Hill.
Stock no. 2140282
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book records the success of the Morgan automobile by way of being a fascinating and attractive collection of advertisements issued by the Morgan Motor Company over the past seventy-five years. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0713713704. A nice, clean copy. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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AUTOMOBILE YEAR 1956-1957 ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE REVIEW No. 4
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140280
Published by Edita S.A. Lausanne. 1956. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to covers. Some browning and foxing.

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TON UP! A CELEBRATION OF A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE MIDLAND AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Written by Jonathan Toulmin; Pat Toulmin.
Stock no. 2140279
Published by Midland Automobile Club. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Midland Automobile Club was formed just ten days into the twentieth century, and just a few days before the death of Queen Victoria. It was founded by motoring enthusiasts and pioneers of the British Motor Industry. Possibly the Oldest motor sporting club in the UK. Hill Climbs - Races - Rallies - Trials - Sprints. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 240 pages. A lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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PORSCHE 917
Written by Michael Cotton.
Stock no. 2140231
Published by William Kimberley Limited. 1st 1987. Almost very good condition.

How the 917 was the cornerstone that enabled Porsche to be endurance racing in the 1970s and 80s. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. Kimberley's Racing Sportscar Guide No. 1. ISBN: 0946132259. Contents have become almost detached from covers at base - where the contents have come unglued. Else contents are clean.

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GINETTA G15 (SUPER PROFILE)
Written by John Rose.
Stock no. 2140230
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Ginetta Cars Limited is a small, unique, British specialist car manufacturer that has produced a vast array of limited production sports, racing, and road cars. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 56 pages. ISBN: 0854294961. Spine is faded and some fading to boards. Light page edge browning; a couple of instances of grubby marks to contents. Still a very nice copy.

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