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AUTOGRAPHS
AUSTRALIAN GP 1986 Programme Signed inside by ALAIN PROST who won his 2nd title at this event NIGEL MANSELL who famously had a tyre blow out with the title almost in his grasp and 1987 world champion NELSON PIQUET. £95.00
CANADIAN GP 1993 programme signed inside by DAMON HILL, ALAIN PROST, RICCARDO PATRESE. £60.00
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EUROPEAN GP 1994 programme signed on the cover my NIGEL MANSELL and inside by HAKKINEN, SHUMACHER, HILL, ALESI, BERGER £125.00
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SPANISH GP 1993 programme signed inside by DAMON HILL, GERHARD BERGER, JEAN ALESI, ALAIN PROST. £65.00
CAR BOOKS
ASTON MARTIN BRITAIN'S MOST COLOURFUL SPORTSCAR. Autocar Special. softback. Reprinted features, road tests and items from the Autocar archives. 1982 76 pages very good. £12.00
ANATOMY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMULA ONE RACING CAR FROM 1975. Incandella. 1982 1st edition. 204 pages, traces the F1 design trends from McLaren M23 and Ferrari 312T to the Turbo Renault and Ferrari cars of 1981. Includes technical details of chassis design, suspension, aerodynamics, engines etc etc. Lots of Giorgio Piola technical sketches and detailed photos. fine, dw. £15.00
BLOOD SWEAT AND TURNIPS. John Cordts. 2008 small self-published autobiography of the Canadian Can Am driver of the early 70s. SIGNED by Cordts. 86 pages softback, fine £10.00
THE BMW STORY - A COMPANY IN IT'S TIME. Monnich 1991 588 pages fine with very good jacket. One slight indent mark on the front. £10.00
THE BRITISH COMPETITION CAR. Posthumus. 1959 256 pages, from Napier to Vanwall via Sunbeam, Vauxhall, AC, ERA, BRM, Bentley, Aston Martin, Cooper, HWM etc etc.good codntion but well thumbed and no jacket £12.00
AMAZING BUGATTIS. The Design Council . 1979 84 pages softback catalogue to the famous exhibition of the same name that ran in 1979 in London and featured ther works of Ettore(Cars) and brother Rembrandt (Furniture) plus other members of the fmily who all posessed a keen artistic eye in various areas. £10.00
CABRIOLETS - MAGNIFICENT CONVERTIBLES OF YESTERYEAR AND TODAY. Vann & Thevenet. 1985. 207 large pages, Lavish book with great photos of wonderful cars including Figoni & Falashi bodied Talbot Lagos and other exotics.Very good, dw £12.00
CARS IN FRANCE. Colins. 16 pages mid 70s school book that briefly outlines the history of motor cars and manufacturing in the country. £2.00
THE FERRARI. Rogliatti. 1973 254 pages history of the company with some great photos.very good but jacket is a bit rough around the edges. £15.00
FORD GT40 . John S Allen. 1991 softback book, 128 pages, Quite rare these days. Fine £15.00
GRAND PRIX - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1986/87. Roebuck & Townsend. 1986 159 pages, nice book on the dramatic season in which Mansell found domination but was robbed of the title by that famous exploding tyre in Adelaide at the season finale and some iffy pit work by his team in earlier races.Mint, dust jacket. £12.00
GRAND PRIX - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1985-86. Roebuck & Townsend. 1985. Covers the season in which Alain Prost dominated with the McLaren TAG Turbo. mint, dust jacket. £12.00
GRAND PRIX HEROES. Ensor. 2005 1996. fine, dust jacket. £5.00
THE GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORM,ULA ONE 1950-2000. Menard. 860 pages 1200 photos. High quality two volume book in slip case covers the F1 story car by car, driver by driver in serious detail. Fine example in stock £39.99
HOCKENHEIMING. EIN MAGAZINE FUR DIE FREUNDE DES MOTODROMS. Early 90s. 38 pages, Interserie photo on the cover. £2.00
JOHN SURTEES - WORLD CHAMPION. 1990 autobiography of the multi TT and Moto GP title winner who became the only man to win world titles on motorcycles and in cars (with Ferrari in the latter case) 192 pages fine dust jacket £12.00
LE MANS 24 HOURS. Laben 1988 256 large pages. Lavish, large format book on the history of the race. fine, dust jacket. £15.00
LE MANS 24 HOURS RACE 1978. Moity. 1978 English text edition. 159 large pages. Superb coverage of the year Renault won with the turbocharged Alpine. fine book, jacket is rough around the edges £35.00
THE MAN WITH TWO SHADOWS. THE BIOGRAPHY OF ALBERTO ASCARI. Desmond 1981/ Biog of the twice F1 title winner for Ferrari (1952-53) who was killed in 1955 at the peak of his fame and in odd circumstances very much like those that claimed his father, top racer Antonio Ascari in the 1920s. Lots of odd facts emerge in this book... 178 pages fine, dust jacket £20.00
THE MICHELIN MAN - 100 YEARS OF BEBENDUM. Darmon 1998 138 pages. Masses of period photos and adverts featuring the famous tyre-man mascot of the Michelin company. Fine, dust jacket. £10.00
MOTOR MANIA - STORIES FROM THE MOTORING CENTURY. Sutton. 1996 159 pages fine, dust jacket. £5.00
RAC MOTOR SPORT YEAR BOOK & FIXTURE LIST 1970 Softback. 330 pages V Good £3.00
RAC MOTOR SPORT YEAR BOOK & FIXTURE LIST 1973 Softback. 170 pages V Good £3.00
RAC MOTOR SPORT YEAR BOOK & FIXTURE LIST 1974 Softback. 170 pages V Good £3.00
RAC MOTOR SPORT YEAR BOOK & FIXTURE LIST 1975 Softback. 170 pages V Good £3.00
RAC MOTOR SPORT YEAR BOOK & FIXTURE LIST 1976 Softback. 170 pages V Good £3.00
RAC MOTOR SPORT YEAR BOOK & FIXTURE LIST 1977 Softback. 170 pages V Good £3.00
SPEED CLIMB 60 - A REVIEW OF THE PAST 60 YEARS OF THE RAC MSA BRITISH HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP.. Cooper. Softback. 2007 brief history of the series which includes such famous venues as PRESCOTT and SHELSLEY WALSH. Lots of great photos of ERAs, Coopers, Lotus', Brabham, BRM, Pilbeam, Gould, March (including 6 wheeler) Alfa Romeo and McLaren. 54 large pages slight bend on the top roght corner of the cover and first few pages. £4.00
TIME AND TWO SEATS - FIFTY YEARS OF LONG DISTANCE RACING. Wimpffen. 1999. Famous 2 volume 2200 page epic that charts all the majhor sports car series from 1952 to 1999 including the world sports car championship, FIA GT cup, BPR GT, IMSA and ISRS. Masses of detail, invaluable reference work for anyone into sports car racing at all. Huge and heavy in a slip case. Very rare fine ecample £500.00
TO HELL AND BACK. NIKI LAUDA. 1986 Autobiography of the three time F1 world champion who almost died in a famously fiery crash at the 1976 German GP and still bears the scars. 208 pages £12.00
VANWALL - GREEN FOR GLORY. McDonough. 2003 192 pages. Story of the famous 1950s F1 team whos driver Moss, Brooks and Lewis Evans won it the 1958 constructors world title. fine, dust jacket. £12.00
WILLIAMS STORY OF A RACING TEAM. Braham. 1990 350 pages, fine , dust jacket. £15.00
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CLARKSON Volume 2 - AND ANOTHER THING.... Collection of Clarkson's columns from the SUNDAY TIMES in which he gives his views on all manner of subjects with the nod to most of them being car-related...just about. Highly entertaining if you like Jeremy, highly annoying if you don't.
Softback. 2007 335 pages. very good. £2.50
BIKE BOOKS
THE LONG WAY ROUND. Boorman & McGregor. 2004 368 pages . Story of the two actors riding from London to new York heading east and crossing Europe and Asia on their motorcycles before crossing to Alaska and riding down though Canada to the USA. Great adventure story. paperback, brand new £3.00
RACE PROGRAMMES
(CARS)
BRANDS HATCH
F1 RACE OF CHAMPIONS
1974 £5
1976 £4
F5000 1976 Oct 24 £3
BROOKLANDS
1934 April 28 £25
1985 Reunion £2
1983 Reunion £2
NURBIRGRING
WORLD SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP.
1976 ADAC 300 £5.00
OULTON PARK
British F2/3000
1992 July 19 £2
1993 June 19 £2
F3
1981Apr 5 £1
1987 Aug 15 £1
1989 Apr 23 £1 (2)
1989 May 21 £1 (2)
1989 Sept 3 £1
1990 Sept 2 £1 (3)
1990 Sept 29 £1
1994 April 24 £1
BTCC
1981 Apr 17 £3
1987 Aug 22 £3
1992 May 4 £3
F ATLANTIC
1974 6 Oct £2 1981 17 Oct £2
THUNDERSALOONS
1987 Oct 3 £1 (2)
1993 Apr 24 £1
1992 July 17 £1
CLUB MEETINGS
1966 June 25 £2 1973 June 16 £1
1974 June 15 £1 1980 Mar 22 £1
1987 Mar 4 50p 1987 Apr 4 50p
1987 Jun 27 50p 1987 July 18 50p
1987 Aug 1 50p 1990 Mar 31 50p
1990 Apr 28 50p 1990 May 19 50p
1990 May 7 50p 1990 May 28 50p (2)
1990 June 16 50p 1991 Apr 13 50p
1992 Aug 23 50p 1992 Sep 26 50p (2)
SNETTERTON
1987 Aug 1/2 THUNDERSPORTS £2
SPRINTS & HILLCLIMBS
CURBOROUGH 1987 15 Aug £1
PRESCOTT 1975 AUG 10 £2
SHELSLEY WALSH
1976 10 JULY £2 1977 9 JULY £2
1978 JULY 8 £2 1985 JULY 7 £1.50 (2)
1986 JULY 5 £1.50 1987 JULY 4 £1.50
1988 JULY 7 £1.50 1990 JUNE 30 £1
1991 JULY 6 £1 1992 JULY 4 £1
1995 JULY 22 £1 1994 JULY 3 £1
1997 JULY 5 £1 2001 AUG 5 £1
2002 JULY 6 £1 2006 JULY 2 £1
2006 JULY 15 £1 (2) 2007 OCT 6 £1
WISCOMBE PARK
1986 May 11 £2 2000 May 14 £1.50
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