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JOHN VAUGHAN AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by David Davies.
Stock no. 1704928
Published by Tentmaker Publications. 1st thus 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Or More Echoes from the Welsh Hills. Originally published in London 1897, this edition retypeset. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1899003401.

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THE ENTHUSIAST'S GUIDE TO VINTAGE SPECIALS
Written by John Bateman.
Stock no. 1601993
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detailed description of over 80 outstanding specials from the great inter-war period of track and sprint racing. Inspired by and complementary to John Bolster's classic Specials. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854297944. Corners rubbed. A few light marks to prelims and outer page edges. Contents clean. Wrapper is lightly creased and rubbed at edges.

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AUTOMOBILE SPORT 81/82
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1601973
Published by Iconplan. 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive review of the international motorsports scene. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 0907804012. Some light browning to text block. Endpapers lightly browned. Minor foxing to title page else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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EAST ANGLIA'S FIRST RAILWAYS
Written by Hugh Moffat.
Stock no. 1704892
Published by Terence Dalton Limited. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Peter Bruff and the Eastern Union Railway. B/w photos. ISBN: 086138038X. From the library of Andrew Beaumont, amateur rally driver, with address label to prelims.

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POSTWAR SPORTS CARS: THE MODERN CLASSICS
Written by Eric Dymock.
Stock no. 1601954
Published by Ebury Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Eroc Dymock's story begins with the formative pre-war years - the breeding ground of Le Mans in the Twenties - and then moves on to concentrate on the era of the 'modern classics'. He covers sixty international marques, revealing the personalities behind the cars, the technical qualities that made individual models unique, and then gives an authoritative person appreciation of the achievement of each car maker. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and, mostly, b/w photos. 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0852232195. From the library of Andrew Beaumont, amateur rally driver, with address label to verso of front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper slightly faded to spine and a little yellowed, lightly scuffed.

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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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A CENTURY ON WHEELS THE STORY OF STUDEBAKER
Written by Stephen Longstreet.
Stock no. 1704792
Published by Greenwood Press. 1970. Good condition.

A History 1852-1952. B/w photos. ISBN: 0837139783. Ex-Library.

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MAIN LINE STEAM
Written by Bill Sharman.
Stock no. 1704753
Published by Atlantic Publishers. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

25 Glorious Years of Preservation. Large format. B/w photos. Colour photos. ISBN: 0906899761. A lovely clean bright copy.

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THE FORTUNES OF BILLY
Written by Pamela Grant. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1106748
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles, vignette to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 314 pages and adverts to rear. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Marks to covers. Some foxing.

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THE REVOLT OF THE YOUNG MACCORMACKS
Written by Violet Geraldine Finny. Illustrated by Edith Scannell.
Stock no. 1106745
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Pink/red pictorial covers. B/w illustrations. Spine is very browned. Covers are marked and worn. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Some page browning and a few foxspots.

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TWIN PICKLES
Written by Ellen Campbell. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1106734
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

A Story of Two Australian Children. Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. Bumping and wear to covers, corners and spine. Presentation plate to front pasetdown. Some foxing and browning.

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