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MERCEDES MAGIC
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1601939
Published by Prancing Tortoise Publications. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the 1989 Le Mans race. Large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 0951538209. Corners bumped. Contents fine. Wrapper lightly creased at edges.

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TIFF GEAR: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF TIFF NEEDELL
Written by Tiff Needell; Jeremy Clarkson.
Stock no. 2105637
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Few have raced and driven in such a wide variety of cars as Tiff Needell, but when you add a television career that has made him famous across the world, his story becomes unique. This autobiography takes you across six decades of motorsport history from a wide-eyed little boy clinging at the fence at Goodwood dreaming of being a racing driver to a television presenter on both Top Gear and Fifth Gear. Foreword by Jeremy Clarkson. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 336 pages including index. ISBN: 9780857330895. SIGNED by author 'To Andy, Merry Christmas!!' to half-title page. Minor mark to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Some light scuffing to dustwrapper.

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SALOON CAR RACE PREPARATION
Written by Nigel Macknight.
Stock no. 1601778
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

How to race-prepare the types of cars other people drive to work! More than 200 technical step-by-step illustrations. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 1852604433. Name in ink to top of title page. Contents clean.

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CONQUEST OF SPACE AND TIME: THE HIGHWAY
Written by Edgar B. Schieldrop.
Stock no. 1704495
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Conquest of Space and Time series. Road and road traffic problems internationally. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine and small vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w photos. viii and 248 pages including index. Spine lightly faded and a little cocked. Edges rubbed. Text block ligthly browned and a little grubby. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Light page edge browning. Slight musty odour present. Contents generally clean.

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MALVERNIA: THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF THE FIRST MOTOR CAR BUILT BY CHARLES AND WALTER SANTLER
Written by R.A. Sutton.
Stock no. 1204923
Published by Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

The origins and history of the first motor car built by Charles and Walter Santler at Northumberland Works, Malvern Link, Worcestershire. Large format. Green pictorial card wraps with black cloth spine. B/w photos. 53 pages. ISBN: 1870660005. A few grubby marks to covers. Minor stain to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean.

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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. 1204298
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. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper title to spine has fadded from yellow to white.

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JACQUES VILLENEUVE: A CHAMPION IN PICTURES
Written by Cedric Daetwyler. Illustrated by Gianni Giansanti.
Stock no. 1601562
Published by Goldstar Holdings. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Images telling the story of the arrival in the world of Formula 1 of a young motor racing virtuoso, Jacques Villeneuve. From his first test in 1995, the lens of photographer Gianni Giansanti, has followed his development and progress. He entered Formula 1 with the Indy Car Title and a name - son of the great Gilles Villeneuve, who dies in his Ferrari in 1982. Large format. Black cloth, grey title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9768108126. Tear to rear panel of dustwrapper (crease but no loss). Else a lovely copy.

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THE SECOND MOTOR BOOK: THE AGE OF ADVENTURE 1919-1939
Written by T.R. Nicholson.
Stock no. 824251
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An anthology edited by Nicholson. A first-person record of the early years of motoring, related by the men who created the Age of Adventure on the racing circduits of Britain, the United States and Europe, and in the roadless ways of Agrica, Asia and Australia. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 240 pages including index. Light shelf rubbing to base of spine. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a little scuffed.

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JAGUAR MK1 AND 2: WITH 240, 340 AND DAIMLER DERIVATIVES (CROWOOD AUTOCLASSIC)
Written by James Taylor.
Stock no. 821221
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book explains how the compacts came about and looks at the influences on their design. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and black & white photgraphs. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1852238682. Boards clean. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AUTOMOBILE YEAR No. 32 1984-85
No author listed.
Stock no. 818747
Published by Editions 24 Heures. 1984. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 2826500988.

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THE JOWETT JUPITER: THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME
Written by Edmund Nankivell.
Stock no. 630452
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Jupiter story from inception, production and racing derivatives and also includes a register of all Jupiters. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0713438355. Text block browned with minor foxing to top. A few grubby marks to endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is grubby to rear and very faded to front and spine with worn corners.

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THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MOTOR SPORT
Written by G.N. Georgano.
Stock no. 817462
Published by Ebury Press; Michael Joseph. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 656 pages including index. ISBN: 0718109554. Corners lightly rubbed, covers clean. Small tape marks to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly worn at top of spine.

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