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PASSENGER CARS 1905-1912. Nicholson 1971 160 pages fine dust jacket £5.00
PASSENGER CARS 1924-1942. Sedgewick 1975 171 pages faded spine on dust jacket £4.00
PERFORMANCE CAR PORTFOLIO.PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE FILES OF PERFORMANCE CAR These are large format magazine type books,sb,random nice photos of old and new supercars.
Volume 1 fine £2
Volume 4 Fine £2
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CARS.Roberts.1978 120 pgs lrg format,v good,dust jacket £2.50
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CARS thicker,190 page1982 edition good,dust jacket £2.50
POLE POSITION Volume.7 Mazda factory motor sport magazine very lrg page size,16 pgs,this one covers l982 RAC Rally,Japanese Text fine £7.50
POLE POSITION The inside story of Williams Renault 1995 214 pgs fine d/w £5.00
POLE POSITION As above pb edition £1.00
POLE POSITION. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE BRITIDH RACING DRIVERS CLUB. Hisdtory of the club from it’s Brooklands days through to the current ownership of Silverstone and the exploits of it’s illustrious members. 1987 225 large pages. £15.00
PORSCHE. Cotton 1984, 63pgs,potted history fine, d/w £4.00
PORSCHE 911 A HISTORY OF PORSCHE’S BEST LOVED MODEL. Consumer Guide. 1989 65 pages fine dust jacket £7.50
PORSCHE 911 SUPER PROFILE. Harvey printed cover 56 pages, partly faded covers £6.50
PORSCHE THE MAN AND HIS CARS. Frankenberg. 1965 MBC edition 215 pages fine, jacket £12.00
PORTRAITS OF THE 60’S FORMULA ONE. Schlegelmilch. Eye popping book of glorious photos from the decade. The author’s eye for an atmospheric candid portrait shot is almost unmatched. Enormous book ,318 large pages, very heavy. Mint, jacket , long out of print.£35.00
THE POWER & THE GLORY.A CENTURY OF MOTOR RACING Rendall 1991 240 lrg pgs small rep to dust jacket otherwise fine £9.00
POWERED BY JAGUAR. Nye 1980 1st edition, covers HWM, Cooper, Tojiero Lister and other 50s makes that used the XK engine. Lost relating to Archie Scott-Brown..Fine, dust jacket had some printing flaws which are very common with this edition, the lamination has one or two wrinkles. £55.00
POWERED VEHICLES MADE IN THE BLACK COUNTRY . Boulton & Parsons 1990 112 pages sb fine £8.00
THE POWER GAME - THE HISTORY OF
FORMULA ONE AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. Rendall 1999 260 pages fine dust jacket
£12.00
POWER TUNING.HOW TO UPRATE THE POPULAR ENGINES Hot Car magazine.sb 97 pgs v good £2.00
PPG INDYCAR WORLD CUP SERIES 1981 144 large pages softback. V Good£12.00
PPG CUP 1997 ; THE OFFICIAL 1997 CART WORLD SERIES GUIDE. Magazine format 110 pgs sb fine £5.00
PROFILES – 1-96 inclusive A set of the famous Green covered softbacks published in the mid 60s. all fine £225.00
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RACE CAR FLASH BACK. 1900S-1980s A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAS AFFAIR WITH AUTO RACING. Gunnell 1994 304 pages softback fine £15.00
THE RACER. Reusch. Famous novel from the 30s filmed as SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS with Kirk Douglas in the early 50s. paperback . 1957 188 pages quite well thumbed. £3.00
RACERS GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE 1993 MOTORSPORTS YEARBOOK. Sakki. Track by track guide worldust jacketide, where to stay, where to watch from etc. 1993 412 pages fine softback £10.00
RACERS;THE INSIDE STORY OF WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX ENGINEERING. Nye,1982,The usual high quality Doug Nye history from Frank's own racing days to the start of the 1981 season .173 landscape pgs, dust jacket,fine. see image£15.00
RACERS as above... but no dust jacket £10.00
RACERS. Richard Williams 1997 290 pages. Well known author and TV pundit on how F1 works from the inside Mint, dust jacket £10.00
RACERS TRAVEL GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN TRACKS. Preston 1991 128 pages sb fine £6.00
RACE WITHOUT END. THE GRIND BEHIND THE GLAMOUR OF THE SASOL JORDAN GRAND PRIX TEAM. Hamilton 1996 232 pages award winning behind the scenes book which includes Eddie Irvine's debut with the team after which Senna punched him! Fine, dust jacket £12.00
RACING A SPORTS CAR. Mortimer 1957 "Handy Series" edition issued in yellow and black cloth cover with no jacket. Author raced a Healey Silverstone in early 1950s. 138 pages fine £12.00
RACING CAR - DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. Terry and Baker 1973 237 pages. How to design a modern (at the time) racing car as seen by famous jobbing designer Len Terry. 237 pages fine dust jacket £25.00
THE RACING CAR IT’S DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. Clutton, Jenkinson & Posthumus 1962 paperback. 246 pages fine £3.00
RACING CARS. Robert Welsh,1979,93 pgs,dust jacket,mint £5.00
RACING CARS AND RECORD BREAKERS 1898-1921.Nicholson 1971. 170 small pages, lovely colour artwork of significant European and American cars of the pioneer years. Fine, jacket £5.00
RACING CARS AND THE HISTORY OF MOTOR SPORT. Roberts 1973,quite a good history with nice colour photos,130 lrg pgs mint,dust jacket £5.00
RACING CARS: GRANADA GUIDES 83, 63Pgs, fine, p/c, h/b £1.50
RACING CARS,RACING CARS,RACING CARS.RACING CARS Hough, Despite the daft title this is really rather a good general history with some great photos including some nice colour from 1930's Brooklands,which is very rare!. 160 lrg pgs good dust jacket £8.00
RACING CARS : THE WORLDS RACING AND SPORTS CARS Armstrong 1958 28 pages fine but no dust jacket £10.00
RACING CARS TODAY. Walkerley. 1962 127 pages, fine book, repaired jacket £5.00
THE RACING DRIVER. Jenkinson 1962 198 pages. Great assesment of what makes a racing driver tick and how his skill is applied and developed. Much of it reflects the authors close links with Stirling Moss who he navigated to victory on the 1955 Mille Miglia. pb edition water marked and cover creased. see image £1.50
RACING INDY CARS. Sullivan 1992, basic look at the INDYCAR scene around the start of the 1990s, nice photos, cover SIGNED by ARIE LUYENDYK, Indy 500 winner who features on the cover photo. Very good, jacket £35.00
RACING STEWART ; THE BIRTH OF A GRAND PRIX TEAM Hamilton & Nicholson. 1997 215 Large pages, fine dust jacket £5.00
THE RACING WORLD A GUIDE TO SOME OF THE FAMOUS MOTOR RACING CIRCUITS. Dunlop 1956 25 pages sb fine £2.00
THE RENAULT CHALLENGE. Seidler 1981 269 pages, history of the company. Softback £7.50
RENAULT FORMULA ONE MOTOR RACING BOOK. 1995 164 lrg pgs fine, dust jacket £5.00
ROADS AND VEHICLES. Bird 1969 250 pages ex library book, good, dust jacket £4.00
THE ROCK AND CAR YEARS - ROCK MUSIC AND MOTORING 1956-75. Popular classics. softback 1985, 30 large pages £2.00
ROLLS MAN OF SPEED. Meynell 1953 159 pages, V Good but no dust jacket . Biog of C S Rolls the founder of Rolls_Royce, ioneer racing driver and pioneer aviator – the first Englishman to die in an aircraft…. £15.00
ROLLS OF ROLLS ROYCE. Montague 1966 250 page biog of the influential car maker, racing driver and pioneer pilot. Ex library book, very good but jacket rough £9.00
ROLLS ROYCE SILVER SPIRIT , SILVER SPUR , BENTLEY EIGHT & MULSANNE TURBO.Robson 1985 135 pages fine dust jacket £10.00
ROLLS ROYCE;STORY OF THE BEST CAR IN THE WORLD.Autocar special,reprinted road tests etc. 1975 76 lrg pgs sb very good £12.00
ROLLS ROYCE THE COMPLETE WORKS. 599 OF THE BEST R-R STORIES. Smith 1984 192 pages. Comical anecdotes about mad owners, crazy adventures and unusual happensings that surround Rolls Royce ownership... very good with good dust jacket £5.00
ROYALTY ON THE ROAD. Montague 1980 190 pages includes not only the anticipated Rolls and Daimlers of the British monarchy but Saimese Prince Bira racing at Brooklands, Prince Henry of Prussia in an early trial, various sporting cars such as Hispanos and King Leopold's Ferrari and more mundane vehicles such as Queen Elizabeth's Vauxhall Cresta estate car. Fine, jacket £12.00
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750 MOTOR CLUB 1939-1989 112 pages softback fine £7.50
750 MOTOR CLUB 1995 YEARBOOK. sb96 pgs fine £3.00
THE SAAB-SCANIA STORY. Saab 1987 169 pages, Covers planes cars and trucks. Fine dust jacket £10.00
SCARAB : RACE LOG OF THE ALL-AMERICAN SPECIALS. Lerner & Friedman 1991, Great book on the Chevy small-block engined sports racers built by Woolworth’s air Lance Reventlow in the late 50s. 178 pages fine dust jacket RARE item much sought after. £175.00
THE SCOTTISH MOTOR INDUSTRY. Williams. Shire Album series. 32 pages sb fine £4.00
SHORT TRACK DRIVING TECHNIQUES.Miller.American book,tells you how to set the 'stagger'and how to left foot brake amongst other things.79 lrg pgs sb,fine copy £5.00
SHOWDOWN AT DAYTONA. Higdon 1976. NASCAR racing 158 pages fine dust jacket £18.00
SILBERPFEIL. German text unknown author nuice photos of Mercedes Benz race
cars until late 1990s 108 large pages printed covers, written inscription in the
front (maybe from author?). £10.00
SILVERSTONE HOME OF BRITISH MOTOR RACING 1948-78. AUTOSPORT supplement, sb, 30 pages v good £3.00
THE SKILFUL DRIVER. Blair.1957 120 pgs. good dust jacket £2.50
SMALL WONDER;THE AMAZING STORY OF THE VOLKSWAGEN. Nelson 1970 390 pages story of the VW BEETLE. Good, some corners of the text have been folded and reflattened, repaired dust jacket. £9.00
SOURCE BOOK OF CLASSIC CARS. Georgano 1977 126 pages dust jacket fine but last few pages show some creasing. £5.00
A SOURCE BOOK OF RACING AND SPORTS CARS.Georgano 1973 142 sml pgs fine,rep dust jacket £15.00
SPEED 50 Years of High Performance Hondas 1999 49pgs mint sb new £3.00
SPEED IN STYLE.ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRAND TOURING CAR. Wood.1990 240 pgs,rep dust jacket otherwise very good £5.00
SPEED THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL. Day. 1931 288 pages 2nd impression. No dust jacket £45.00
THE SPIRIT OF BROOKLANDS. Museum guide 16 pages early 90s. sb fine £2.50
THE SPORTS CAR Stanford 1962 pb edition 208 pages fine see image £2.00
SPORTS CAR AND COMPETITION DRIVING Frere 1993, by the ex FERRARI F1 team driver and Le Mans winner dust jacket, fine £10.00
SPORTS CAR - BOOK TWO 1907-27. Nicholson. A-Z of makes. 160 pages 1970 fine dust jacket £6.00
SPORTS CAR POCKET BOOK Boddy 1961 A-Z of makers 253 sml pages spine damaged
printed covers £5.00
SPORTS CARS 1910-1960. Shire Album , Dussek 1987 32 pages softback £4.00
SPORTS CARS ON ROAD AND TRACK.Hutton. includes some nice shots of GT40s, Porsche 917s, Jaguar D Types etc. 1973 93 pgs fine,dust jacket £3.00
A START FOR FINISHERS - DO'S AND
DON'TS FOR DIVERS. BRDC. small mid 50s 11 page booklet on how to be a racing
driver and survive... fine rare £7.50
STARTING GRID TO CHEQUERED FLAG. Paul Frere. 1962 paperback edition. Biog of 1960 Le Mans winner and occasional Ferrari F1 driver. 296 pages pb well read.£2.00
STIRLING MOSS'S BOOK OF MOTOR SPORT. 1955. Part biograpahy part "the scene" at the time. 110 page fine copy and good but worn jacket. £18.00
STIRLING MOSS. Raymond 1953 195 pages, superbly illustrated for the time, fine book with rough jacket (very few examples boast any kind of jacket these days!) £25.00
STIRLING MOSS RACING WITH THE MAESTRO Karl Ludvigsen 1997,biog of the great man 208 pgs, dust jacket, fine £20.00
STIRLING MOSS MY CARS MY CAREER. Nye.1988 306 pages. Excellent book,Moss goes car-by-car through his racing, describs and comments on his experiences with each one. Fine,dust jacket £15.00
STOCK CAR RACING . Holder 1990. NASCAR 80 pages fine dust jacket £8.00
THE STORY OF LOTUS 1962-1971 GROWTH OF A LEGEND. Nye 190 pages fine dust jacket faded a little on spine £40.00
THE STORY OF MARCH – FOUR GUYS AND A TELEPHONE. Mike Lawrence. 1989 253 pages, much praised story of the car maker and it’s four founders including the FIA boss Max Mosley and much rather candid revelation about how close to the wire they tended to operate in F1,2,3,Indy,Atlantic, Can Am etc. Fascinating book. Fine and fine dust jacket £25.00
THE STORY OF MARCH – FOUR GUYS AND A TELEPHONE. Mike Lawrence. 1989 253 pages, spine faded £20.00
STREET MACHINE (HEAVY METAL SPECIAL) 1980, 28 pgs, s/b v good £4.00
SUBARU IMPREZZA 555 TURBO Homologation book from FIA, approx 100 pages sb fine £10.00
THE SURVIVORS;FERRARIS FOR THE ROAD. Rasmussen 1981 128pgs some particularly fine colour photos. fine no dust jacket £8.00
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