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THE CHEQUERED FLAG: 100 YEARS OF MOTOR RACING
Written by Ivan Rendall.
Stock no. 2107462
Published by Ted Smart. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A unique, year by year reference of 100 years of international motor racing. Updated and reprinted. Large format. Green pictorial glazed boards. Colour and b/w photos. Foreword by Nigel Mansell. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0297832204. A few small marks to prelims. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of small nicks.

TOWN TRANSPORT IN CAMERA
Written by J. Joyce.
Stock no. 1603438
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711010358. Corners bumped. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine and edge rubbed.

THE CALL OF THE SEA
Written by Steve Humphries.
Stock no. 2107382
Published by BBC Books. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. A unique record of Britain's maritime past. ISBN: 056338722X. Wrapper is price-cut with light edge-creasing and browning to spine.

NIGEL MANSELL: THE MAKINGS OF A CHAMPION
Written by Christopher Hilton.
Stock no. 2107367
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of the battle to the fore of motor racing by Nigel Mansell, culminating in his challenge for the world championship in 1986. This biography charts his childhood, his early driving in Formula Ford and Formula Three until he attracted the attention of Colin Chapman of Lotus. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0718306368. Page browning. A few marks to boards. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

BRITISH TRAMS IN CAMERA
Written by Julian Thompson.
Stock no. 1706246
Published by Fraser Stewart. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The postwar tram era before it was eclipsed by the motorbus. Over 200 photos in b/w. Blue pictorial glazed boards. ISBN: 1874723230.

STEAMING INTO THE EIGHTIES
Written by G.T. Heavyside.
Stock no. 2107330
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. The Standard Gauge Preservation Scene. B/w photos. ISBN: 071537513X. Small ink inscription to front endpaper.

TRAMS AND TRAMWAYS
Written by Ernest F. Carter.
Stock no. 2107307
Published by W. & G. Foyle Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

Small format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Foyles Handbooks. Spine is bumped, with a little chipping to laminate. Odd foxspot to pages.

COMPETITION CAR CONTROLS
Written by Ian Bamsey; Alan Lis.
Stock no. 1706227
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The intriguing world of technology for faster and safer driving. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 238 pages. ISBN: 0946132615. Boards & contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has some light creasing.

THE SPORTS CAR
Written by Ian Ward.
Stock no. 1603426
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0713710721. Corners rubbed.

GRAND PRIX RACING: THE ENTHUSIAST'S COMPANION
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1806030
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Compiled by Anthony Pritchard. A panorama of Grand Prix motor racing from the pioneering road races in France in the 1890s, through the Edwardian years, the bleak twenties, German domination in the 1930s to the early post-war years of Italian supremacy and the gradual rise of the British Racing Green. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 255 pages. ISBN: 0946627797. Dustwrapper spine creased at top and is slightly faded. Contents clean.

THE OCEAN ON A PLANK
Written by W.A. Doust.
Stock no. 2107235
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Remarkable Life of a Marine Salvage Engineer. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854220887. Wrapper is price-cut with browning/fading to spine.

ROVER P6 ANTHOLOGY 1963-1977 (2000 / 2200)
Written by Daniel Young.
Stock no. 1603407
Published by P4 Spares. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Articles reprinted from various motoring publications, especially Autocar amd Motor, compiled by Daniel Young. ISBN: 0951176072. Front cover creased. Contents clean. A scarce edition.