OSWALD, WERNER

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt Mercedes motif to front board, 574pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, minor rubbing to board edges/extrems, sl tanning & light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling & peeling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Motorbuch Verlag 1984

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN automotive cars history Mercedes Benz development design engineering high performance

THE EARL OF COTTONHAM & BUCHAN, JOHN (Preface) & HORNE, A E (Illus)

LACKS D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 155pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading to board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: automotive cars motor car history transport hobbies

BENTLEY, W O

Octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt Bentley motif to front board, frontispiece, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & tearing/loss to edges, moderate rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1958

KEYWORDS: automotive history motoring cars W O Bentley autobiography autobiographies memoir

NIXON, St JOHN C

Octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 156pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, heavy soiling to rear board, moderate fading to spine, light soiling & discolouration to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to front eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G (extremely heavy tearing & loss, moderate chafing & soiling/tanning, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring history Wolseley British industry

BOLSTER, JOHN & PAGE, THEO (Drawings)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, G (extremely heavy tearing & loss to edges, heavy peeling & discolouration, vain attempts at tape repairs to inner sides of edges)

PUBLISHER: Autosport / B T Batsford 1964

KEYWORDS: automotive vintage classic cars French France history

LORD MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU & SEDGWICK, MICHAEL (Research by)

SECOND REVISED EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising/rubbing & adhesive staining to board etrems & edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Montagu Motor Book / Cassell 1960

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring Lord Montagu history

DRAPER, CHRIS & HULL, PETER (Preface)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1974

KEYWORDS: automotive cars motoring Salmson history

BRADLEY, W F

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate chafing & surface loss to ffep with sm ink stamp also) in d/w, G+ (untidy price clipping, v heavy tearing to spine & edges with some loss, moderate staining & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1948

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring Ettore Bugatti high performance biography biographies memoir history

LACKEY, JOHN (Preface)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#265/500), square quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, vii + 191pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & chafing/soiling, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Turton & Armstrong 1994

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring cars history Australia Australian vintage classic club numbered limited editions

SEGRAVE, Major H O D & STANLEY, Rt Hon Sir ARTHUR (Preface)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 286pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light fading to spine & board edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's v sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co N/D (c.1920s?)

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring history motor racing cars grand prix

GRANT, MALCOLM

Quarto, illus stapled glossy light card covers, 48pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Veteran Car Club Australia (Victoria) 1996

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring vintage classic cars history

N/A

TEXT PRIMARILY IN FRENCH, SOME IN ENGLISH, lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 304pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, binding sl shaky, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping to edges with surface loss, heavy closed tearing to rear cover, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Automobile Club de L'Ouest / Editions Publi-Inter 1982

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH automotive motorsport motoring les mans 24 hour races racing history

DARMON, OLIVIER & BESSERGLIK, BERNARD (Trans)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, yellow michelin man illus to front board, illus prelims, 138pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to top of spine & rear board, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light bruising to edges, light fading to spine, minor chafing, sm gouge to rear)

PUBLISHER: Knickerbocker Press 1998

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring cars tyres advertising gimmicks michelin man history

N/A

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light creasing, tanning & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Perrott Lyon Mathieson Pty 1981

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian cities Castlemaine history historical buildings architecture architectural surveys

BORGE, JACQUES & VIASNOFF, NICOLAS

TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, beige/cream buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 156pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to front eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing/soiling & peeling, moderate creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Henri Veyrier 1980

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH automotive motoring cars history Talbot

POLO, EMILIO

HEAVY, lg quarto, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & frnot board, 507pp, illus/photos, VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water damage to rear, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's label to ffep ) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate water staining to edges- internal sides, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Wings & Flags 1994

KEYWORDS: automotive history motoring cars la Hispano-Suiza early 20th twentieth century

DALTON, LAWRENCE (Compiled by)

Imperial octavo, red & black faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 318pp, illus, VG+ (sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading & rubbing to spine, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Dalton Watson 1970

KEYWORDS: automotive history motoring shows historical London motor show Paris cars

GEHRING, WES D

Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 196pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl soiling to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi 1994

KEYWORDS: entertainment history comedy humour humor Groucho Marx W C Fields

BODDY, WILLIAM & EYSTON, Captain G E T (Preface)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 170pp, illus/photo, VG (sl bruising & fading to extrems & edges, moderate water staining/damage to base, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor water staining/damage to base, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Montagu Motor Book / Cassell & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: automotive history motoring Montlhery Paris autodrome cars racing

POTHERAT, JACQUES

TEXT IN FRENCH, oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 110pp, illus/photos, G+ (v heavy cracking to spine/hinges- spine flapping loose but with flimsy amateur tape repair, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards with light tanning also, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Editions de L'Automobiliste 1977

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH automotive cars motoring history motosports