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Aston Martin & Lagonda	Autographs	B.R.M.	Ferrari	Lotus / Jim Clark	McLaren	Mercedes	Posters	Aviation & Boats



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	no. 1976. TULIP RALLY 1958. English-language regulations bookfor this event from April 26-May 2 1958. Full information for prospective entrants on time controls, car types, stages, special tests etc. etc. Includes unused tear-out entry form in the back. Very good clean condition. 6in x 9in pp27 £15
	no. 1975. TULIP RALLY 1955. English-language regulations bookfor this event from Apri 30-May 7 1955. Full information for prospective entrants on all aspects. Includes unused tear-out entry form in the back. OK condition: one vertical fold, some rubbing/creases to the pages and some (very interesting!) pencil notes throughout, clearly made by someone intending to enter. 6in x 9in pp27 £15
	no. 1974. CIRCUIT de TERLAEMEN a ZOLDER. 1964 programme of events for the season: The Coupes de Belgique, Coupes de Terlaemen, Grand Prix du Limbourg (Le Mans cars) and the Grand Prix de Zolder (F2/F3). Triple fold-out item printed in colour. £8
	no. 1973. FERRARI -A Memory. Gino Rancati. 1989. Biographical account of Enzo Ferrari by his longtime friend. Illustrated Hardback in excellent condition (dustwraper protected with removeable plastic sleeve). 6.5in x 8.5in. pp.198 £16
	no. 1972. THE BLUEBIRD YEARS. Donald Campbell and the Pursuit of Speed. Arthur Knowles /Graham Beech. 2001 book on the Campbell water speed records which includes the whole of "With Campbell at Coniston" , the classic 1967 account by Knowles, plus accounts of the recovery of Bluebird's wreckage from Coniston in 2001 and new analysis of the crash from designer Ken Norris. Illustrated throughout. Softback in excellent condition. 6in x 8.5in. pp.189. £18
	no. 1971. MARATHON IN THE DUST. Innes Ireland. 1970. The colourful description of the London/Sydney Marathon in 1970 when former Lotus formula 1 drivers, Innes Ireland and Mike Taylor drove a Mercedes-Benz 280SE. Andrew Hedges was also in the car. Innes won the first Grand Prix for Team Lotus (the US at Watkins Glen in 1961) and Mike Taylor was the hapless Lotus privateer who was despatched to warn the pits that Stirling had crashed in practice at Spa in 1960. Taylor's Lotus sheared a steering arm and HE crashed into trees, being badly injured and his absence was not noticed until the other drivers arrived back from the scene of Stirling's accident. NB: cover llustration for reference only: this copy has no dustwrapper. Signed on the title page by Innes Ireland. Hardback in excellent condition (no d/w) 5.5in x8.5in. pp.208 £55
	no.1970. 1965 GERMAN GRAND PRIX Programme. 1 August 1965 Original Race programme from the Grand Prix. Good condition, clean and unwritten apart from the word 'file' in the corner of the cover. German text. pp. 82. 6in x8in. £28
	no.1969. 1978 NURBURGRING Touring Cars programme. 8 + 9 July 1978: Good condition. Some notes on lap chart pp. 62. 6in x8in. £18
	no.1968. GERMAN GRAND PRIX Programmes: Three early 'seventies programmes for the GP. A curious lack of imagination shown by the designers: The same cover art is used on all three and many of the ads are the same inside. The dates and race entry details are different however! all are 6in x8in. 1968a. 31 July-1 August 1971. Good condition. unwritten. pp.74 £25 1968b. 29-30 July 1972. Good condition. Some notes on lap chart, about 2mm has been trimmed from the bottom of the pages (I think the pages weren't properly cut by the printers) . pp.74 £22 1968c. 4-5 August 1973. Good condition. Some notes on the lap charts and grid chart "Pole on the other side to mine- thank Tony Marsh". pp.74 £25
	no.1966. 1955. NURBURGRING ADAC EIFEL-RENNEN 29 May 1955. Programme for Car and Motorcycle races including a race for sports cars including Moss and Fangio's Mercedes 300SLRs. Farina and Masten Gregory in Ferraris plus sundry Porsches, OSCAs etc. Excellent clean unwritten condition. German text. pp. 52. 6in x8in. £30
	no.1965. 1961 NURBURGRING ADAC 1000km RENNEN 28 May 1961. Drivers included Phil Hill, Masten Gregory,, Wolfgang von Trips, Pedro Rodriguez, Jim Clark, Innes Ireland, Stirling Moss, Graham Hill and Dan Gurney. Good condition (a couple of small handwritten notes on the lap charts). German text. pp. 52 6in x8in. £20
	no.1963. 1962. GERMAN GRAND PRIX. NURBURGRING August 5th. 1962. Original Race programme from the Grand Prix. Good condition, Some of the lap charts have been filled in but otherwise clean and virtually unmarked. German text. pp. 48. 6in x8in. £30
	no.1962. 1976 NURBURGRING ADAC GOODYEAR 300 1976. Race programme for this meeting which included races for Formula 3, Touring Cars and Sports Cars (Porsche 936s, 908s Chevron B31s, Lola T390s, McLaren M8s, that sort of thing) on 2-4 April 1976. Good condition, clean and unwritten. German text. pp. 24 6in x8in. £18
	no.1961. GOODWOOD ROAD RACING CLUB. 2001 Member's badge in bronze-coloured metal with red enamel. Pin fixing. 30mm high. Perfect condition £20
click here for more detailed images	no.1960. JAGUAR XJ220. Philip Porter. Osprey Publishing 1990. Rare and highly collectable super-luxury volume aimed at being the definitive account of Jaguar's supercar project from its initial conception by a "Saturday Club" of engineers, through to prototype form and eventually production. First hand accounts form many of the original team, plus rare pre-production shots, accounts of racing activities etc. etc. Hardback in excellent as-new condition with equally fine original slipcase. 9.5in x11.5in 286pp £1450 email us for more details.
	1959. NAPIER: THE FIRST TO WEAR THE GREEN. David Venables. 1998. Superb history of the Napier company's racing cars from the 1890s through to record breaking in the 30s and 40s. Great research and terrific pictures. Particularly good on the Napier-Railton record cars of John Cobb. Hardback with dustwrapper in very good condition.(stamped "damaged" inside but apart from some light corner bumping I can find none) 8.5in x 11in. pp.208 £45
	1958. THE HISTORY OF BROOKLANDS MOTOR COURSE. William Boddy. . WB's epic history of The Track originally written in 1957. This is the revised edition published in 1979. Mind-boggling detail and The standard reference work on Brooklands. Each year of construction and competition from 1907 to 1939 has its own chapter and there are appendices and indexes on race results, cars, personalities etc. etc. Illustrated throughout. Various cuttings from magazines etc. are slipped between the pages and the previous owner has made a beautiful index to the photo plates (addressing a failing of the original book). Hardback with dustwrapper in excellent condition. 8in x 10in. pp.362 £48
	1957. S.S.II. & S.S.II CARS. THE BIRTH OF THE JAGUAR LEGEND Allan Crouch. This covers a highly significant period in the story of the development of Jaguar Cars from its origins in S.S. cars. The SS1 and SS2 models in 1931-1936 are covered in exhaustive details with both period and modern photographs, competition history and production details are all covered. Hardback with dustwrapper in as-new condition Published by the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust in 2006. 8.5in x 11in. pp.176 £28
	1956. FAST WOMEN John Bullock. . A terrific book on some of the earliest women racing drivers from Camille du Gast at the turn of the century through to the likes of Kay Petre, Margaret Allen, Mrs. Victor Bruce, Doreen Evans, 'Bill' Wisdom, Doreen Evans etc. etc. Detailed text and a nice section of period photographs. Hardback with dustwrapper in as-new condition. 6.5in x 9.5in pp.187. £18
	1955. TEN YEARS OF MOTORS AND MOTOR RACING. Charles Jarrott 1956. . Originally published in 1906 this is the fourth edition of one of the seminal early motoring books by one of the pioneer racers. Jarrott competed in the Gordon Bennett Races as well as the great continental road races, including the (in)famous Paris Madrid race of 1903. illustrated with 34 photographs and 8 maps. Absolutely fascinating and deserving of its classic status, this is a very good copy of this rare book, Hardback with dustwrapper in superb condition. 5.5in x 8.5in pp.297. £65
	1954. GRAND PRIX BUGATTI. Hugh Conway. First published in 1968, this is a lavish Bugatti Trust edition from 2004. A beautiful book filled with exhaustive researched detail and fabulous period photographs. Hardback in excellent as-new condition with perfect dustwrapper. 8.5in x 11in. pp272. . £55
	1953. BUGATTI: 'Le Pur-Sang des Automobiles' Hugh Conway. 1974, Third edition of the authoritative volume first published in 1963. Unrivalled combination of research, period photos and data. A must for the serious Bugatti collector. Hardback with dustwrapper in excellent condition two corners slightly bumped) . £45
	1952. BUGATTI. Laurence Meredith. Sutton publishing 2001. Excellent well-researched overview of the marque with lots of high-quality photographs, many from meetings such as Prescott etc. Hardback excellent condition (no dustwrapper but high-gloss printed cover boards so I guess it wasn't published with one originally) . 7in x 10in. pp.128. £22
	1951. BUGATTI TYPE 46 & 50. Barrie Price. Veloce publishing 2001. Authoritative volume on the big Bugattis by noted expert. History and analysis of the chassis designs and detailed discourse on the various bodies fitted. Chassis number index and hundreds of period photos. Hardback in excellent as-new condition with perfect dustwrapper. 8.5in x 10in. pp.144.Revised and enlarged second edition from 2000. £55
	1950. GORDON BENNETT RACES, The. Lord Montagu. 1963 first edition. All the early races covered in depth: 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906-1929 as a racing round-up. Appendices cover the Gordon Bennett races 1900-1905, Technical details of the competing cars 1900-1905, the Gordon Bennett Aeronautical Cup 1906-1929 and the Gordon Bennett Aviation Cup 1909-1920. This copy is nice because the previous owner has inserted various cuttings from magazines etc. as bookmarks. Hardback with dustwrapper in excellent condition. £65
	1949. SINGLE CYLINDER DE DION BOUTONS. Profile Publications booklet (no.25) Packed with information and period photos these are always good, but this one is particularly fine. The colour illustrations on the inside covers are especially popular with model makers. Soft cover pp.12 including covers. 7in x 9in. Very good condition. £8
	1948. MY MOTORING REMEMISCENCES. S.F. Edge. 1972 edition of Edge's 1934 account of his life with cars, from being one of the pioneers on the first London-Brighton, competing in the Gordon Bennett Races and driving for England on his Napier. Amazing to read a personal account of motoring in the nineteenth century as well as the glory years before Brooklands and through to the 'thirties. Highly collectable. Hardback in very good condition with dustwrapper (faded spine but otherwise excellent) in protective sleeve. 6in x 9in. pp.272. £85
	1947. MEMORIES OF MEN AND MOTOR CARS. S.C.H. Davis. 1965. Part history of motoring and motor racing, part autobiography, this is a classic staple of a motoring library by "sammy" davis, ex Bentley Boy and former editor of the 'Autocar. Illustrated throughout. Hardback in very good condition with dustwrapper in protective sleeve. 7.5in x 10in. pp.274. £22
	1946. THE DONINGTON COLLLECTION. The very first catalogue, researched by Doug Nye and Denis Jenkinson. A brief biography of Tom Wheatcroft, history of the circuit and descriptions and photos of the collection of single-seater racing cars which formed the basis of the museum in its earliest days. Simple press-pack type clip bound A4 volume with card covers. pp.14 £18
	1945. BENTLEY FACTORY CARS 1919-1931. Michael Hay. 1993 first edition of the classic companion volume to Hay's "The Vintage Years" This covers the history of the defining era at Cricklewood when Bentley were at their height. A huge amount of original material, deep research and interviews with surviving personalities, with access to previously unseen pictures and blueprints. Fabulous. 8in x 11in Hardback with dustwrapper in as-new condition. pp.352 £290
	1944. THE OTHER BENTLEY BOYS. Elizabeth Nagle. Foreword by W.O. Bentley. 1964. Covers the men behind the Bentley scenes: Nobby Clarke, Wally Hassan, Leslie Pennal and Wally Saunders plus Benjafield, W.O. and the team drivers. Hardback in superb condition with similar dustwrapper in protective plastic sleeve. pp.224 £65
	1943. MALCOLM CAMPBELL / MG. A nice colour print showing Malcolm Campbell at Brooklands on an MG. The facsimile caption says "To "Rim"(?) with my very best wishes. Malcolm Campbell. J.C.C. International Trophy 6 May 1935". Modern print on heavy art paper. Mint condition 14.5 in x 9.5in image plus 1in approx white borders. Overall size 16.5in x 11.5in £15
	1942. RACING WITH THE DAVID BROWN ASTON MARTINS. John Wyer and Chris Nixon.Vol. 1 is John Wyer's account of his time managing the AM team in the 50s and 60s Vol. 2 is a collation of interviews from drivers, mechanics, engineers and other personnel. Each volume £140. Deal price on the two volumes .£250
	1941. THE CERTAIN SOUND -Thirty Years of Motor Racing. John Wyer.. Autobiographical account of Wyer's career as racing team manager to Aston Martin, Ford and Porsche and his involvement with the Ford GT40 and Gulf., most famously at Le Mans. A classic and a collector's item. First edition. Hardback with dustwrapper in excellent condition. pp.260 £230

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