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THE VINTAGE ALVIS
Written by Peter Hull; N. Johnson.
Stock no. 1712087
Published by The Alvis Register. 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 620 pages. ISBN: 0952334405.

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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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VINTAGE STYLE: THE STORY OF CROSS & ELLIS
Written by Gillian Bardsley.
Stock no. 1712047
Published by Brewin Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition.

This monograph describes the history and the products of the Coventry Coach builders. The heyday of handbuilt luxury cars on such chassis as Alvis Armstrong Siddeley and Lea Francis with coachbuilt bodies by Cross and Ellis, has been carefully researched. Large format. Pink pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 68 pages. ISBN: 1858580110. A few minor marks to covers, spine is faded. Contents clean.

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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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AMERICAN CAR HAULERS
Written by Richard J. Copello.
Stock no. 1711404
Published by Mbi Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. The Crestline Series. 224 pages. ISBN: 076030694x. Corners lightly creased.

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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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THE MOTOR CAR: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by Gianni Marin; Andrea Mattei.
Stock no. 1711267
Published by Anthony Blond. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A history of the motor car, from Cugnot's Steam Wagon of 1770 to the 'E' Type Jaguar. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. xxvi and 254 pages. Small mark to base of spine, lower edge of boards lightly browned. Prelims and rear endpapers foxed. Text block browned. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper has some closed tears and a little loss to top of front panel and base of rear panel, is a little grubby.

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COME MOTOR RACING WITH ME
Written by Ian Nickols. Illustrated by George Lake.
Stock no. 1711261
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ian Nickols describes the many different aspects of the motor racing scene, taking the reader for a practice spin in the cockpit, describing the basic principles of design and tuning, and explaining the elements of cornering technique. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 160 Pages. Price-cut dustwrapper edge-chipped, with a tear to front panel and a couple of chips, rear panel is grubby. Date in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean.

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DIRECTORY OF GRAND PRIX CARS 1945-65
Written by Mike Lawrence.
Stock no. 1711238
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Every Grand Prix of the period together with specifications and racing history plus details of some projects which never even raced. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0946627460. A limited edition signed copy. This is no. 12 of 200. SIGNED by author Mike Lawrence and Tony Brooks, John Cooper, Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori, R.R.C. Walker on a bookplate stuck to verso of front endpaper. Binding of book into covers is lower than expected, (publisher error). Wrapper lightly browned. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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IN THE LEFT-HAND SEAT: A SPORTING BIOGRAPHY OF THE HON. JOHN DAWSON-DAMER
Written by John J. Coe.
Stock no. 1711235
Published by Turton & Armstrong. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of a former Australian rally navigator champion who later established an astounding collection of Lotus racing cars. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xiv and 148 pags including index. ISBN: 0908031807. A lovely copy. Very light edge-creasing to top of dustwrapper and light scuffing. Front flap of dustwrapper has old price-label.

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ROLLS-ROYCE MEMORIES: A COMING-OF-AGE SOUVENIR
Written by H. Massac Buist.
Stock no. 1711187
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Printed for private circulation at the Cambridge University Press. Brown cloth spine. Grey boards. B/w photos. 93 pages. A few marks to boards. Endpapers browned. Scattered foxing throughout.

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