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THE MIGHTY MERCEDES
Written by Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 1829586
Published by Dalton Watson. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised and reprinted. An attempt to capture the spirit of the Mercedes from the early cars through the mighty K, S and SS models. White cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 0901564060. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a mark left by an old label to front panel, is grubby, and has a closed tear (no loss) to lower front panel.

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RACING SPORTS CARS
Written by Louis Klemantaski; Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 1824015
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Tracing the development of the racing sports car. Browning to front and rear endpaper. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and browned. Musty odour present.

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FOR PRACTICE ONLY
Written by Louis Klemantaski; Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2140123
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Behind the scenes of motor-racing to see the work that goes into the preparation of a car for a Grand Prix race. Some wear to spine. Browning and foxing to some pages. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks; some grubby marks.

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BENTLEY CRICKLEWOOD TO CREWE
Written by Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2139950
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The men involved, the money required, the motor racing and the motor cars. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. 302 pages including index. ISBN: 0850453763. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some fading to top and tail. Lengthy inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is edge-creased.

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THE JAGUAR TRADITION
Written by Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2136822
Published by Dalton Watson. 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sir William Lyons and the cars he spent nearly a lifetime creating. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w photos. 200 numbered pages. ISBN: 0901564117. SIGNED by author to title page (no dedication). Text block ligthly browned, contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears and chips; faded to spine.

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RETURN TO POWER: THE GRANDS PRIX OF 1966 AND 1967
Written by Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2134310
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

For motor-racing enthusiasts, major changes in the power formula from 1,500 c.c. to 3 litres has given the years 1966 and 1967 a unique interest. Here, the author fills in the background of some notable 3-litre cars in the past, he describes the European circuits, the cars and their drivers, the races in Europe and the Transatlantic finale. Brown cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 132 pages. A few scuffs to boards, rubbing to edge of boards. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few foxspots to prelims. Dustwrapper is very browned to spine with some foxing and grubby to rear panel. Musty odour present.

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V8
Written by Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 485209
Published by Beaulieu Books. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An excellent pictorial survey of the vehicles which have employed the V8 engine. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 0901564400. Light browning to edges of boards. Foxing to top edge of text block. Pencil erasure mark visible to front endpaper. Pale foxspot to prelims else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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