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← November Sporting Memorabilia 5th & 6th November 2012

A collection of biographies and histories relating to W.O. Bentley, his cars and his racing team, mostly scarce 1950-60s first editions complete with

Hammer Price:
£70
Estimated Price:

£80 - £120

A collection of biographies and histories relating to W.O. Bentley, his cars and his racing team, mostly scarce 1950-60s first editions complete with dust-jackets and including: W.O. The Autobiography, The Cars In My Life and An Illustrated History Of The Bentley Car 1919-1931 by W.O. Bentley, Those Bentley Days and Fifty Years With Motor Cars by A.F.C. Hillstead, The Other Bentley Boys by Elizabeth Nagle, Bentley Bedside Book edited by Hugh Young, Bentley - Fifty Years of the Marque by Johnnie Green, Full Throttle by Sir Henry Birkin (11), full list, W.O. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF W.O. BENTLEY, Hutchinson 1958; THE CARS IN MY LIFE by W.O. Bentley, Hutchinson 1961; AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE BENTLEY CAR 1919-1931 by W.O. Bentley, George Allen & Uwin 1964, lacking D/J; THE OTHER BENTLEY BOYS by Elizabeth Nagle, George Harrap & Co 1964; THOSE BENTLEY DAYS by A.F.C. Hillstead, Faber & Faber 1952; FIFTY YEARS WITH MOTOR CARS by A.F.C. Hillstead, Faber & Faber 1960; BENTLEY BEDSIDE BOOK edited by Hugh Young, Bentley Drivers Club 1961; BENTLEY - FIFTY YEARS OF THE MARQUE by Johnnie Green, Dalton Watson 1969; THE VINTAGE BENTLEY BOOK edited by John Dowdeswell, soft-cover featuring copies of relevant Autocar & The Motor magazine articles up to 1935; FULL THROTTLE by Sir Henry Birkin, G.T. Foulis 'Handy' edition 1957; A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S SPORTS CARS by Richard Hough (forward by W.O. Bentley), George Allen & Unwin 1961.