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INDY 500 MECHANIC
Written by Clint Brawner; Joe Scalzo.
Stock no. 2140143
Published by Chilton Book Company. 1st USA 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black and blue title to spine. The Inside Story of Big Time Auto Racing. B/w photos. ISBN: 0801960649. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks and couple of closed tears; fading to spine.

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GRAND PRIX! VOLUMES 1 & 2 1950 TO 1973
Written by Mike Lang.
Stock no. 2140141
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st thus 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Combined edition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Race-by-race account of Formula 1 world championship motor racing. ISBN: 0854298614. Light wear to corners. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and a few small nicks.

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AYRTON SENNA GOODBYE CHAMPION FAREWELL FRIEND
Written by Karin Sturm.
Stock no. 2140129
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Colour photos. Biography of the racing driver. ISBN: 0947981861.

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MILESTONES BEHIND THE MARQUES
Written by Paul Sheldon.
Stock no. 2140127
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A study indepth of the history of one model from ten world-famous motor racing car manufacturers. Oblong format. B/w photos. ISBN: 071537267X. Some fading along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks; faded to spine.

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FERRARI CHE GENTE
Written by Gino Rancati; Franco Varisco.
Stock no. 2140125
Published by Editoriale Internazionale Milano. Circa 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Text in Italian. ISBN: 8881880008.

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FOR PRACTICE ONLY
Written by Louis Klemantaski; Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2140123
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Behind the scenes of motor-racing to see the work that goes into the preparation of a car for a Grand Prix race. Some wear to spine. Browning and foxing to some pages. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks; some grubby marks.

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BRITISH RACING GREEN 1946-1956
Written by Louis Klemantaski; Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2140122
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. The achievements of British cars and British drivers in motor racing. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browned spine; some wear; tear to top of spine.

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MORGAN: FIRST AND LAST OF THE REAL SPORTS CARS
Written by Gregory Houston Bowden.
Stock no. 2140040
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. The Morgan Motor Company is the world's oldest privately-owned car manufacturer. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0854294430. Some browning to outer page edges. Light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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A HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX VOLUME 1 1928-1939
Written by John B. Blanden.
Stock no. 1823910
Published by Museum Publishing Co.. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Australian Grand prix is the second oldest Grand Prix still being regularly conducted. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0959467130. SIGNED by the author (best wishes) to title page. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MOGGIE: THE PURCHASE, MAINTENANCE AND ENJOYMENT OF MORGAN SPORTS CARS
Written by Colin Musgrove.
Stock no. 1823909
Published by Quills Publishing. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Morgan book that tells it like it is! Written for enthusiasts by an enthusiast. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 0907054013. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners, slight loss to base of spine.

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AUTO-ARCHITECT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD PALMER
Written by Gerald Palmer; Christopher Balfour.
Stock no. 1823907
Published by Magna Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

A fascinating story told by this innovative and talented car designer including designing and building the Jowett Javelin. Additional material by Christopher Balfour. Large format. Pale brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Limited to 750 copies. ISBN: 0951942360. SIGNED by Gerald Palmer on label to front pastedown.

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MILESTONES IN A MOTORING LIFE
Written by Dudley Noble.
Stock no. 1823906
Published by Advanced Mile-Posts Publications Ltd. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

This is an Author's Presentation Copy of which only 250 copies have been issued. The author's extensive and adventurous travels, in the 1920s and 1930s, in his motorcar and sometimes with caravan. Cloth boards, brown spine with gilt title, blue boards with brown oval portraiture to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 0362000409. SIGNED and dated (with compliments) by the author to verso of half-title page. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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