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Cars5735. : Practical Motorist. London: G.Newnes, Whitsun Number May 20th 1939. 29.5 by 21.5 cm pp. 89-144, illustrated, paper covers. The main feature is on the new Austin Ten, also featured on the cover. Great advertisments, a Wolseley Hornet 1933 4 seater coupe would set you back all of £32 ! In very good condition. £10.001579. : Service Manual for Leyland "Cub" Chassis Goods and Passenger Models 1934. London: Leyland, August 1934 128pp, illustrated, in worn embossed card covers. Coloured oiling chart in rear cover pocket. It has been used and is a little grubby in places. £23.008252. 750 Motor Club Ltd.: Special Builders Guide for 1172 & 750 Formulae Constructions. London: 750 Motor Club Ltd. 1960. 21 by 16.5 cms. 199 pp. diagrams, illustrations, paper covers. Covers fingered and rubbed, some spine wear, otherwise very good. A series of articles by various authors, from. c.1951. Section 1: 750cc. , Specials, Section 2: 1172cc., Engines, Chassis, Specials, Section 3 Bodybuilding, Electrics, Competition. Scarce. £95.008254. 750 Motor Club Ltd.: Special Builders Guide for 1172 & 750 Formulae Constructions. London: 750 Motor Club Ltd. no date. 21 by 16.5 cms. 187 pp. diagrams, illustrations, card covers. A cyclostyled edition probably pre-1960, when we have a printed edition. (stock ref. 8252) otherwise very good. A series of articles by various authors, from. c.1951. Section 1: 750cc. , Specials, Section 3 Bodybuilding, Electrics, Competition. Unlike the later printed edition this has no section two. Scarce. £95.008268. Abbey, Staton: The Book of the Austin Seven and Eight Covering Models from 1932. London: Pitman fourth ed. reprinted 1959. 101 pp. diagrams, very good in a slightly worn dustwrapper. £6.504882. Abbey, Staton: The Book of the Morris Oxford and Cowley London: Pitman's Motorists' Library 4th edition 1966. 142 pp. illustrated, very good in dustwrapper. All Models up to 1966. First published in 1959. £4.002948. Austin Motor Car Company: Austin Cars 1936-1939 Running and Maintenance Instructions. Birmingham: Austin Motor Car Company, 1954. 72 pp. Illustrated. For Seven, Big Seven, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty, and Twenty-eight. A bit dusty and some wear but sound. Still a valuable manual for owners. £15.004234. Austin Motor Company: Austin Twelve List of Spare Parts. Birmingham: Austin Motor Company, 1938. Publication No.1663. 70 pp. Illustrated. A bit dusty but internally very good, in card covers. £15.004233. Austin Motor Company: Handbook of the Austin Twelve Birmingham: Austin Motor Company1938. Publication No.1724. 64 pp. Illustrated. Wear to covers and they are a bit dusty but internally good, in card covers. £15.008258. Ball, Kenneth: Simca Owners Workshop Manual Autobook 1970. Brighton: Autopress reprinted 1974. Covers Simca, 1300, 1301, 1500, 1501, l, Ls., Gl, GLS, Special 1963-73. 25 by 19 cms. 192 pp. illustrated, laminated covers, in very good clean condition. £4.951573. Bent, RW: Motor Vehicle Technology London: Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1946. Two volumes vi+105, vii+158+ii. Some damp-staining to cover of volume 1, o/w good. £6.008264. British Leyland (Austin Morrris ) Limited.: 1300 G T Negative Earth Return Electrical System Handbook. Birmingham 1971. Publication Part no AKD 7898 (2nd ed.) 21 by 15 cms. 64 pp.diagrams, card covers, some minor wear, initials on front cover, otherwise good. £5.007697. Butler, Herbert J.: Motor Bodywork The Design and Construction of Private, Commercial and Passenger Types. London: W. R. Howell & Co. 1924. 27 by 20 cms. xxiii+492 pp. illustrated with 245 photographic plates and 50 blueprint working drawings, foreword by Sir Herbert Austin. Dark blue boards, gilt title, some wear and rubbing of boards, spine professionally restored, occasional fingermarking, particularly in one chapter, plans properly folded. 30 chapters covering, Open Bodies, Racing and Sporting Bodies,Cape Hoods, Closed Bodies, Bodies with Folding heads, Shooting and Luggage Breaks and protected Phaetons, Seat Fittings, Windscreens, Private Bodywork, Materials, Drawing Office, Bodymaking, Sheet Metal Working, Mounting, Trimming, Platform Lorries, Lorries with Fixed and Moveable sides, Box Vans, Tilted Vans, Tipping Wagons,Trailers, Ambulances, Hearses, Single Deck Omnibuses, Double deck Omnibuses, Char a Bancs, Taxicabs,etc. The most comprehensive contemporary book on the subject. This is a heavy book requiring extra postage. £315.008266. Clarke, George T. editor: Motor Car Maintenance Motor Repair and Overhauling. London The Home Library Book Co. ( George Newnes ) n.d. c.1930. 22 by 16 cms. In five volumes. Vol.1: viii+308 pp. Vol. 2: viii 309-612 pp, Vol. 3: vii+613-884pp,, Vol.4: vii+885-1172 pp, Vol. 5: viii+280 pp. illustrated, diagrams, the first four volumes have folding cut away coloured diagrams, with all parts present as far as we can see. Includes, Stromberg Pump Type Carburetter, Lucas Magneto BT- H Magneto,Talbot Facia Board (Rotax) Austin Twelve Transmission Brown leatherette covers, all in very good condition and giving a fascinating glimpse of motor maintenance, the motor trade, garages etc in the 1920's and 1930's. It was published after 1927 when the Austin 12 started, but the photographs suggest that it can't be much later so we have suggested 1930. Great Vintage material - more details on request. £95.003885. Couper, Mike: Rallying to Monte Carlo. London: The Sportsmans Book Club, 1957 x +180 pp, 22 x 14 cm. The back of the dw has been neatly repaired, otherwise good. 34 plates. £5.508251. Ford Motor Company Ltd. Patrts Division.: Parts List with Illustrations. 1932 / 1959. Romford. 1959. 933 cc. & 1172cc. Cars. Popular 1932/37, De Luxe 1934/37, The Eight 1937/39, Popular 1953/59, The Ten 1937/39, Anglia 1939/53, Prefect 1939/53. 5 cwt. (1932/54) & 10 cwt Vans, (1938/57) 28 by 21.5 cms. 166 pp. 27 plates. Covers are rubbed and a bit fingered, internally clean, a useful £32.006334. Ford.: Automatic Transmission Warley Essex: Ford Service Car Division revised reprint Feb. 1965. 25.5 by 20 cms. 28 pp. illustrated, card covers punched for filing. Good. £8.001575. Hawks, Ellison: The Cassell Book of the Ford "Popular" from 1953. London: Cassell, 1958. Third ed. viii+128. Occasional stain and bruised front cover. £5.008256. Jelley, Harold: Motor Car Maintenance Overhaul and Repair. London: The New Era Publishing Company. n.d. c. 1944/45. A practical up to date work on the maintenance, overhaul and repair of motor vehicle. Deals also with garage equipment. Two vols. 24.5 by 19 25 by 19 cms. Vol 1: viii+354 pp. Vol. 2: ix+318 pp. illustrated, brown boards. Some rubbing to boards but otherwise in very good condition. No publication date but since it is shown as book producton war economy standards we assume about 1944/45. £23.008223. Kozisek, Petr & Kralik, Jan: L & K - Skoda 1895 - 1995. Prague: Motorpress 1995. Two Vols. 32 by 21.5 cms.Part 1: Laurin & Klement Makers of the Best in the World. 249 pp. illustrated, diagrams, dustwrapper. Part II: The Flight of the Winged Arrow. 347 pp. illustrated, diagrams, dustwrapper. Both vols are in very good condition, text in English, the d.w.'s are slightly rubbed but these are handsome books, with superb photographs detailing the history of this famous Czech motor cycle / car factory. £70.006264. Lucas Technical Service: Service Bulletin Digest 1952-1953. Birmingham: Lucas 1952. 27.5 by 21.5 cms. 47 pp. illustrated, paper covers good. £10.008926. Moore, John: Motor Makers in Ireland. Belfast: Blackstaff Press 1982. x+165 pp. illustrated, diagrams, very good in a v.g. dustwrapper. Autographed by the author on the title page. This is the first comprehensive history of Ireland's contribution to the development of motor making. J. B. Ferguson's Steam vehicle of 1902, the Chamber brothers series of cars and vans, Belfast Vet. John Dunlop's invention of the pneumatic tyre, Crossle racing cars, the Nobel 200 bubble car, up to the notorious De Lorean episode. The author is keeper of transport at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra. £15.008265. Morris: Morris 1100 Driver's Handbook. Cowley: Morris Motors Limited March 1964. 21.5 by 13.5 cms. 58 pp. diagrams, paper covers minor pencil annotation some wear, obviously used, otherwise good. £5.006512. Morris Motors: Morris 1934. Cowley: Morris Motors, 1st September 1934. 35 pp. 30.5 x 23 cm. Illustrated. Folding double page photograph of the latest model, Morris 25 Saloon, and at the rear a folding double page of principal dimensions and weights of Morris 1934 cars on one side, and on the other the Morris 1934 Coachwork colours. Photographs and details of all that year's models, The Big Sixes, the Morris Cowleys, the Morris Tens, and the Morris Minor. Distributed by WH Alexander, Belfast. Green card covers, silver border and crest in excellent clean fresh condition, a splendid vintage car item for Morris enthusiasts, and scarce. £100.004889. P6 Rover Owners Club: P6 News. Vol 3 no 1 Feb. 1987 28pp. illustrated, paper covers, very good. £4.004890. P6 Rover Owners Club: P6 News. Vol 3 no 2 April. 1987. 35pp. illustrated, paper covers, very good. £4.008309. Parkinson, T. H.: Diesel Maintenance Servicing the Modern Transport Diesel. London: Iliffe & Sons Ltd Reprinted Aug. 1945. 17.5 by 11 cms iv+199+xxiii pp. illustrated. The front board has a small light stain and the dustwrapper is worn otherwise fair. £4.004888. Runz, Mario and others: The History of the Automobile. New York: Gallery Books, 1985. 32cms by 27 cms. 280pp. illustrated in colour, translated from the Italian by Maria Piotrowska. Very good in dustwrapper. Covers the car's history, the heroic age, sport between the wars, Indianopoliscoachbuilders, manufacturers, rallies, land speed records, inventions, and 100 years ogf different marques. This is a heavy book. £20.004887. Sedgwick, Michael: Classic Cars of the 1950's and 1960's. Twickenham: Tiger Books 1997. 240pp. over 350 illustrations, many in colour, very good in dustwrapper. The author was curator of the National Motor Museum. It covers developments from family cars to top of the range models, technical innovations, handling , improvements and a comprehensive history of the period. £18.008267. Service, T. B. D.: Austin Cars A Practical Guide to Maintenance and Repair Covering Models from 1932. London: C. Arthur Pearson fourth ed. 1960. viii+256 pp. with 142 illustrations, diagrams, very good in a generally slightly worn dustwrapper. £6.003522. The Motor: The Motor Manual. London Temple Press 23rd ed. 1920. 238 pp.illustrated and with folding diagram of the chassis of a 4 cylinder car, nice adverts, all about motors in simple language, some wear to covers otherwise v.g. £15.008245. Williams, L. M. (Bill): Austin "7" Specials Building, Maintenance and Tuning. London: G.T. Foulis & Co. 1958. 160 pp. illustrated, in a worn, rubbed dustwrapper otherwise very good. How to obtain power from the engine, convert or make a chassis, improve road holding, steering , braking, build a fibreglass or alloy body. £18.00 |
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