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AUTO-ARCHITECT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD PALMER
Written by Gerald Palmer; Christopher Balfour.
Stock no. 1823907
Published by Magna Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

A fascinating story told by this innovative and talented car designer including designing and building the Jowett Javelin. Additional material by Christopher Balfour. Large format. Pale brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Limited to 750 copies. ISBN: 0951942360. SIGNED by Gerald Palmer on label to front pastedown.

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PHIL HILL YANKEE CHAMPION
Written by William F. Nolan.
Stock no. 1323057
Published by Brown Fox Books. 1st thus 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first American to win the driving championship of the world. Revised, expanded edition. Blue boards with white title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w photos. 232 pages. ISBN: 1888978104. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is a tiny bit edge rubbed and has a tiny mark to lower edge of rear panel.

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THE PERSONAL DIARY OF MAJOR EDWARD 'MICK' MANNOCK
Written by Mick Mannock; Frederick Oughton.
Stock no. 2139992
Published by Neville Spearman. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Introduced and annotated by Oughton. Major 'Mick' Mannock was a winner of a posthumous V.C. in 1918. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Facsimile pages of the diary and b/w plates. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper has some scuffing and small nicks.

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WORLD WAR ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER PIONEER: THE STORY AND DIARIES OF CAPTAIN J M MCCLEERY RNAS/RAF
Written by Guy Warner.
Stock no. 2139986
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848842557. Page browning.

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AYRTON SENNA: HIS FULL CAR RACING RECORD
Written by Christopher Hilton.
Stock no. 2139924
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 185260543X. SIGNED by author to title page. Wrapper has a couple of tiny nicks along one edge.

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MOTORING MY WAY
Written by Stanley Sedgwick.
Stock no. 2139923
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's wide experience and objective approach to so many classic marques make this a must for enthusiasts. B/w photos. 190 pages plus index. ISBN: 0713432624. SIGNED by author and dated 'October 1976' to title page. Light browning and a few foxspots to outer page edges.

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GREEN RACES RED EDDIE IRVINE'S FIRST SEASON WITH FERRARI
Written by Eddie Irvine.
Stock no. 2139920
Published by Collins Willow. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour photos. ISBN: 0002187620. SIGNED by author to title page. Small knocks to top and tail of spine and a couple of corners. Grubby mark to front endpaper. Page browning.

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FLIGHT PATH: MY FIFTY YEARS OF AVIATION
Written by Frank T. Courtney.
Stock no. 2139899
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Frank Courtney, a legend in the annals of aviation, writes about his flying life from 1913 to 1953. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0718304829. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing.

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FLYING MINNOWS
Written by Vivian Voss.
Stock no. 2139872
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Memoirs of a World War One Fighter Pilot, from training in Canada to the Front Line, 1917-1918. First written and published under the pseudonym 'Roger Vee' in 1935. This facsimile edition is published under the author's true name (Vivian Voss), with new material. ISBN: 085368121X. Spine is faded. Some foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine and some edges.

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REG PARNELL
Written by Graham Gauld.
Stock no. 2139862
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The quiet man who helped to engineer Britain's post-war motor racing revolution. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852605618.

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W.O. BENTLEY: THE MAN BEHIND THE MARQUE
Written by Malcolm Bobbitt.
Stock no. 1823866
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first full biography of the founder and inspiration behind Bentley Cars. An insight into the conception and design of some of the most famous sporting cars in automobile history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859833527. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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PARRY THOMAS DESIGNER-DRIVER
Written by Hugh Tours.
Stock no. 1823851
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Biography of the car designer and racer (Full name John Godfrey Parry Thomas). Spine browned, browning to rear board. Minor foxing to text block. Previous bookseller's rubber stamp to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and just a little scuffed.

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