A collection of volumes relating to the formative years of motoring and motorsport, mostly scarce 1950-60s first editions complete with dust-jackets a
£100 - £200
A collection of volumes relating to the formative years of motoring and motorsport, mostly scarce 1950-60s first editions complete with dust-jackets and including: Veteran and Edwardian Motor Cars by David Scott-Moncrieff, Edwardian Cars by Ernest F. Carter, signed copies of The Motoring Montagus and Lost Causes of Motoring - Europe by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Motor Tramp by John Heygate, A History of Coachbuilding by George A. Oliver, the large format Early Motor-Cars 1904-1915 and Early Motor-Cars The Vintage Years drawn by George A. Oliver, The Vintage Motor Car by Clutton & Stanford, Motors of Today - Volume IV: Farman to Lancia by H. Thornton-Rutter, a 1929 workshop reference book (23), full list, THE MOTORING MONTAGUS by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Cassell 1959, bearing a dedication by the author; LOST CAUSES OF MOTORING - EUROPE by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Cassell 1971, signed by the author; MOTOR TRAMP by John Heygate, Jonathan Cape re-issue 1938, lacking D/J; VINTAGE CARS IN COLOUR by J. Barron & D.B. Tubbs, Batsford 1960, with a letter from the publisher signed Anthony Harding; CLASSIC CARS IN COLOUR by John R. Buckley, Batsford 1964, bearing a dedication by the author; HISTORY ON THE ROAD edited by J.R.L. Anderson, Hamish Hamilton 1958; A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S CLASSIC CARS by R. Hough & M. Frostick, George Allen & Unwin 1963; AUTO 1955 INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL by Alfieri Editore, Tudor Publishing (NY); THE AUTOMOBILE BOOK by Ralph Stein, Paul Hamlyn 1961; THE BEAUTY OF CARS by Kenneth Ullyett, Max Parrish 1962; WHEN MOTORING WAS FUN by Tom Tyler, Halsgrove 2008; MOTORING - THE GOLDEN YEARS by Rupert Prior / Khachadorian Gallery, Morgan Samuel 1991, EARLY MOTOR-CARS 1904-1915 drawn by George A. Oliver, Hugh Evelyn large format 1959; EARLY MOTOR-CARS THE VINTAGE YEARS drawn by George A. Oliver, Hugh Evelyn large format 1961; DIE KLASSISCHEN WAGEN DER DREISSIGER JAHRE, Motor-Presse Verlag folio of 14 large colour prints 1961; MOTOR CAR LOVER'S COMPANION edited by Richard Hough, Harper & Row 1965; THE VINTAGE MOTOR CAR by Cecil Clutton & John Stanford, Batsford 1954; VETERAN AND EDWARDIAN MOTOR CARS by David Scott-Moncrieff, Batsford 1955; EDWARDIAN CARS by Ernest F. Carter, G.T. Foulis 1955; OLD CARS THE WORLD OVER by Elizabeth Nagle, Arco Publications 1958; A HISTORY OF COACHBUILDING by George A. Oliver, Cassell 1962; THE RESTORATION OF VINTAGE & THOROUGHBRED CARS by R.C. Wheatley & B. Morgan, Batsford 1957; MOTORS OF TODAY VOLUME IV: FARMAN - LANCIA (also Zenith Carburettors) by H. Thornton-Rutter, Technical Particulars of Car & Commercial Vehicle Chassis with Helpful Instructions for Dismantling & Overhauling, Virtue & Co 1929, one of a five volume leather-bound set; the lot includes a modern belt buckle depicting a Hispano-Suiza