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ALF FRANCIS: RACING MECHANIC
Written by Alf Francis; Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 1825006
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1958. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

His own story as told to and written by Peter Lewis. B/w photos. Green cloth, gilt titles. Reprint. Light fading to top of spine. Text block and endpapers browned and foxed. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Some minor foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and repaired with tape, faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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FIFTY YEARS WITH MOTOR CARS
Written by A.F.C. Hillstead.
Stock no. 1825003
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. The author's life in motoring and motor sport. Boards a little rubbed. Foxing and browning to text block and endpapers. Name in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to b/w plates else contents clean. Price-cut green dustwrapper is strengthened at corners with tape, edge-rubbed and a little grubby.

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MORE WHEELSPIN
Written by C.A.N. May.
Stock no. 1825001
Published by G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Post-war competition motoring from the driver's seat. Pale yellow cloth boards. Brown title to spine. B/w photos. Light browning to top edge of front board and spine. Light damp mottling to rear board. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, lightly worn at corners, repaired to edges with tape, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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365 RACING DAYS 1987
Written by Paolo D'Alessio.
Stock no. 1824997
Published by McService. 1987. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth boards with no titles. Colour photos throughout. Text in English and Italian. Glossy pages suffering from damp i.e. some pages sticking together and some pages have surface paper lifting where pages have been prised apart. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE VANISHING LITRES
Written by Rex Hays. Illustrated by Rex Hays.
Stock no. 1824992
Published by MacGibbon & Kee. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Eyewitness account of the 1956 Grand Prix racing season. Illustrated with blue-print and scale drawings as well as b/w photos. Boards clean, text block browned. Tape marks to pastedowns (with some surface paper lifting), endpapers browned. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps, small tape repairs to corners, lightly browned.

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FERRARI THE SPORTS AND GRAN TURISMO CARS
Written by Warren W. Fitzgerald; Richard F. Merritt; Jonathan Thompson.
Stock no. 1824976
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 4th 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Large format. Red cloth spine with gilt title, red paper boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 085059426X. Musty odour present else a nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and has a few score marks to rear panel.

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TRIUMPH SPITFIRE AND GT6 (OSPREY CLASSIC LIBRARY)
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 1824974
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Spitfire 1, 2, 3, IV, 1500; GT6 1, 2, 3. Red board, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850454522. Slight musty odour present. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THRUST: THROUGH THE SOUND BARRIER
Written by Richard Noble.
Stock no. 1324644
Published by Partridge. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Signed limited edition of 1000. The story of the he Thrust SSC Supersonic Car setting a new world land speed record at 763 miles per hour in October 1997. Blue cloth boards, silver titles, pictorial onlay to front. Colour photos. ISBN: 1852252685. SIGNED by the authors to front endpaper and to copyright page. This is copy no. 974. Contents fine. Some very light marks to cloth (dust)? Contained in a red slipcase which has a few small, light marks to one side.

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815 THE GENESIS OF FERRARI
Written by Franco Varisco.
Stock no. 1824847
Published by Hyde Park Group Plc. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How the 815 Ferrari came in to being... White glazed boards, red titles. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872718019. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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TRIUMPH TRS: THE COMPLETE STORY (CROWOOD AUTOCLASSICS)
Written by Graham Robson.
Stock no. 1824841
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Looking back to the beginnings of the Triumph marque and charting the development of all the Triumph models built from 1953 until 1981, when the short-lived TR8 marked the end of the TR series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1852234512. Boards clean and bright. Pages 180-181 stuck together (printed on glossy paper which may be affected by damp). One or two marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at front vertical edge, is scuffed, and has a few minor foxspots to verso (not visible to front)

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16 ON THE GRID: THE ANATOMY OF A GRAND PRIX
Written by Peter Garnier.
Stock no. 1824840
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the 1963 Monaco Grand Prix. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Heavy tape marks to endpapers at corners of page, foxing to endpapers. Text block browned. One or two minor foxspots to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has some foxing, is browned & grubby, has a 1.5" closed tear to top rear corner, aged tape repairs to verso. Strong musty odour present.

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AUTODROMO NAZIONALE MONZA 1922-'90
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824833
Published by Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Outline of Autodrome History, Activities and Installations. Dual language: Italian & English. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & a few colour photos. 77 pages. Covers lightly rubbed at top & tail of spine. Old price-label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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