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HANDLEY PAGE BOMBERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Chaz Bowyer.
Stock no. 2139893
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1946627681. Spine slightly bumped. Wrapper is slightly faded to spine.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EUROPEAN SPORTS & GT CARS 1945 TO 1960
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 2139889
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A FOULIS Motoring book. A complete record of all European Sports and GT cars from 1945 to 1960. Light marbled brown imitation leather cloth boards. Gitl title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 0854292810. Some browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.

A-Z OF CARS OF THE 1920S
Written by Nick Baldwin; Bill Boddy.
Stock no. 2139883
Published by Bay View Books. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This booko opens with an introduction vividly conveying the spirit of motoring in the 1920s by Bill Boddy, Founder Editor of Motor Sport, who also read and added to Nick Baldwin's text. This is followed by a review of the British motor industry and of developments in motor car manufacture and design in the decade. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 240 pages. ISBN: 1870979532. A few minor marks to half-title page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORT CARS 1945-1975
Written by Rob De La Rive Box.
Stock no. 2139869
Published by Rebo Publishers. 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Back to the racing circuits of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s when cars such as those of Gianni and Lamborghini competed. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 287 pages. ISBN: 9789036615150. Reprint. A lovely copy!

REG PARNELL
Written by Graham Gauld.
Stock no. 2139862
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The quiet man who helped to engineer Britain's post-war motor racing revolution. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1852605618. A lovely copy!

AEROSPATIALE: ARCHITECT OF THE FUTURE
Written by Gerard Maoui.
Stock no. 2139848
Published by Le Cherche Midi Editeur. Circa 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue covers with silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. Text in French and English. ISBN: 2862741507. Bumping and light wear to spine and corners. Bump to top of spine has caused pages to be slightly creased within the book. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears; some grubby marks.

LEISURE AIRLINES OF EUROPE
Written by Klaus Vomhof.
Stock no. 2139839
Published by Scoval Publishing Ltd. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated history of the Airlines that did so much to reduce costs of travel for millions of east and west Europeans. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 1902236092.

W.O. BENTLEY: THE MAN BEHIND THE MARQUE
Written by Malcolm Bobbitt.
Stock no. 1823866
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first full biography of the founder and inspiration behind Bentley Cars. An insight into the conception and design of some of the most famous sporting cars in automobile history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859833527. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

BY MOTOR TO THE GOLDEN GATE
Written by Emily Post; Jane Lancaster.
Stock no. 1823860
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether is was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published in 1916. This annotated edition includes a biographical sketch of Post. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. x and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 0786419407. Glued binding at half-title is drying out and thus joint is split at lower half - front joint fragile but binding still tight elsewhere.

PARRY THOMAS DESIGNER-DRIVER
Written by Hugh Tours.
Stock no. 1823851
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Biography of the car designer and racer (Full name John Godfrey Parry Thomas). Spine browned, browning to rear board. Minor foxing to text block. Previous bookseller's rubber stamp to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and just a little scuffed.

THUNDER IN THE PARK
Written by Tom Wheatcroft.
Stock no. 1823846
Published by Live Wire. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 5000. The story of Tom Wheatcroft and Donington Park. 280 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 0954286057. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. This is copy 4130 of 5000. A lovely, clean copy.

DIRECTORY OF CLASSIC PROTOTYPES AND GRAND TOURING CARS
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1823842
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 212 pages. ISBN: 0946627290. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication), signature also to half-title page - could be the author again or someone else... Lower edge of text block a little grubby. Contents clean.