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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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THE COLLECTED MOTOR VERSES OF W. H. CHARNOCK
Written by W.H. Charnock.
Stock no. 1323061
Published by Villiers Publications Ltd. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 103 pages. Spine and corners very slightly rubbed. Pale browning to endpapers and some light foxing to textblock. Yellow dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, grubby to spine and slightly faded and foxed to rear panel.

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HALCYON DAYS RECOLLECTIONS OF POST-WAR VINTAGE MOTORING
Written by Rodney Dale.
Stock no. 1323060
Published by Fern House. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1902702050.

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PHIL HILL YANKEE CHAMPION
Written by William F. Nolan.
Stock no. 1323057
Published by Brown Fox Books. 1st thus 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The first American to win the driving championship of the world. Revised, expanded edition. Blue boards with white title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w photos. 232 pages. ISBN: 1888978104. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is a tiny bit edge rubbed and has a tiny mark to lower edge of rear panel.

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BEST WHEEL FORWARD
Written by J.A. Gregoire.
Stock no. 2139990
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st thus 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Motor Racing in France from 1920's to 1950's. Red cloth, gilt titles. Spine is a bit faded. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned and foxed to spine; edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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LANCHESTER MOTOR CARS
Written by Anthony Bird; Francis Hutton-Stott.
Stock no. 2139980
Published by Cassell. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Inspired by the brilliant and multi-talented designer Frederick Lanchester, the Company brought out a series of models which incorporated many features of structure and design now regarded as orthodox and essential. A Montagu Motor Book New Series. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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BENTLEY CRICKLEWOOD TO CREWE
Written by Michael Frostick.
Stock no. 2139950
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The men involved, the money required, the motor racing and the motor cars. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0850453763. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some fading to top and tail. Lengthy inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning to base of spine.

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AYRTON SENNA: HIS FULL CAR RACING RECORD
Written by Christopher Hilton.
Stock no. 2139924
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 185260543X. SIGNED by author to title page. Wrapper has a couple of tiny nicks along one edge.

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