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BY MOTOR TO THE GOLDEN GATE
Written by Emily Post; Jane Lancaster.
Stock no. 1823860
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

In 1915, journalist Emily Post set out from New York to investigate whether is was possible to drive comfortably across the country to San Francisco in an automobile. This is a reprint of Post's only travel book, originally published in 1916. This annotated edition includes a biographical sketch of Post. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0786419407. Glued binding at half-title is drying out and thus split at lower half - front joint fragile but binding still tight elsewhere.

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BENTLEY GOLDEN JUBILEE BOOK 1919-1969
No author listed.
Stock no. 1823859
Published by Bentley Drivers Club Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A recording of the Bentley Drivers Club activities during the Bentley Golden Jubilee. A companion volume to the Bentley Bedside Book. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. B/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to endpapers, browning to text block. Else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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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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TWICE LUCKY: MY LIFE IN MOTORSPORT
Written by Stuart Turner.
Stock no. 1823848
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Autobiography of Stuart Turner, one of the leading motorsport figures of the time. Foreword by Jackie Stewart. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859606024. SIGNED by the author, Stuart Turner, to title page (no dedication). A nice, clean copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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TO DRAW A LONG LINE
Written by C.E. Johnson.
Stock no. 1823847
Published by Bookmarque Publishing. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The author's days with a British sports & Grand Prix racing car maker Connaught. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870519043. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. A nice, clean copy.

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BRANDS TO BEXHILL
Written by Max Le Grand.
Stock no. 1823843
Published by Bookmarque Publishing. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Cock the shutter, engage the gear...British motor racing really started here! Casebound edition, limited to 984 copies. ISBN: 1870519302. SIGNED and dated by the author to title page. Certificate of Authentication present. This is copy 652 of 984. Couple of small pin size indentations to lower edge of text block. Else a fine copy in a fine dustrapper.

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DIRECTORY OF CLASSIC PROTOTYPES AND GRAND TOURING CARS
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1823842
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946627290. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication), signature also to half-title page - could be the author again or someone else... Lower edge of text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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TRACK PASS: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S VIEW OF MOTOR RACING 1950-1980
Written by Geoff Goddard; Doug Nye.
Stock no. 2139576
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A photographer's view of motor racing 1950-1980. Large format. More than 300 stunningly evocative b/w photographs. ISBN: 1852234822. Light page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips; spine is faded.

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FERRARI
Written by Hans Tanner; Doug Nye.
Stock no. 2139575
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

5th edition. Red cloth, silver titles. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0854292381. Light knocks to a few corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE FORD EIGHT AND ANGLIA HANDBOOK
Written by Staton Abbey.
Stock no. 2139545
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1953. Almost very good condition.

Fourth Edition. Pitman's Motorists' Library. A Complete Guide for Owners and Prospective Purchasers (covers models from 1933 to 1948). Burgundy cloth spine, white paper boards with black title. B/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with a little chipping to cloth. Marks to covers. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Grubby margin and brown marks.

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THE HISTORY OF MOTOR RACING
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 2139544
Published by W.H. Smith. Circa 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. The whole story of motor racing from the reliability trial of 1894 through to modern Grand Prix racing. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0356151220. Wear to cover edges. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with small tear to top of spine; browned to spine and edges.

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MOSTLY MOTOR RACING
Written by Rivers Fletcher.
Stock no. 2139543
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A vivid account of life, motoring, the motor industry and motor racing in the vintage years. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854294619. Bumping to top and tail of spine and a couple of corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks and chips; unevenly browned.

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