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SPECIAL EXCURSIONS WHITE FUNNELS VOLUME 2
Written by Chris Collard.
Stock no. 1819360
Published by Wheelhouse Books. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

The Story of Campbells Steamers 1919 - 1939. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953427501.

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BUGATTI: LE PUR-SANG DES AUTOMOBILES
Written by H.G. Conway.
Stock no. 1819329
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 4th 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

4th edition, completely revised and updated. A Foulis Motoring Book. The authoritative history of the Ettore Bugatti and the exquisite road and racing cars that he created. Large format. B/w photos. 408 pages including index. ISBN: 0854295380. Spine slightly cocked ekse a very nice copy. Black pictorial dustwrapper has creasing to laminate on spine and rear panel, rear panel is also scratched.

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ASTON MARTIN 1913-1947
Written by Inman Hunter; Alan Archer.
Stock no. 2132823
Published by Osprey Automotive. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Unraveling Aston Martin's complex early history. Black boardds, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 185532203X. Contents are excellent!

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ASTON MARTIN: A RACING HISTORY
Written by Anthony Pritchard.
Stock no. 1819170
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Highly detailed and gloriously illustrated volume chronicling the full motor racing history of Aston Martin, one of the giants of British sports car racing. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. 384 pages including index. ISBN: 1844252418. A lovely copy!

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LOTUS RACING CARS: CLUB RACERS TO WORLD CHAMPIONS 1948-1968
Written by John Tipler.
Stock no. 2132691
Published by Sutton Publishing. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The first volume of illustrated history telling the exciting story of these pioneering cars. A fascinating insight into the evolution of Lotus racing and into the brilliant early career of Colin Chapman himself. White glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 159 pages. ISBN: 075092389X. Reprint. A couple of tiny knocks to edges. Top free corner of front endpaper has a pencil erasure mark. Else contents fine.

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DON'T TRUDGE IT, RUDGE IT
Written by Bryan Reynolds.
Stock no. 2132295
Published by Haynes. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Unlike most other marque histories, the Rudge story is not one of outstanding success... Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854291881. Tape/tape glue marks to pastedowns, endpapers and wrapper flaps. Inscriptions in ink to rear pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges.

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MORGAN: FIRST AND LAST OF THE REAL SPORTS CARS
Written by Gregory Houston Bowden.
Stock no. 2132232
Published by Galleon. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition.

The Morgan Motor Company is the world's oldest privately owned car company. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 0904442012. Light reading creasing to spine. Text block a little grubby. Else contents clean.

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THE HUMBER STORY 1868-1932
Written by A.B. Demaus; J.C. Tarring.
Stock no. 2132135
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Humber and its development to 1932. A full technical history and chronological table of all models (cycles, motor cycles and motor cars) manufactured, and production details. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 178 pages. ISBN: 0862995965. Tape marks to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Light browning to endpapers. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and has a couple of minor marks.

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TURNER'S TRIUMPHS: EDWARD TURNER & HIS TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES
Written by Jeff Clew.
Stock no. 1818852
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Biography of the man who was probably the most important individual in the history of the British motorcycle industry. Includes coverage of all Edward Turner's motorcycle designs. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 1901295877. Page 146, 150, 152 and facing pages of these three pages have some surface paper damage affecting a little text - pages stuck together and when prising apart some surface paper was left behind especially pages 150 & 151.

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THE HISTORY OF MANN'S PATENT STEAM CART AND WAGON COMPANY
Written by Eur Ing John Pease.
Stock no. 1818843
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A history of this well known, but little documented, steam engine builder. Landmark Collector's Library series. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. ISBN: 1843062054.

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BUGATTI: LE PUR-SANG DES AUTOMOBILES
Written by H.G. Conway.
Stock no. 1818255
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 4th 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

4th edition, completely revised and updated. A Foulis Motoring Book. The authoritative history of the Ettore Bugatti and the exquisite road and racing cars that he created. Large format. B/w photos. 408 pages including index. ISBN: 0854295380. A very nice copy. Laminate covering dustwrapper is creased and lifting at front spine edge. Rear of dustwrapper scuffed. Couple of bopokseller price-labels to front flap of dustwrapper.

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CROSSROADS OF COMMERCE: THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CALENDAR ART OF GRIF TELLER
Written by Dan Cupper. Illustrated by Grif Teller.
Stock no. 1818105
Published by Great Eastern Publishing. 1st 1992. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Examines how the Pennsylvania Railroad company's calendar program reflected what railroading meant to its time. Describing the evolution of the calendar series, including subtle changes in p[perspective or subject that often mirrored company policies or attitudes. Large oblong format. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and colour illustrations. 184 pages. ISBN: 0962560219.

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