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COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MOTORCARS 1885-PRESENT . Georgano 1982 edition 688 large pages, Exhaustive A-Z of cart makers through to the early 80s with enormous number of photos. Fine, dust jacket, £12.00

ENZO FERRARI - MY TERRIBLE JOYS. Autobiography of the legendary car maker and team manager, 1965 MBC editiomn, 164 pages fine dust jacket. £15.00

ENZO FERRARI THE MAN. Rancatti. 1989, written by one of Ferrari's closest staff members . 198 pages fine dust jacket £12.00

50 YEARS WITH THE SPEED KINGS. Dunlop Mac'. Biography of an engineer who was synonimous with record breaking attempts in the 20s and 30s with the likes of Campbell and Cobb, who's tyres he cared for and who's adventures he shared. He ended up with BRM in F1 in the late 50s. Fascnating book from a genuine insider.

500 RECORD BOOK 1911-1953. Stats on the Idy 500. 1979 softback 66 pages fine £3.00

FANGIO RACING DRIVER. Merlin 1961 biography of the 5 time world F1 champion. 216 pages fine, dust jacket. £25.00

THE FAST ONES. Miller. Grand Prix drivers of the 50s and 60s. 1962 240 pages fine dust jacket £12.00

FAMOUS AUTO RACES & RALLIES. Lessner, 1956. American book recounting tales of great events including the Carerra, Mille Miglia, Gordon Bennett, Land Speed Record etc. 380 pages Very good condition , rare to have a dust jacket. This one has a split at the back outer edge from wear and the lower edge is also worn - the paper used being rather flimsy £12.00

FAMOUS MOTOR RACES. Rodney Walkerley 1965 192 pages fine, dust jacket, MBC edition £8.00

FAMOUS RACING CARS. Hodges 1962 89 pages, small landscape format book similar to MOTOR SPORT RACING CAR REVIEW. Covers great cars through history up to the Cooper era. faded dust jacket with some areas of paper loss. £12.00

FAMOUS RACING CARS OF THE WORLD. May. 1958 rough dust jacket. Book itself a little foxed otherwise fine £10.00

FIFTY YEARS OF ROAD & TRACK - ART OF THE AUTOMOBILE. 1997 264 LARGE pages.A wonderful selection of the best artwork and photos featured in the famous US magazine ROAD & TRACK from 1947-1997. Masses of different artists include Corsen, Helck, Motta & Gotscke Fine condition, dust jacket £15.00

THE FIRST 25 YEARS - HISTORY AS MIRRORED IN THE ADVERTISING OF SHELL AND BP 1932-1957. 1957 book 32 large pages V good, spiral bound card covers. £12.00

FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX RACING SINCE 1946. Pritchard. 1966 book, 330 pages, fine, dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. £12.00

F1 99 - THE GRAND PRIX SEASON. Desnoves/Camus/Coubat/Vandystadt. 1999 140 pages printed covers fine £5.00

F1 PADDOCK - THE HIDDEN WORLD OF GRAND PRIX. Galero. 2003 157 pages, fne, dust jacket £9.00

F1 YEARBOOK 1987. FOCA. 1988 lavish colourful annual the gave way to the later back covered FIA versions. fine dust jacet £5.00

F1 YEARBOOK 1988. FOCA. 1989 lavish colourful annual the gave way to the later back covered FIA versions. fine dust jacet £5.00

FOR THE RECORD. MY YEARS WITH FERRARI By Niki Lauda - 1978 book written in the wake of his 2nd world title and his acrimonious split for the team before the end of the season! 220 pages V good but some slight staining of the very edged of some pages. £12.00

FORD THE DUST AND THE GLORY. Levine 1968 630 pages, masses of photos, the history of Ford in Motor Sport including the GT40, Indy 500 V8 engines, modified Model Ts on the dirt tracks in the 20s, Cortinas and Galxies in touring cars etc etc. Superb book, weighs quite a lot! fine, dust jacket £75.00

FORMULA ONE - THE CARS AND DRIVERS. Michael Turner's artwork and Nigel Roebuck's words tell of significant races and moments in F1 history as captured by the famous artist over the years. Many paintings printed full page. 192 large pages 1984. faded spine otherwise very good, dust jacket £25.00

FULL THROTTLE. Autobiog of the famous Bentley-Boy Tim Birkin, the man who developed and raced the immortal 'Blower bentley' at Le Mans having won the race fior the factory team in previous seasons. Fascinating book, much more modern in it's style than most autobiographies of the era. Birkin has opinions on many aspects f motoring and motor racing and wasn't afraid to voice them! 1964 MBC reprint. fine, dust jacket. £12.00

GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES. Wilbur Shaw. Triple Indy 500 winner’s autobiography. 1955 320 pages fine, dust jacket has a little wear at the edges £25.00

GOLDEN AGE OF THE AMERICAN RACING CAR. Boregeson. 1966 288 large pages, Story of the vboard track era of Miller and Duesenburg cars and of amazing technical innovation at the Indy 500, such as front wheel drive, intercoolers and so forth. Superb book, fine but no jacket £40.00

GO! THE BETTENHAUSEN STORY. Hungness 1982 495 pages, story of the racing family Gary, Tony , Merle etc. who were highly successful in both USAC and sprint car racing in the 60s and 70s. Fine, slightly faded dust jacket £25.00

GRANDS PRIX 1934-1939. Walkerley & Fellowes. 1950 1908 pages, Rare hardback format edition - the spiral bound "MRP Scrap Book" version is the one you normally see. Coverage of the SILVER ARROWS era with Mercedes & Auto Union dominating. Photo by the talented Robert Fellowes. Fine and finer dust jacket apart from some wear at the top of the spine. £65.00

GRAND PRIX CARS 1945-1965. Lawrence. 1989 264 pages fine, dust jacket. One of the better books on this subject, well illustrated and the author is always good for a pithy opinion or two. £18.00

GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP 1950-70. Pritchard 1971 120 pages. Fine, dust jacket. Some great colour photos from the 50s and 60s. £12.00

GRAND PRIX DE MONACO . Schlegelmilch & Lehbink. 1998 lavish 460 page book on the history of the event with most of the photos from 60s-90s taken by the famous author. fine, dust jacket £25.00

THE GRAND PRIX TYRRELLS - THE JACKIE STEWART CARS 1970-73. Nye 1974 80 pages fine, dust jacket. £12.00

GRAND PRIX ! Vol 4 1981-1984 . Lang. 310 pages, race by race coverage of this era. Dine, dust jacket £15.00

GRAND PRIX DRIVER - HERMAN LANG. Memoirs of the 1939 European champion who was the most successful driver for Mercedes Benz in Grands Prix during the final season before the advent of war. Lang was a former motorcycle racer and mechanic who's rise to fame didn't go down too well with some of his aristocratic team mates... 1960 199 pages , slight repair to the top of the spine on the otherwise fine dust jacket. £30.00

GUIDE TO FERRARI CARS. Maranello Concessionaires 1990 24 page booklet. fine. £5.00

HIGH OCTANE - THE FASTEST MOTOR RACING SERIES IN THE WORLD. Tecord. 1995 CART series review. 127 large pages fine , dust jacket "8.00

HISTORY OF MOTOR RACING. Lurani 1972 319 large pages, English text edition. fine book, dust jacket slightly worn at the corners and edges £20.00

A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S RACING CARS. Frostick & Hough 1965 190 pages, fine but dust jacket worn at the edges £12.00

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500. Fox 3rd edition 1984 383 very large pages. Printed covers, fine £35.00

INDY 500 / BRICKYARD 400 RECORD BOOK. Mittman 1999 180 pages small format softback £3.00

IN THE BEGINING - THE MANCHESTER ORIGINS OF ROLLS ROYCE. Evans 1984 169 pages, softback, fine £4.00

JIM CLARK AT THE WHEEL. 1964 208 pages biography of the double F1 world champion. fone but no jacket £20.00

THE JIM RUSSELL STORY. Greenway 200 pages, Russell was a prominent F2 and F3 racer in the 1950s who became more famous when he started up his racing driver's school . fine dw. £12.00

JOHN PLAYER MOTOR SPORT YEARBOOK 1975. Gill. 352 pages softback annual covers 1974 season plus historical stuff from earlier eras as well. This was a great series of annuals that only ran 1972-76 . fine £15.00

JUAN MANUEL FANGIO. Molter 1956 182 pages biography of the 5 time F1 world champion. fine but no jacket. £15.00

JACK BRABHAM'S MOTOR RACING BOOK. 1960 124 Pages autobiography. ex library book, fly leaf removed. Good. no jacket £8.00

JACKIE STEWART PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES COMMEMORATING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FIRST F1 VICTORY. 2005 22 Pages softback £3.00

THE LIFE OF LORD NUFFIELD. Andrews 7 Brunner. 1959 350 pages. Biog of William Morris, founder of the car making empire and later a well known philanthropist who distributed his vast fortune among worthy causes. ex library, fine , dust jacket. £12.00

THE LIFE STORY OF FANGIO. Hanson & Kirbus. 1956 78 pages paperback. Fine £30.00

MALCOLM CAMPBELL THE MAN AS I KNEW HIM. Lady Campbell. 1950 . The inside story by his most famous (of several...) wife .232 pages, good condition with no dust jacket, Rare £40.00

THE MAN WITH TWO SHADOWS. THE STORY OF ALBERTO ASCARI. Desmond 1981. Fascinating biography which draws on the twin influences of Antion Ascaro, Alberto's father, and Luigi Villoresi his long time freind and team mate. The similarities between the deaths of father and son,both in track accidents at the height of their fame and at the same age, is pretty weird! 175 pages, fine, dust jacket, £20.00

McLAREN FORMULA 1. Schlegelmilch. 1999 256 large pages. The history of the team as told through the photographs of the author - one of the worlds best known motor sport photographers. Fine. Dust jacket. £20.00

McLAREN - THE GRAND PRIX CAN AM AND INDY CARS. By Nye 1988 edition 320 pages fine, jacket. £12.00 (2)

THE MOTOR YEARBOOK 1953. Excellent series that ran through the 1950s, a sort of compact AUTOMOBILE YEAR with similar mix of road and racing coverage, excellent photos and good reviews. 253 pages ut no jacket. Some foxing of the pages. £12.00 (2)

THE MEN - THE WORLD'S GRAND PRIX DRIVERS EXAMINED IN DEPTH. Gill 1968 225 pages, fine, dust jacket. £12.00

MOTORING NEWS TRACK RECORD 1997 286 large pages, reports of every championship and every race held in Britain in 1997. Fine printed cover boards £10.00

MOTOR TREND PRESENTS 100 YEARS OF THE AUTOMOBILE IN THE USA. 1996 210 large pages softback. Fine £5.00

THE MOTOR YEARBOOK 1953 Great series from the British mnotoring magazine reviewing the years motoring and motor racing stories , lots of great photos and lots of F1 content. 246 pages fine with no dust jacket. £12.00

THE MOTOR YEARBOOK 1955 as above 264 pages fine with a jacket that has some repairs, mostly top of spine. £19.00

THE MOTOR YEARBOOK 1957 as above 260 pages fine with a jacket that has some repaired areas, mostly top of spine. £19.00

MY TWENTY YEARS OF RACING,. Juan Manuel Fangio. 1961 224 pages autobiog of the great 5 time F1 champion. fine bok with some small repairs to the top of the spine on the jacket. £25.00

1950's MOTORSPORT IN COLOUR. Wainwright. Lovely selection of colour images from British events of the decade including everything from British GPs to Shelsley Walsh hillclimbs. 2004 160 pages. fine, jacket £10.00

NUVOLARI. By Lurani 1959 1st edition. Brilliant book on the heroic Italian Grand Prix and motorcycle ace of the 20s,30s and 40s. Lurani was a friend and fellow racer of the era. Rare book, fine condition in a very good dust jacket. One or two small repairs, but generally clean and bright. £95.00 (2)

OBSERVERS BOOK OF AUTOMOBILES 27TH Ed. 1984. 195 small pages very good softback £4.00

OMNIBUS OF SPEED. Beaumont & Nolan. 1958 480 pages fine book, jacket has some slight edge damage. £5.00

OUTLAW SPRINTS. (World of Outlaws etc) O'Leary. 2003 94 pages lavish colorful softback. £5.00

PACE MOTOR RACING DIRECTORY. Kettlewell 1981. Statstics and information on the major international series in the early 80s, on drivers, car makers and so forth. A mass of data, sadly never progressed to become an annual publication. 584 pages softback £15.00

PHOTO FORMULA ONE. THE BEST OF AUTOMOILE YEAR 1953-1977. Guichard. 1978. Wonderful collection of photos from the famous annual by the most impressive selection of photographers you can ever imagine. Glorious colour and mono images from the track and the pits. 150 large pages fine, jacket £65.00

PIRELLI ALBUM OF MOTOR RACING HEROS. John Surtees.1992 180 large pages hardback edition , fine with jacket. £5.00

POCKET GUIDE TO SPEED RECORDS. Duncan, 1994 64 pages small format hardback with printed covers includes bikes cars etc. £3.00

PRIVATE ENTRANT. RACING WITH ROB WALKER. Cooper Evans.1965 MBC edition fine, jacket. Story of the famous privateer teram owner and whiskey magnate who's cars were driven by the likes of Moss, Rolt, Siiffert, Bonnier and the like. £12.00

RACING CAR REVIEW. Jenkinson. 1957. The famous Jenks reviews the leading racing cars of the previous year which in this case includes Vanwall, Maserati, BRM Ferrari and Cooper. 122 small landscape format pages. Good, binding a bit slack and no jacket £10.00

RACING WITH THE DAVID BROWN ASTON MARTINS. Volumes 1 & 2 by Nixon, Wyer etc. 1980 . Volume 1 is the tale as told by team manager John Wyer of the racing exploits at Aston between 1950 and 1964, including the Le Mans and world sportscar title wins on ther late 50's. Volume 2 is recollections of the other surviving team members such as drivers Moss, Thompson, Salvadori, Shelby and so forth along with mechanics and other crew. Masses of great photos. Superb books. Very much sought after. approx 250 large pages each. This two volume set is in fine condition with find jackets. £350.00

SALT OF THE EARTH. AB JENKINS OWN STORY. 1993 edition 125 page reprint of a 1950s book on the famous holder on many long distance records at Bonneville. Jenkins was a legend in his home state of Utah and his records include amazing distances single handed and even speed record set on a tractor! Fine paperback £10.00

SHELL SUCCESSES 1961 Approx 60 pages softback. Motor Racing, motorcycles etc. fine £5.00

SHELL SUCCESSES 1962 Approx 62 pages softback. Motor Racing, motorcycles etc. fine £5.00

SHELL SUCCESSES 1963 Approx 64 pages softback. Motor Racing, motorcycles etc. fine £5.00

SPEED AND A MICROPHONE. Robin Richards. Biog of the man who was to 1950s motor sport commentating what Murrey Walker was in the 80s and 90s. 1958 book, very good but now jacket at the first fly leaf has been taken out (to remove a birthday message I suspect) £8.00

SPEED WITH STYLE - PETER REVSON. Mandel 1974. Biog of the Can Am champion, Indy 500 winner and F1 Grand Prix winner who's family ran the Revlon cosmetic corporation and who dated Miss World. Revson was sadly killed while writing the book, testing an F1 Shadow in early 1974. 220 pages fine but no jacket £10.00

SPEED TRIUMPHANT. Fisson. unusual 1951 motor racing novel featuring Fangio and others of his generation. good but no jacket. Discoloured spine. £8.00

STIRLING MOSS. Raymond 1953. early Moss biography with superb photos. 195 pages, fine no jacket £15.00

STIRLING MOSS BOOK OF MOTOR SPORT. 1955. 117 pages, wear to spine, on otherwise good jacket. £15.00

THE SPORTS CAR - DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. Sandford. 1957 224 pages, fine, jacket. £12.00

250 GRAND PRIX WINS. GoodYear . Henry 1991 157 pages, fine printed covers £5.00

THRILLS OF THE SPEEDWATS. 1936 Boys' book with rip-roaring stories and factual features about motor sport. 120 large pages, printed covers. Spine discoloured but book generally good £20.00

THE TURBO YEARS - RACING'S BATTLE FOR POWER.Henry 1988 285 large pages. fine, jacket £18.00

VETERAN AND VINTAGE BRITISH CARS. 1896-1914 64 Pages fine, printed covers £2.00

WHEELS AND WINGS - THE STORY OF BOREHAM AIRFIELD. Jones 1998 70 pages softback fine £10.00

WORLD MOTOR RACING AND RALLYING HANDBOOK 1970. Kahn 1970 175 pages paperback. fine £2.00

WORLD'S BEST CABRIOLETS. Jones 1986 65 large pages softback. A-Z style survey .very good softback £2.00

THE WILD WHEEL - THE STORY OF HENRY FORD. 220 pages approx. 1948 fine but jacket a bit rough round the edges. £12.00

WIDE OPEN - INSIDE 2002 CART FEDEX CHAMP-CAR SERIES. 84 pages, softback, fine £3.00

DE COURSE ET DU KARTING 22 Jan-2 Feb 1977 Le Pavillion de la Bastille . Key shaped (11.75 tall) £3.00