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THE FORD THAT BEAT FERRARI: A RACING HISTORY OF THE GT40
Written by Gordon Jones; John Allen.
Stock no. 1828195
Published by Kimberley's. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A 21st birthday book. The racing history of every GT40 chassis traced in pictures between 1964 and 1971. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0946132240. Text block browned. Pale foxing to prelims and endpapers. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and top front edge, lightly scuffed.

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WORLD SPORTSCAR RACING '92
Written by Gustav Busing; Michael Cotton.
Stock no. 1828192
Published by Gruppe C. Motorsport. 1992. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Text in German and English. Reports the Sportscar World Championship in detail. Large format. Yellow cloth boards, no title to boards. Colour photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 3928540041. Some foxing to boards, mostly to top end. Top of spine bumped. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean.

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THE ENDLESS QUEST FOR SPEED: THE AUTOCAR PORTFOLIO OF MOTOR RACING SECOND SERIES
Written by S.C.H. Davis. Illustrated by F. Gordon-Crosby.
Stock no. 1327822
Published by Iliffe & Sons Limited. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

Volume 2 only. A portfolio of 12 colour plates of scenes from past grand prix races. Beige cardwraps. Large format. All plates are present, 3 of them are detached from staples but fairly sure they were never attached in the first instance. Staples are rusty. Covers are grubby and edge worn.

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ORIGINAL MORRIS MINOR
Written by Ray Newell. Illustrated by John Colley.
Stock no. 1327821
Published by Bay View Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Restorer's Guide to all Saloon, Tourer/Convertible, Traveller and Light Commercial Models. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 1870979435. Spine bumped at top. Some tiny light white spots to front cover, lower edges of cover slightly scuffed. Contents fine. Price-cut dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is slightly edge rubbed and has light damp stains to lower edges on verso (not evident on outside of wrapper).

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AC HERITAGE: 90 YEARS, FROM THE THREE WHEELER TO THE COBRA (OSPREY CLASSIC MARQUES)
Written by Simon Taylor; Peter Burn.
Stock no. 1327819
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Osprey Classic Marques Series. Colour photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 1855325349. Spine lightly faded. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Rear cover scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE IVEL STORY
Written by John Moffitt.
Stock no. 1327801
Published by Japonica Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Celebrating 100 years of the Ivel, the first internal combustion tractor. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 203 pages. Photos throughout. ISBN: 0954022262. SIGNED by the author to verso of front free-endpaper with a message and dedication to John. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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FRENCH BATTLESHIPS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Robert Dumas.
Stock no. 1828115
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were among the most radical and influential designs of the interwar period. This is a study of these important and technically interesting ships. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848320345. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (title has gone from red to pink).

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THE BANBURY AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY 1887-1962
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1327797
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, track plans and locomotive sketches. 140 pages. ISBN: 0902888455. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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NORTH WALES STEAM (1927-1968)
Written by E.N. Kneale.
Stock no. 1327796
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first of two volumes in which the author portrays steam in North Wales over a period extending from the late twenties to the demise of steam locomotion on British Railways in 1968. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860930742. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top front corner.

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RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY: THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER CANAL
Written by Richard Skeet.
Stock no. 1327791
Published by The Herefordshire And Gloucestershire Canal Trust. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

The story of the building and operation of the canal and also how the canal trust set about the enormous task of restoring the 34 miles of this historic canal, reconnecting two ancient Cathedral Cities. Cardwraps. 200 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780992944100. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

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THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL
Written by Humphrey Household.
Stock no. 1327790
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848680357. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

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THE BSA MOTORCYCLE MANUAL: 500 C.C. O.H.V. VERTICAL TWIN MODEL A7 AND A7 STAR TWIN 1947-1950
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327782
Published by B.S.A. Motor Cycles Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition.

Title inside front cover is The B.S.A. Vertical Twin Power Unit. Small format. Red cardwraps. B/w diagrams. 68 pages (incuding index). Covers a little grubby and rubbed. Some very pale foxing and page edge browning but contents generally clean. Remains of a small white label to inside rear cover.

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