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2088. GRAND PRIX DE GOLLION. Original programme from this historic event held in 1985. Drivers included Alboreto, Alliot, Arnoux, de Cesaris, Laffite, Prost, Tambay,Regazzoni and Toulo de Graffenried, no less .A4 glossy covered item in very good condition. £12 | |
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2084. NAPIER RAILTON AT BONNEVILLE.. A couple of really lovely vintage photographic prints from John Cobb’s record attempt in 1938. These are press prints and the typescript caption sheets have been removed from the backs and mounted directly below the prints. Ruthrauff and Ryan Inc. of Detroit were the agency and the client seems to have been Chrysler as the copy features the Dodge truck in the background almost as much as the record car! Fabulous, rare photos of a historic event. Both John Cobb and Reid Railton are clearly visible in the sideview shot. Mounted on boards (originally framed but these have deteriorated) with brown paper backing from the framing. I think the prints are sepia tinted rather than faded with age. Some water damage to one of the mount cards but the prints themselves are both excellent. Overall size 12in x 15in. photo size 9.5in x 7.5in.
'Body being lifted off' shot is now sold - the remaining one is now £75 |
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2075. TYRRELL. A mint, unused window sticker for the F1 team when they had Candy Appliances as a sponsor. This is the static/vacuum cling type of sticker so there's no glue or residue. 8.5in x 3.5in. £8 | |
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2072. MY SPEED KING - LIFE WITH DONALD CAMPBELL. Tonia Bern-Campbell. 2002. An intimate portrait of Donald Campbell by the woman who was his wife from 1958 until his death. Hardback with lots of rare photographs from the family collection. In excellent condition with similarly immaculate dustwrapper. 6.5in x 9.5in. pp.235 £22 | |
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2063. ASTON MARTIN DBS. Terrific large-scale model of the new Aston Martin DBS which is beautifully detailed enough for static display. - This one however has the bonus of being radio-controlled. Produced as part of the publicity for the James Bond film "Casino Royale" (There's a movie logo sticker on the controller) the model sadly has no guns or other gadgets but it is very fast as it should be of course. 11in long. £22 | |
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2060. CLASSICAL MACHINERY magazine. Two copies; vol. 1 issue 1 and vol.2 issue 2of this obscure magazine edited by Godfrey Eaton. An eclectic mix of subjects are covered: Aircraft, Steam locos, Norton BS and Douglas motorcycles, Ferrari P4, V1 flying bombs(!), Speedway, , Medieval forge-hammers (and let's face it you can never have too many articles about those!), Quite a bit of Bugatti content as you might expect: Bugatti 251, Brescia, 35B Bugatti railcars, an Ettore design for a fishing reel etc. The issues are "Autumn 1974 and Winter 1975" which is quite a time between issues. Is this a complete run or did they manage more? Nicely printed with thick card covers. A4 format. pp.32 /36 as a set of two issues. £12 | |
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2058. WAVES WHEELS WINGS- AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. SIR WALTER WINDHAM. Originally a sailor, the author joined the Royal Indian Marine, later becoming a King's Messenger. He was an eminent pioneer motorist, officiating at the first ever Irish T.T. and early aviator, founding the British Aeroplane Club and doing much to secure the strength of the RAF by the outbreak of WW2. Several illustrations including this rather fanciful depiction of a Spitfire downing an HE 111. Ex-lib hardback without dustwrapper but in good condition. No year but some time after 1940. 5.5in x 8.5in pp. 166 £50 | |
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2056. W.O. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF W.O. BENTLEY. 1958 first edition of 'W.O's autobiography. Effectively a history of the heyday of the 'Bentley Boys' told by the man who was at the centre of it all. Written in an easy, readable style and full of great anecdotes. Illustrated. Hardback without dustwrapper in very good condition. 5.5in x 8.5in. pp.223 £25 | |
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2055. INTERNATIONAL TROPHY MEETING SILVERSTONE 1962. Programme for the event held in May 1962.Very good condition (one small spot on the cover is about the worst imperfection!) 5.5in x 8.5in. pp.84 £20 | |
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no.2051. BONNEVILLE NATIONALS 1988. S.C.T.A. Rules book for the 40th Speed Week held on Aug 14-20 1988. This covers the Bonneville Nationals Land Speed Record Meet and the S.C.T.A. rules covering Dry lake speed trials. Total technical detail for every competition class for cars and motorcycles, streamliners, hotrods etc. with some great illustrations of competing vehicles, plus details of officials, ads for tuning parts etc. etc. soft card covered booklet in excellent condition. pp.88 £12 | |
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no.2046. TOURIST TROPHY. Richard Hough. 1957. A definitive history of the T.T. from 1905 to 1955. Chapters on all the classic road races that started in Ireland and ended at Donington and Dundrod. Rare now. Hardback in very good condition with similarly fine dustwrapper. 5.5in x 9in. pp.255 £45 | |
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no.2042. THE GRAND PRIX CAR. The rare two-volume set of Pomeroy's classic and respected tomes on Grand Prix cars and races up to the mid-1950s. Superb technical descriptions and the famous fold-out cutaways, technical drawings, photographs etc. Still the most exhaustive coverage of the subject. Fold-out cutaways extend to 11in x 17in and include the 1914 Grand Prix Mercedes, Type 35 Bugatti, Delage, Peugeot etc. Large format 11in x 8.5in. The publication dates differ because Pomeroy wrote his first book in 1948 ("The Grand Prix Car 1906-1939') and when Grand Prix racing began again after WW2 it became obvious that he should update, but enlarging such a big volume was not an option. It was divided and published again as the updated two-volume set as offered here. The volumes were (for some misguided reason) offered separately, and as most people thought they already had vol. 1 they just bought vol.2 so the reprint runs immediately became unbalanced. The original single 1948 volume referred to above is a fine book but this is the set to have. This matched set (both volumes inscribed "Best wishes, Valerie, Christmas 1957") is in good condition with both volumes retaining their dustwrappers, which have a few tears (almost inevitable in such big heavy books) but they are now protected from further damage by removable clear plastic sleeves. The inside pages are excellent: clean and unmarked. Also included: Email me for more information and photos. 8.5in two-volume set. pp. 267 + 344 £400 |
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no.2038. SPLIT SECONDS- RAYMOND MAYS. 1952. Mays was one of Britain's top racing drivers in the 1920s and 1930s, establishing the ERA team pre-war and BRM post-war. This is subtitled "My Racing Years" and it covers his extensive career, notably in sprints and hillclimbs, including the famous incident (see left) where he lost a wheel at Caerphilly in 1924. Illustrated hardback without dustwrapper in good condition (faded spine but otherwise good and clean) 5.5in x9 in. pp.310. £25 | |
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no.2036. RACING CAR REVIEW. Denis Jenkinson. 'Jenks' produced these exquisite little books annually for 'Motor Sport' magazine for many years: Selected cars from the previous year's motorsport (And other eras!) are discussed in great technical detail, together with a summary of their exploits in that season, all in Jenks' inimitable and entertaining style. Highly collectable now. I can offer the following, all in very good condition. Illustrated hardbacks without dustwrappers. 7.5 x5in. Varying between 102 and 172 pages. £20 each:
1949: Alfa Romeo (158 and 3.4 litre), Alta GP, Blue Crown Special, C.T.A.-Arsenal, Cooper (500 and 1000) Emeryson Special, E.R.A. (1.5 litre, 2 litre and E-Type), Ferrari 1.5 litre GP, Maserati CLT/48, Mercedes M163, Simca and Lago-Talbot 4.5 litre. £20 1951: A.F.M. Formula 2, Alfa Romeo 158, Alta GP, B.R.M., Connaught F2, Cooper 500 and 1100, E.R.A. Ferrari F1 and F2, H.W.M., Maserati 4CLT, Milan, E.R.A., Simca, Successful 500cc cars, Lago-Talbot 4.5 litre and Veritas-Meteor.£20 |
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no.2033. McLAREN. A Racing History. Geoffrey Williams. 1991 history of the team set up by Bruce McLaren in 1963 and going right through from the days of Bruce and Denny Hulme, through the era of James Hunt and Niki Lauda to Alan Prost and of course Ayrton Senna. Very detailed, covering technical innovations and on and off-track stories on an almost race-by race basis (every race result is fully recorded) and made with the full co-operation of the team itself. Profusely illustrated. Hardback with dustwrapper in virtually new condition. 7.5in x 10in. pp.336 £20 | |
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no.2030. REG PARNELL. Graham Gauld. 1996 biography of the man who was one of the most influential on postwar British racing. He raced at Brooklands (being at the centre of the infamous Kay Petre crash controversy) before driving for Alfa Romeo, Scuderia Ambrosiana, Tony Vandervell and B.R.M. His later career saw him managing teams, most famously Aston Martin. He was responsible for bringing Chris Amon over from New Zealand. Authoritative biography with excellent photographs. Hardback with dustwrapper in as new condition. 6.5in x9.5in. pp.208 £28 | |
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no.2024. AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 1998. Programme for the F1event held on 8 March 1998. Excellent condition. pp.172 £8 Click here to see our Programmes page for the full current stock. | |
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no.2023. JAGUAR XK150 ROADSTER.. Original brochure for the XK150 issued by Jaguar Cars Ltd in 1958 for the UK market. Beautiful silver cover and great design. Full specifications on back page, including Special Equipment and ‘S’ type models. Single-fold four page item in good condition (has been folded at some time with two vertical folds) Unmarked apart from a little handwritten note of the dealer’s name on the back cover. Opens to 27 x 9.5in. £48 |
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no.2022. JAGUAR TWO POINT FOUR LITRE (Mk1) Brochure. Issued by Jaguar Cars Ltd in 1955-56 for the UK market, this is typical of Jaguar brochures of this period: Terrific artwork which lets the beauty of the car sell itself and basic spec information on the back page. Single sheet, double fold-out item in OK condition (two vertical folds, separating along folds neatly repaired with tape) folds out to 22in x 17in. £28 | |
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no.2021. JAGUAR TWO POINT FOUR LITRE (Mk1) Brochure.. Issued by Jaguar Cars Ltd in 1956-57 for the UK market. Full colour brochure as distributed to showrooms, motor shows etc. and originally collected by prospective customers and innumerable small boys!. Single sheet, double fold-out item in OK condition (one vertical fold, separating along folds) folds out to 20in x 15.5in. £22 |
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no.2017. B.R.S.C.C. BADGE.. The BRSCC badge is a particularly attractive one, with its crossed flags and head-on racing car it has obvious similarities with that of the BRDC. The British Racing and Sports Car Club is a bit more egalitarian though. This original (not repro) item is in good condition with only a couple of very small chips to the yellow enamel surround. Numbered 3666, made by Marples & Beasley Ltd, of Birmingham. 5.5in high. £95 |
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