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BENTLEY SPECIALS & SPECIAL BENTLEYS
Written by Ray Roberts.
Stock no. 1827509
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Foulis Motoring Book. Describing in depth seventy years of works-built special cars from Cricklewood, Derby and Crewe, and the privately-created Specials of owners the world over. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos. 440 pages including index. ISBN: 0854296999. Light rubbing to lower board edges (minor), tiny bump to top front corner. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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BENTLEY FACTORY CARS 1919-1931
Written by Michael Hay.
Stock no. 1827508
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A definitive history of the Bentley golden era which covers the personalities, the commercial and financial complexities, the engineering and development work - and the primum mobile of the company, racing. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. 352 pages. ISBN: 1855322404. Light shelf-wear to base of spine and a light crease to corner of front free-endpaper else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed, small nick to lower rear edge of spine (no loss).

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LE MANS 'THE BENTLEY & ALFA YEARS' 1923-1939
Written by R.M. Clarke; Anders Ditlev Clausager.
Stock no. 1827503
Published by Brooklands Books. Nearly fine condition.

Contemporary Le Mans race reports from leading British journals covering the vintage years 1923 to 1939. Compiled by R.M. Clarke and with detailed results and annual summaries by Anders Ditlev Clausager. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 179 pages. ISBN: 1855204657. Covers lightly scuffed else contents clean.

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BRITISH CARS AT LE MANS
Written by Dominique Pascal.
Stock no. 1824618
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Foulis motoring book. A record by word and picture of every AC, Aston Martin, Bentley, Healey, Jaguar, Lotus, MG and Triumph to have competed in the classic 24 hour race since 1923. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 085429872X. Very pale browning to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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MOTORING MY WAY
Written by Stanley Sedgwick.
Stock no. 2139923
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's wide experience and objective approach to so many classic marques make this a must for enthusiasts. Mottled grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 190 pages plus index. ISBN: 0713432624. SIGNED by author and dated 'October 1976' to title page. Light browning to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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W.O. BENTLEY: THE MAN BEHIND THE MARQUE
Written by Malcolm Bobbitt.
Stock no. 1823866
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first full biography of the founder and inspiration behind Bentley Cars. An insight into the conception and design of some of the most famous sporting cars in automobile history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1859833527. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BENTLEY BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by Hugh Young.
Stock no. 1823865
Published by Bentley Drivers Club Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The best articles which have appeared in the Bentley Driver's Club Review. B/w photos. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Foxing to prelims else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-rubbed.

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ROLLS-ROYCE AND BENTLEY
Written by Klaus-Josef Robfeldt.
Stock no. 2139326
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

All Models From 1904; Development History; Production Data; Technical Specifications. A FOULIS Motoring book. Large format. Leather-look dark grey cloth boards with gilt/silver titles to spine. B/w and colour photos throughout. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0854299203. Light wear to spine and corners. Some browning to outer page edges. Contents clean. Contained in original slip case, which is almost very good - some marks and bumps; 1-2" split/chipping along one edge.

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BENTLEY CONTINENTAL R
Written by Ian Adcock.
Stock no. 1823542
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition.

The Bentley Continetal R was a luxury Coupe manufactured by British automobile manufacturer Bentley Motors from 1991 to 2003. It was the fastest, most expensive, and most powerful Bentley automobile of its day. It was also the most expensive production car in the world at its introduction. Large oblong format. Blue leather, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. All edges gilt. ISBN: 1855322609. A few minor scuffs to leather. Contents are fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase also in fine condition due, in part, to the original bubble packaging being present.

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ROLLS-ROYCE AND BENTLEY EXPERIMENTAL CARS
Written by Ian W. Rimmer.
Stock no. 1823540
Published by Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' club. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A record of all the experimental cars produced by Rolls-Royce. It covers a period of over 75 years and also includes the Bentley experimental cars since 1931. Green cloth boards. B/w photos. 372 pages including index. ISBN: 1869912004. SIGNED and dated by the author to verso of half-title page. Text block and page edges lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is stuck to the boards with clear laminate.

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BENTLEY: THE CARS FROM CREWE
Written by Rodney Steel.
Stock no. 2136824
Published by Dalton Watson. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and Bentley motif to front cover. B/w photos and diagrams throughout. Some colour photos. 242 pages including index plus adverts to front and rear. ISBN: 0901564451. Text block lightly browned. Boards and contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a lightly faded spine, tiny white spots to front panel spine edge and scuffing..

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ROLLS-ROYCE & BENTLEY: SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE
Written by Jonathan Wood.
Stock no. 1822112
Published by Haynes. 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of the famous Rolls-Royce motor cars including those which have carried the Bentley badge, majoring on the post-war years. Haynes Classic Makes Series. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 185960692X. Reprint. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is very faintly scuffed, spine slightly faded.

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