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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Written by L.A. Manwaring.
Stock no. 1329810
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book No. 40. Describing 86 makes with 344 half-tone photos. Small, light mark to spine edge of rear cover. Contents are bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and a little grubby to rear panel, top corner of front flap neatly cut off.

GREAT CARS 10: LOTUS 18 - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF STIRLING MOSS'S '912'
Written by Ian Wagstaff.
Stock no. 1329557
Published by Porter Press International Ltd. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The car's history told in exhaustive detail. Large, heavy format. Black boards, silver title to spine. 320 pages. Packed full of b/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781907085031. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Tiniest bump/nick to top of spine else a super copy which appears unread.

THE BRITISH AT LE MANS: 85 YEARS OF ENDEAVOUR
Written by Ian Wagstaff.
Stock no. 1829733
Published by MRP Publishing Ltd. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 280 pages including index. ISBN: 9781899870806. A lovely copy!

THE ROLLS-ROYCE 'B' SERIS' ENGINE IN NATIONAL SERVICE
Written by Pat Ware.
Stock no. 1329442
Published by Warehouse Publications. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the development of the standardised Rolls-Royce 'B' Series' petrol engines, and the first generation of post-war British military vehicles for which they were designed. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Over 200 period b/w photos and nearly 50 full-colour pictures. 204 pages, including index. ISBN: 0952556308. Base of spine is very slightly bumped. Contents look unread.

A DIRECTORY OF POST-WAR BRITISH MILITARY VEHICLES
Written by Pat Ware.
Stock no. 1329437
Published by Warehouse Publications. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Military vehicle design and the fvrde 1946-1981. Pale blue cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 248 pages (including index). ISBN: 0952556391. The tiniest hint of creasing to lower corner of front cover and prelims else a fine, unread copy.

SIR HENRY SEGRAVE
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1329368
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the British racing car driver. B/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 227 pages including index. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small tears.

AUTO UNION V16 SUPERCHARGED: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1829588
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Porsche's 30s G.P. sensation. A Foulis Motoring Book. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0854298045. Text block lightly browned. Slight wave to vertical text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and slightly scuffed, very lightly faded to spine.

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.

AUTOCOURSE 1993-94
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829509
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 43rd year. Foreword by Alain Prost. ISBN: 1874557152. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, tiny closed tear to top front edge.

TVR GOLD PORTFOLIO 1959-1990
Written by R.M. Clarke.
Stock no. 1829244
Published by Brooklands Books. Circa 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Contains articles previously published in various leading motoring magazines from 1959-190. Compiled by R.M. Clarke. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 189 pages including inside rear cover. ISBN: 1855200759. Spine lightly faded. Text block browned. Contents clean.

ROSEMEYER! A NEW BIOGRAPHY
Written by Elly Beinhorn Rosemeyer; Chris Nixon.
Stock no. 1829221
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Biography of Bernd Rosemeyer, European Grand Prix champion, an enlarged version by Nixon of the original version written by his widow Elly. Black cardwraps. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0851840469. Spine has a minor lean. Covers a little scuffed. Minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

HANDBOOK FOR THE DAIMLER 3.8 LITRE MAJESTIC SALOON WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND DISC BRAKES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829208
Published by The Daimler Company Limited. 2nd 1960. Good condition.

Second Edition. A handbook prepared to provide the essential information required for the satisfactory running of the Daimler 3.8 Litre "Majestic" Saloon. Tan cloth boards, gilt title to front board. B/w photos and illustrations. 83 pages. Boards marked and grubby. Damp staining to top and bottom of boards and contents (pages crinkled). Hinge between pages 16 and 17 pulled wide exposing webbing but binding is tight. A good working copy only.