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GT40: AN INDIVIDUAL HISTORY AND RACE RECORD
Written by Ronnie Spain.
Stock no. 1829173
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ford's four victories at Le Mans assured the GT40 of immortality in the minds of motorsport enthusiasts. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 326 pages including index. ISBN: 0850456371. A lovely copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

"WILKIE" THE MOTOR RACING LEGEND
Written by W.E. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1829158
Published by Nelson And Saunders. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The memoirs of one of the most famous racing managers. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 214 pages including index. ISBN: 094775007X. Base of spine & lower corners of boards lightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and scuffed.

THE STORY OF BROOKLANDS: THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTOR COURSE VOLUME III
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1829148
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This third and final volume takes the history of the famous motor racing track from 1933 to 1939 when racing ceased at the famoust Track. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Lower edge of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is slightly nicked at top edges and is a little scuffed.

THE FIRST MOTOR RACING IN BRITAIN: BEXHILL-ON-SEA 1902
Written by John Rose.
Stock no. 1829147
Published by Bookmarque Publishing. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

The Drivers; The Cars; The Results; The Prizes. Taken in part from periodicals of 1902 and in full from the 'Special Motor Races Supplement' given free with the Saturday 24th may 1902 edition of the Bexhill-on-Sea Observer and also from its celebratory issue of 1954. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 63 pages. ISBN: 187051940X. A nice copy.

WITH HINDSIGHT
Written by Charles Mortimer.
Stock no. 1829126
Published by Richard Netherwood Limited. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A lifetime in harmony with cars, bikes and motor sport. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 143 pages. ISBN: 1872955045. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at top of spine and is scuffed.

BMW 320-323-325 SERIES 3 - 6 CYLINDER CARS GOLD PORTFOLIO 1977-1990
Written by R.M. Clarke.
Stock no. 1829033
Published by Brooklands Books. Very good condition.

Contains articles previously published in various leading motoring magazines from 1977-1990. Compiled by R.M. Clarke. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations throughout. 180 pages. ISBN: 1855201526. Old, green price label to top of front cover. Couple of creases to lower front edge of covers. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

LOTUS 25 COVENTRY CLIMAX FWMV: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1829016
Published by J.H. Haynes & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Monocoque Revolution. The Lotus 25 was the car in which Jim Clark rocketed to fame in the early Sixties. How the Lotus 25 was conceived, the process of design and development and how it fared in competition. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and some colour photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0854298029. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby and lightly faded to spine.

AUTO UNION V16 SUPERCHARGED: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1829015
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Porsche's 30s G.P. sensation. A Foulis Motoring Book. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 0854298045. Slight lean to spine else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and slightly faded to spine.

T.T. PIONEERS: EARLY CAR RACING IN THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Robert Kelly.
Stock no. 1829003
Published by The Manx Experience. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The automobile of today owes much to what happened on a small island between 1904 and 1922. The challenge came in racing over the most testing course imaginable. Adventurous, exciting and testing days: an era of risk-taking over rutted, muddy roads that exposed the host island to condemnation as 'The Isle of Manslaughter.' Without them, the modern car would never have developed as fast as it did. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos throughout. 173 pages. ISBN: 1873120613. Spine & corners bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

JAGUARS IN COMPETITION
Written by Chris Harvey.
Stock no. 1328440
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Foreword by Stirling Moss. An attempt to commemorate the "grace, space and pace" which the Jaguar has given the world. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 0850453232. SIGNED by the author to the half title-page. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned.

GOODWOOD REVIVAL MEETING 2005
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828559
Published by Goodwood Road Racing Company Ltd. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

The programme for Goodwood Revival Meeting 2005. Green, brown & white patterned cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 124 pages. A lovely copy, no obvious faults.

ERA THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH RACING AUTOMOBILES LIMITED: AND THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE CARS 1933-1980
Written by David Weguelin; et al.
Stock no. 1828540
Published by White Mouse. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition.

Limited Edition of 100, numbered and signed by H.H. Prince Bira. Large oblong format. Blue leather binding, silver title to spine and logo to front. B/w & some colour photos. 288 pages including index. All edges blue. ISBN: 0904568245. Scarce in the leather binding. This book is number 31 in a worldwide limited edition of 100. Some minor browning to spine else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase with 'ERA' logo glued to front, a little marked/scuffed, overall slipcase is slightly better than Very Good condition.