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	BOTT, RICHARD (EDITOR) The Peter Collins Speedway Book No 3 London, Stanley Paul. 1979. (ISBN: 0091387116) Paperback, 9.5 x 7.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. Light creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. This volume includes the re-telling of the story that sent shock waves throughout Speedway when the world's most popular and thrilling rider, Peter Collins missed the Golden Jubilee of the sport in 1978 because his bikes had been sabotaged at the British final. 96pp. Very Good. GBP 8.75 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.53 \| JP¥ 1284] Book number: 003605 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	EARL, CAMERON Quick Silver : B. I. O. S. Report No. 1755 : Investigation into the Development of German Grand Prix Racing Cars Between 1934 and 1939 (Including a Description of the Mercedes World's Land Speed Record Contender) London, HMSO. 1996. (ISBN: 0112905501) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny indent to front and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with tiny indent to front. The fascinating Report by young British engineer Cameron Earl who visited Germany in 1947 and gained an astonishing amount of information on the development of pre-war German racing cars by Porsche, Mercedes and Auto-Union. The Report, first published in 1948 was described as 'the second most interesting book on motor racing ever published'. Cameron Earl died tragically young at 29 in a racing car accident but his engineering briliiance was such that he is still effectively suggesting lines of research for us to pursue. The bulk of the book is a facsimile copy of Earl's Report along with his photographs, detailed technical drawings and tabular data. These latter are in pull-out format all in excellent condition. 148pp + 15pp introduction by Karl E Ludvigsen. A scarce book. Fine/Fine. GBP 87.50 [Appr.: EURO 97.25 US$ 145.34 \| JP¥ 12840] Book number: 004829 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	GILL, BARRIE AND FROSTICK, MICHAEL Ford's Competition Cars : Boreham Cologne Dearborn Yeovil, Somerset, Haynes Publishing Group. 1984. (ISBN: 0854294406) Hardback, 9.25 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Minor indents to unclipped dust jacket. A lovely clean crisp tight copy.232pp. Very Good (+)/Very Good. GBP 13.25 [Appr.: EURO 14.75 US$ 22.01 \| JP¥ 1944] Book number: 000664 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	HENRY, ALAN (EDITOR) Jackie Stewart's Principles of Performance Driving Richmond, Surrey, Hazleton Publishing. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0905138430) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Inscription on ffep, no other marks. A clean crisp tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners, trace of bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased with a little rubbing to edges and traces of handling. This is a concise and thought-provoking manual for success in motoring from the expert whose meticulous approach to detail and painstaking professionalism led to him being statistically the most successful Grand Prix driver ever when he retired in 1973. 244pp. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 7.75 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 12.87 \| JP¥ 1137] Book number: 001863 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	HILTON, CHRISTOPHER Michael Schumacher : The Greatest of All (Second Updated Edition) Yeovil, Somerset, Haynes Publishing Group. 2003. (ISBN: 184425044X) Hard Cover, 10 x 10 inches. Ill.: Rainer Schlegelmilch (photographs). Updated Second Edition including 2003 season. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with small traces of handling and storage. 176pp. Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 8.75 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.53 \| JP¥ 1284] Book number: 002911 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	HUDSON, RICHARD AND ROBSON, GRAHAM The Big Drive : The Book of the World Cup Rally 1970 London, Speed and Sports Publications Ltd. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0851130321) Paperback, 6 x 8 inches. No inscriptions or marks. Reading crease only to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. A story of what really happened to those incredible men (and women) in their motoring machines who set out from London on the long hard road to Mexico in time for the World Cup. Pull-out map at front giving full route from London through Europe, South America and Mexico in excellent condition. Pull-out details of all 106 teams at back giving photographs of the 259 competitors and makes of all cars also in excellent condition. Very scarce. 72pp. Very Good. GBP 47.50 [Appr.: EURO 52.75 US$ 78.9 \| JP¥ 6970] Book number: 004303 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	IRELAND, INNES Motor Racing Today London, Arthur Barker Ltd. 1961, First Edition. Hardback, 9 x 5.75 inches. No dust jacket, so illustration is of title page/frontispiece. Very minor marking to a few pages. Lower board edges slightly faded. 128pp. No inscriptions. A very firm copy. Very Good. GBP 12.25 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.35 \| JP¥ 1798] Book number: 000697 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	KING, MAX Trials Riding London, Temple Press. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 7.5 x 5 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. The orange cloth boards are in superb 'near fine' condition with the sole fault of a tiny mark to a slightly sunned lower four cm of the spine. Dust jacket not price clipped but otherwise very poor, being incomplete, torn and dirty with tape repairs. Introduced by Hugh Viney, three times Captain of the British International Trophy Team, this book is based on the author's experiences as a successful competitor in motorcycle trials. It deals with the reasons for the sport's popularity, characteristics and specifications of trials machines, what to wear, the make-up of a trial and its organization plus valuable advice to competitors. It goes on to the training and qualities needed and routines to be followed in preparation. Containing more than fifty illustrations, of the key trials bikes of the time plus actual competitors in race situations. 146pp. Very Good/Poor. GBP 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 US$ 69.76 \| JP¥ 6163] Book number: 003622 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	MANSELL, NIGEL WITH ALLEN, JAMES Nigel Mansell : My Autobiography London, Collins/Willow. 1995. (ISBN: 0002184974) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright boards with no bumping to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 351pp. Fine/Fine. GBP 2.75 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 4.57 \| JP¥ 404] Book number: 004084 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	NORRIS, MARTIN Wild at Heart : The Harley-Davidson and Its Riders London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283061642) Hardback, 10 x 10 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Dust jacket not price clipped. A lovely clean tight copy. 128pp. Very Good (+)/Very Good (+). GBP 7.25 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 12.04 \| JP¥ 1064] Book number: 000698 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	SPRINZEL, JOHN Modified Motoring London, Motor Racing Publications. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No inscriptions or marks to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean pages in a firm copy with lightly marked black cloth boards and sunning to eps. No dust jacket. How to obtain improved performance from a production car with a section on the technical data for a Healy Sprite. Illustrated. A scarce sought-after book. 122pp. Good (+). GBP 27.50 [Appr.: EURO 30.5 US$ 45.68 \| JP¥ 4035] Book number: 004424 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.

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	BOTT, RICHARD (EDITOR) The Peter Collins Speedway Book No 3 London, Stanley Paul. 1979. (ISBN: 0091387116) Paperback, 9.5 x 7.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. Light creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. This volume includes the re-telling of the story that sent shock waves throughout Speedway when the world's most popular and thrilling rider, Peter Collins missed the Golden Jubilee of the sport in 1978 because his bikes had been sabotaged at the British final. 96pp. Very Good. GBP 8.75 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.53 \| JP¥ 1284] Book number: 003605 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	EARL, CAMERON Quick Silver : B. I. O. S. Report No. 1755 : Investigation into the Development of German Grand Prix Racing Cars Between 1934 and 1939 (Including a Description of the Mercedes World's Land Speed Record Contender) London, HMSO. 1996. (ISBN: 0112905501) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny indent to front and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with tiny indent to front. The fascinating Report by young British engineer Cameron Earl who visited Germany in 1947 and gained an astonishing amount of information on the development of pre-war German racing cars by Porsche, Mercedes and Auto-Union. The Report, first published in 1948 was described as 'the second most interesting book on motor racing ever published'. Cameron Earl died tragically young at 29 in a racing car accident but his engineering briliiance was such that he is still effectively suggesting lines of research for us to pursue. The bulk of the book is a facsimile copy of Earl's Report along with his photographs, detailed technical drawings and tabular data. These latter are in pull-out format all in excellent condition. 148pp + 15pp introduction by Karl E Ludvigsen. A scarce book. Fine/Fine. GBP 87.50 [Appr.: EURO 97.25 US$ 145.34 \| JP¥ 12840] Book number: 004829 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	GILL, BARRIE AND FROSTICK, MICHAEL Ford's Competition Cars : Boreham Cologne Dearborn Yeovil, Somerset, Haynes Publishing Group. 1984. (ISBN: 0854294406) Hardback, 9.25 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Minor indents to unclipped dust jacket. A lovely clean crisp tight copy.232pp. Very Good (+)/Very Good. GBP 13.25 [Appr.: EURO 14.75 US$ 22.01 \| JP¥ 1944] Book number: 000664 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	HENRY, ALAN (EDITOR) Jackie Stewart's Principles of Performance Driving Richmond, Surrey, Hazleton Publishing. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0905138430) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Inscription on ffep, no other marks. A clean crisp tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners, trace of bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased with a little rubbing to edges and traces of handling. This is a concise and thought-provoking manual for success in motoring from the expert whose meticulous approach to detail and painstaking professionalism led to him being statistically the most successful Grand Prix driver ever when he retired in 1973. 244pp. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 7.75 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 US$ 12.87 \| JP¥ 1137] Book number: 001863 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	HILTON, CHRISTOPHER Michael Schumacher : The Greatest of All (Second Updated Edition) Yeovil, Somerset, Haynes Publishing Group. 2003. (ISBN: 184425044X) Hard Cover, 10 x 10 inches. Ill.: Rainer Schlegelmilch (photographs). Updated Second Edition including 2003 season. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with small traces of handling and storage. 176pp. Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 8.75 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.53 \| JP¥ 1284] Book number: 002911 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	HUDSON, RICHARD AND ROBSON, GRAHAM The Big Drive : The Book of the World Cup Rally 1970 London, Speed and Sports Publications Ltd. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0851130321) Paperback, 6 x 8 inches. No inscriptions or marks. Reading crease only to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. A story of what really happened to those incredible men (and women) in their motoring machines who set out from London on the long hard road to Mexico in time for the World Cup. Pull-out map at front giving full route from London through Europe, South America and Mexico in excellent condition. Pull-out details of all 106 teams at back giving photographs of the 259 competitors and makes of all cars also in excellent condition. Very scarce. 72pp. Very Good. GBP 47.50 [Appr.: EURO 52.75 US$ 78.9 \| JP¥ 6970] Book number: 004303 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	IRELAND, INNES Motor Racing Today London, Arthur Barker Ltd. 1961, First Edition. Hardback, 9 x 5.75 inches. No dust jacket, so illustration is of title page/frontispiece. Very minor marking to a few pages. Lower board edges slightly faded. 128pp. No inscriptions. A very firm copy. Very Good. GBP 12.25 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.35 \| JP¥ 1798] Book number: 000697 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	KING, MAX Trials Riding London, Temple Press. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 7.5 x 5 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. The orange cloth boards are in superb 'near fine' condition with the sole fault of a tiny mark to a slightly sunned lower four cm of the spine. Dust jacket not price clipped but otherwise very poor, being incomplete, torn and dirty with tape repairs. Introduced by Hugh Viney, three times Captain of the British International Trophy Team, this book is based on the author's experiences as a successful competitor in motorcycle trials. It deals with the reasons for the sport's popularity, characteristics and specifications of trials machines, what to wear, the make-up of a trial and its organization plus valuable advice to competitors. It goes on to the training and qualities needed and routines to be followed in preparation. Containing more than fifty illustrations, of the key trials bikes of the time plus actual competitors in race situations. 146pp. Very Good/Poor. GBP 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 US$ 69.76 \| JP¥ 6163] Book number: 003622 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	MANSELL, NIGEL WITH ALLEN, JAMES Nigel Mansell : My Autobiography London, Collins/Willow. 1995. (ISBN: 0002184974) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright boards with no bumping to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 351pp. Fine/Fine. GBP 2.75 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 4.57 \| JP¥ 404] Book number: 004084 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	NORRIS, MARTIN Wild at Heart : The Harley-Davidson and Its Riders London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283061642) Hardback, 10 x 10 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Dust jacket not price clipped. A lovely clean tight copy. 128pp. Very Good (+)/Very Good (+). GBP 7.25 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 US$ 12.04 \| JP¥ 1064] Book number: 000698 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	SPRINZEL, JOHN Modified Motoring London, Motor Racing Publications. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No inscriptions or marks to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean pages in a firm copy with lightly marked black cloth boards and sunning to eps. No dust jacket. How to obtain improved performance from a production car with a section on the technical data for a Healy Sprite. Illustrated. A scarce sought-after book. 122pp. Good (+). GBP 27.50 [Appr.: EURO 30.5 US$ 45.68 \| JP¥ 4035] Book number: 004424 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.