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ECURIE ECOSSE: DAVID MURRAY AND THE LEGENDARY SCOTTISH MOTOR RACING TEAM
Written by Eric Dymock.
Stock no. 1824663
Published by Pj Publishing Ltd. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ecurie Ecosse is recognised worldwide as one of the most successful private sports car racing teams ever. This book explores the reasons, both probable and possible, not only for the team's rise to prominence, but also its inexorable decline. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 271 pages. ISBN: 9780955010223. Top of spine bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, lightly scuffed to rear panel, previous bookseller's label covering the isbn to rear panel.

FERRARI
Written by Hans Tanner.
Stock no. 1824620
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 4th 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

4th edition revised with new format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. 310 pages plus appendices. ISBN: 0854291350. Small indents to rear panel of dustwrapper and rear board of book (relatively minor). Remains of a rectangular label to front pastedown hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Foxing to prelims and last page of index. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded to rear panel. Musty odour present.

BRITISH CARS AT LE MANS
Written by Dominique Pascal.
Stock no. 1824618
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Foulis motoring book. A record by word and picture of every AC, Aston Martin, Bentley, Healey, Jaguar, Lotus, MG and Triumph to have competed in the classic 24 hour race since 1923. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 085429872X. Very pale browning to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

JAGUAR SPORTS RACING & WORKS COMPETITION CARS TO 1953
Written by Andrew Whyte.
Stock no. 1824596
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. B/w photos. The first volume of the author's definitive two part history of Jaguar in motor sport. ISBN: 0854292772. A clean copy, lacking the dustwrapper.

LAND SPEED RECORD
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1824595
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of the record breaking cars from 39MPH to 600+ MPH. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0850450373. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and marked to rear panel.

THE HISTORY OF BROOKLANDS MOTOR COURSE
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1824579
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

A comprehensive history of the famous Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey covering the period of 1906 to 1940, when the Track was in active use as a venue for motor-racing, testing and record-breaking. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 368 pages including index. Boards heavily mottled. Name label to front pastedown (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Foxing to text block and throughout contents (not too heavy). Price-cut blue dustwrapper is repaired and strengthened with mostly clear tape (now yellowed with age), repair to rear panel has a white label, dustwrapper is grubby. Also contains relevant newspaper articles loosely inserted.

VANWALL: GREEN FOR GLORY
Written by Ed. McDonough.
Stock no. 1324137
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the Vanwall in new light. Reappraising the contributions of the engineers and drivers, and offering a fresh interpretation of Vendervell's part in the story, a book that will be welcomed by all fans of historic motor sport. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861265425. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and rubbed. Neat barcode label to rear panel of dustwrapper (covering printed barcode).

THE MOTOR CYCLING CLUB
Written by Peter Garnier.
Stock no. 1824430
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of Britain's oldest sporting club for motor cycles and cars, founded in 1901. Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 221 pages pages includes index. ISBN: 0715393111. Light bump to top of spine.

AUTOCOURSE 1991-1992
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1323944
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 41st year. Foreword by Nobuhiko Kawamoto, president of Honda Motor Company. ISBN: 0905138872. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and slightly edge rubbed/creased.

AUTOCOURSE 2007-2008
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 1824119
Published by Crash Media Group. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 57th year of publication. Foreword by Kimi Raikkonen 2007 world champion. ISBN: 9781905334216. Minor mark to base of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine, lightly rubbed to base of spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

PORSCHE TURBO RACING CARS
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1824043
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The origins of the turbocharged Porsche racing car and the technology of exhaust gas turbo-supercharging. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 158 pages. ISBN: 0854297804. Light scuff to front board. Light pencil erasure to top corner of front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

DIRECTORY OF GRAND PRIX CARS 1945-65
Written by Mike Lawrence.
Stock no. 1824035
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide that describes every Grand Prix car of the period, together with specifications and racing history, and also details projects which never even raced. Marbled red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 264 pages. ISBN: 0946627460. Pencil erasure mark to top corner of verso of front endpaper. Contents clean. Musty odour present.