Transport Collector Auctions - Saturday, 14 March, 2009

Sale of Motoring Literature, Automobilia, Photographs and Ephemera, to be held at Reading Auction Market

Automobilia

Lot 1: A black leatherette-covered motor-car trunk having a domed top, side handles and corner protectors. 32-inches wide, 20-inches deep, 19-inches total height. £ 80 - 120
Lot 2: Two leather cases, the larger being 28-inches wide, 17-inches deep, 7-inches high, the smaller attaché type case, 17 x 10 x 4-inches. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 3: A two-person picnic set by Sirram with two thermos flasks, cups and saucers in an easy-clean finish, flap-down front for easy access. Appears complete. £ 30 - 40
Lot 4: Three Esso two-gallon petrol cans with caps and a Shell Motor Spirit can. (4) £ 10 - 20
Lot 5: A box of dashboard instrumentation to include an oil pressure gauge, speedometer, small mechanical clock, petrol gauge and others. (qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 6: A box containing windscreen wipers, circular gaskets, multi-trumpet brass horn, sparkplug caps and other interesting items. (qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 7: A 1930s Morris combination short stem Calormeter, wings and threaded cap, chromium-plated. Also a bag of Morris (Ten) hub caps, some unused. (qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 8: A box containing three Morris short and long stem Calormeters, assorted wings and threaded caps. (qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 9: A box containing four motoring placemats, a brass syringe and a tool wallet, an unused SU petrol pump, an oil-powered lamp and other items. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 10: An 18mm sparkplug holder, suitable for six plugs, vintage period together with a Lucas hand-wound brass inspection lamp and a post-1953 armed forces enamel motor-car badge (3). £ 20 - 30
Lot 11: A Lucas Ltd No 40 oiler. Introduced in 1912, these quality oil cans were standard equipment for many prestige cars in the 1920s and were often seen mounted on the firewall of smaller motor-cars. £ 80 - 120
Lot 12: Brighton & Hove Motor Club car badge with two blue enamels, numbered 505. Also a pair of M.G. cuff-links in their presentation case. (2) £ 20 - 30
Lot 13: Malcolm Campbell. A Great Britain Union Flag signed with a ballpoint pen by the world land-speed record holder Malcolm Campbell and dated 30.1.? The vendor says that it was given to a relation by Malcolm Campbell at the Brooklands track at Weybridge. Clearly the pennant flag (12 x 10 ins) has been kept, apparently between the pages of a large book, and shows sign of considerable age. £ 150 - 250
Lot 14: R. S. Miles. (M.G. Competition Driver). The Coventry & Warwickshire Motor Club, 'The Calcott Cup 1937' a presentation half-pint pewter tankard with a club enamel badge and inscription applied. £ 10 - 30
Lot 15: A sided pair of candle-powered carriage lamps of the type fitted to small broughams and governess carts. Very nicely converted to electricity and in sound original condition. (2) £ 100 - 150
Lot 16: An S. Smith & Sons, front-opening, silver dial, 3.5-inch motor-car clock having Arabic numerals, black hands, fastening clip and rear wind. £ 30 - 60
Lot 17: An Edwardian Hip Flask with a finely detailed badge 'Gordon Bennett Motor Race Ireland 1903', applied to the outer casing. Possibly an award during the event? £ 30 - 60
Lot 18: A rare 'Old Bill' dashboard plaque, after the mascot designed by Bruce Bairnsfather. £ 20 - 30
Lot 19: A policeman's oil-powered hand lantern with a convex-plano lens fitted and double pie-crust top. Also, a pair of hurricane oil-powered lamps in working condition and another hand-held lamp. (4) £ 20 - 40
Lot 20: A suitcase style, six-person motoring picnic case by Harlequin Motor Accessories. £ 40 - 80
Lot 21: A good selection of vintage period motoring spanners and tools, to include a very rare long 'Perfect Pattern' screwdriver, BSA spanners, greasers, adjustable King Dick's etcetera. Suitable for any quality vintage motor-car. £ 80 - 120
Lot 22: A travelling vanity case, comprising engine-turned and enamel combs, glass containers and brushes in a fitted leatherette case with a watered silk lining. £ 20 - 30
Lot 23: Chad Valley. Two Harborne manufactured mechanical racing cars, one example 'Burnett' 8-inches long, the other, 'No 10003', 11-inches long. Both with original finish, wheels, springs and fitted keys. (2) £ 80 - 120
Lot 24: A, S. Smith & Sons, silver dial, 3.5-inch motor-car clock having Arabic numerals, black hands, fastening clip and 6 o'clock combination wind and hand control. £ 30 - 60
Lot 25: An R.A.C. full member's badge. Chromium-plated dating pre-1953, union flag verso and King Edward VII profile recto. Display mounted. £ 80 - 120
Lot 26: An R.A.C. full member's badge. A radiator cap mounted type, dating from the 1930s, circular union flag verso and King Edward VII profile recto. £ 80 - 120
Lot 27: A B.A.R.C. motor-car club badge, having the rearing lion and chequered flag motif with five coloured enamels. Numbered K17. £ 80 - 120
Lot 28: A Butlers of Birmingham, motor launch electric spot lamp. Dating from the 1930s, chromium-plated. 9-inches high. Well manufactured with fittings. £ 20 - 40
Lot 29: Shell 'Aviation Spirit' two-gallon fuel can. Dated 1935, in sound condition with its original cap. £ 20 - 40
Lot 30: Shell two-gallon petrol can. Dated 1935, in sound condition with its original cap and gold enamel shell motif and signs of original black enamel. £ 20 - 40
Lot 31: An Automobile Association membership badge for use with a commercial vehicle, having an intaglio entwined AA motif against a basket weave background. Numbered V287475, nickel-plated, badge bar mounting type. £ 20 - 40
Lot 32: An Automobile Association membership badge for use with a commercial vehicle, having an intaglio entwined AA motif against a basket weave background. Numbered V224385, nickel-plated, radiator mounting type. £ 20 - 40
Lot 33: An Automobile Association motor-car club badge dating between 1931 and 1946 with a rarely found black back plate behind an entwined AA motif. Radiator grille fitting. £ 20 - 40
Lot 34: An Automobile Association club badge as used with motorcycles between 1952 and 1967. A yellow back plate behind an entwined and slightly convex AA motif. £ 20 - 40
Lot 35: A Morris Eight Series 'E' boot lid badge with black enamel, chromium and a multi-faceted reflector. 1939-1948 period. Some wear. £ 20 - 40
Lot 36: A Morris Ten-Cwt radiator badge for the Series II van of 1935 to 1939 period. £ 20 - 40
Lot 37: A radiator three-colour enamel badge for the post WWII Morris Six introduced in 1948, the last Morris to possess a traditional radiator. Good clean condition. £ 20 - 40
Lot 38: A Morris 10, three-colour enamel radiator badge. £ 20 - 40
Lot 39: An unusual British Railways cap badge. Introduced when the railway companies were nationalized in 1948, this badge was current until 1965 when the name was changed to British Rail. £ 10 - 20
Lot 40: The Royal British Legion gold and blue enamel motor-car badge, badge bar fitting. £ 20 - 40
Lot 41: Large wings for use with a Calormeter or Boyce Motor Meter. Chromium-plated. £ 20 - 40
Lot 42: A Wilmot-Breeden 'Baby' model Calormeter together with its original printed box and internal supports. The Calormeter has seen some use. This model was the standard fitting on many motor-cars to include the OHC Morris Minor between 1929 and 1931. £ 20 - 40
Lot 43: A windscreen mounted vehicle licence holder having a removable disc with a central St Christopher and a 'Paddon Bros 60 Cheval Place SW7' wording outlined in blue enamel. £ 20 - 40
Lot 44: A Rolls-Royce showroom 'Spirit of Ecstasy' standing 15-inches high, Nickel-silver on brass, mounted on a circular marble base. A nicely crafted and detailed reproduction. £ 100 - 200
Lot 44a: Two veteran small greasers, a threaded example and a plunger type. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 44b: Three items. A Dunlop brass stirrup pump, a rim splitter and a hand-cranked bottle jack. (3) £ 30 - 60
Lot 45: A long-arm quick lift adjustable axle jack with a wooden handle. Working order. £ 30 - 60
Lot 46: A long-arm quick lift adjustable axle jack. Working order. £ 30 - 60
Lot 47: A single-sided, 4-colour enamel sign, 'Morris Commercial Service'. 1932. 19 x 29-ins. £ 60 - 90
Lot 48: A display of eight assorted veteran and vintage brass oilers and greasers, to include a Tecalemit sliding grease gun suitable for Rolls-Royce and other prestige motor-cars. All housed in a wooden frame. £ 50 - 100
Lot 49: Three M.G. images: K3, C-type and 1925 M.G. Framed and glazed, each 12 x 9 ins. (3) £ 10 - 20
Lot 50: Silkolene Motor Oils. An original colour transfer on tin 'pyramid' shaped can. 14-inches high and retaining its original threaded cap and pouring handle. A delight. £ 80 - 120
Lot 51: A pair of electric-powered opera style lamps. Dating from the Great War period, the nickel-plated brass construction consists of four bevelled edge windows, threaded caps to aid bulb renewal and their original rear mounting brackets. 11-inches high. (2) £ 80 - 120
Lot 52: Travelling clock. A very rare and early travelling clock having an eight-day movement with an blue enamel Roman numerals on a white porcelain dial, mechanical wind and hand-control at six-o-clock. The upper panel displaying a miniature oil painting depicting a broken-down De Dion Bouton type motor-car being passed by a two-in-hand carriage. The unit hinging in a watered-silk lined leather case with securing clip.3.5-inches high. £ 400 - 600
Lot 53: A rare full members R.A.C. badge of the 1907 to 1911 type. Having a hollow spoked wheel supported by Mercury with outstretched arms, oblong union badge verso and the profile of the first royal patron, King Edward VII recto. This example possesses a circular base and the early feature of separate wings and arms of the deity and fine detailing. Numbered B728, 7-inches high and in excellent condition. £ 600 - 900
Lot 54: Six club badges to include an early VCC motor-car badge, a Model T Ford Register; 750MC Motor Club. (6) £ 30 - 60
Lot 55: A BTH six-cylinder GA6 T3 magneto, having been restored and kept as a spare for an Invicta for many years. Believed complete and in fine condition, it comes with a spare HT lead cap. £ 120 - 160
Lot 56: Three post-1946 pattern Automobile Association badges, two being badge bar types labelled South Africa on the upper lozenge and the other, a radiator grille type, polished brass, each with yellow backs. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 57: A reproduction Brooklands Society two-colour enamel badge together with a reproduction B.A.R.C. badge bar mounted badge, having five colour enamels depicting two cars on the Brooklands banking.(2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 58: A Rolls-Royce Owners' Club of Australia motor-car club badge manufactured by K. C. Luke of Melbourne. Black and red enamel with a nickel-plated finish. £ 80 - 120
Lot 59: Three 1920s - 1930s pierced Automobile Association badges, each nickel-plated with the numbers 601278, 631721 and 65259A. In excellent condition, badge bar mounting. (3) £ 90 - 120
Lot 60: Two 1911 pattern pierced Automobile Association badges, one example nickel-plated, the other brass, with numbers 210960 and 121676. In excellent condition, badge bar mounting. (2) £ 90 - 120
Lot 61: A Stenson Cooke signed Automobile Association badge numbered 1475, being the early 1906 variant without the wording 'secretary' below the signature. Nickel-plated. £ 90 - 120
Lot 62: A Stenson Cooke signed Automobile Association badge numbered 8980, being the 1907-1911 variant with the wording 'secretary' below the signature. Nickel-plated, shortened shank. £ 90 - 120
Lot 63: Three Automobile Association motorcycle badges, being the 1911 to 1920s pattern, one example having a yellow backing and another with the word cycle (meaning motorcycle). (3) £ 90 - 120
Lot 64: A Ferrari ashtray, yellow coloured china with a Ferrari rearing horse motif in the centre. £ 20 - 40
Lot 65: 'Half Million Membership Souvenir 1905-1933'. A rare Automobile Association trade gift in the form of an ashtray with a miniature AA badge mounted in the centre, yellow wording on the outer edge. £ 80 - 120
Lot 66: The Standard Motor Co. Ltd. A rare 1923-1929 period motor-car mascot (a depiction of the Roman IX Legion standard) but incorporated as a 'Trade Gift' ashtray. Nicely inscribed: 'This is the Registered Trade Mark of the Standard Motor Co. Ltd. Coventry'. Nickel-plated on brass. £ 80 - 120
Lot 67: Daimler. Two circular pin trays or ashtrays with a central intaglio depiction of a pre-Great War tourer and the wording 'Coventry, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol'. Copper. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 68: A post-1946 Automobile Association badge for radiator fixing together with a V.S.C.C. membership badge with raised St Christopher motif, a 1958 list of V.S.C.C. members. £ 10 - 20
Lot 69: A Dunlop Type E5 hub remover, suitable for a Rolls-Royce, having an octagonal centre 5-inches across, sprung groove clips and centre tightener. Sound condition, nickel-plated. £ 150 - 200

Transport Literature

Lot 70: Morris. A 1934 folded brochure with excellent illustrations of the available models (cover scuffed). Also, a 'Ten' unused lubrication chart and a Ten-Four/ Twelve/Four Series II Operation manual. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 71: SPA. (Società Ligure Piemontesse Automobili of Turin) A rare 1923 English text brochure printed for Vandys Ltd, their London agents. 12pp and covers the 16/20hp, 20hp and 30/40hp chassis', giving specifications of each model and imaging body styles and attributes. 12pp including cover. Some creasing and soiling to the cover, rusty staples but no paper loss. £ 40 - 60
Lot 72: Beardmore II. A 1923 brochure, 8pp including cover. Good single page images of various body styles on the 'eleven' chassis, front cover a little stained, otherwise good. £ 40 - 60
Lot 73: Bugatti. Two reproduction cord tied brochures for 'Touring & Sporting Models' 1926-1927. English text and specifications. Also 'The Amazing Bugattis, a 1979 publication to coincide with the RCA exhibition. 84pp and covers both motor-cars and furniture. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 74: Italian brochures; a circa 1970 Maserati Ghibli, a Maserati combination Indy, Ghibli and Mexico folded broadsheet, a Monteverdi 375L and a circa 1969 De Tamaso Mangusta, 8pp with colour cover. Also three other brochures. All in good or better condition. (7) £ 60 - 90
Lot 75: Ferrari Dino 246GT. Two double-fold brochures dating from 1970, one example with a scratched cover, the other very good. Also two other brochures. (4) £ 40 - 60
Lot 76: The Automobile Handbook a good run of annual issues. From 1905 until 1908 issued under the auspices of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland and the Motor Union, thence the R.A.C. For the years 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1917. They include maps, details of all of the associate clubs, first aid issues, diary of events, and many pages of advertisements. Sound condition with buckram bindings and gold tooling, and some rubbing to the rounded corners. (8) £ 80 - 120
Lot 77: Royal Scottish Automobile Club. Similar to the above lot, an (incomplete) run of books dating from 1909 to 1962. Delightful advertisements, motor-car specifications and maps. All bound in buckram with gold tooling. Also a circa 1906 issue of The Motor Union handbook. All in good or better condition. (23) £ 80 - 120
Lot 77a: AC Cars Ltd. 'The Ace' a circa 1953 4pp brochure printed in blue and black showing the sports motor-car with hood up and down, specifications on the rear page. Also, the AC428 Convertible, a 1969 brochure of 8pp including cover, colour images of the motor-car with a detailed price list. (2) £ 60 - 90
Lot 77b: Delage D8s a circa 1933 brochure, 4pp and cream card cover, excellent illustrations of a tourer and saloon; also, a brochure for the D8 Super Sports, 4pp on cream card, quoting prices and specifications of the chassis. J. Smith & Co. agency publications in English. Both in very good condition, a little staining. (2) £ 60 - 90
Lot 78: BMW Type 327 Two Litre brochure advertising the 'Fast Tourer' & 'Sports Cabriolet'. Double-folded broadsheet opening to reveal good definition images of the motor-car and component parts with specifications on the rear page. English text, AFN Ltd address verso. A good clean copy, some light soiling. £ 40 - 60
Lot 79: Alvis 'Silver Eagle' two-fold brochure dating from the early 1930s, together with a 1931 Twelve Fifty, 12pp and colour card cover brochure, with excellent colour profiles of each design, and a 'Speed Twenty' handbook. The former items in good fettle save for a little soiling and ballpoint markings. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 80: M.G. Midget brochures. Various dating from 1961 to the Mk III, all in good condition. (17) £ 40 - 80
Lot 81: M.G. brochures for the MGB series of cars to include examples for the Metro, EX-E, 6R4, and other material. (Qty) £ 40 - 60
Lot 82: Rover 3-litre brochures of various types together with examples for the 2000. (20) £ 40 - 60
Lot 83: Rover. Various folded broadsheets and colour brochures for the 1950s 75-110 models. (9) £ 40 - 60
Lot 84: 'The New Jaguar Mk V' a preliminary announcement (1948?), two-fold colour brochure, together with several Mk VII and Mk VIII brochures. Some creasing and rubbing otherwise good. (9) £ 40 - 60
Lot 85: Jaguar Mk I brochures, to include examples for the 420G and XJ6. (7) £ 40 - 60
Lot 86: Jaguar Mk II brochures, to include examples for the Mark X and S-type. (12) £ 40 - 60
Lot 87: Jaguar brochures. A quantity of E-type colour brochures. (7) £ 40 - 60
Lot 88: Daimler Sovereign brochures, together with a Double-Six and others. (11) £ 40 - 60
Lot 89: Daimler Regency folded colour brochure, an Autocar Road Test, Daimler Regency and other models Service Parts Catalogue and other period publications. All in good clean condition. (5) £ 40 - 60
Lot 90: Daimler Straight Eight & Twenty Seven. A 1949, 12pp plus folded centre (loose) and free-end papers, excellent profiles of body styles and specifications. Also, a colour guide and an Empress Saloon Press-Pack with a 'Care of Hooper Coachwork' booklet. All in good or better fettle. (4) £ 40 - 60
Lot 91: Daimler Twenty Four. A 1930 prestige 16pp and cover brochure predominantly printed in gold, with colour illustrations of the different body styles, waxed free-end papers, prices, and specification text. A little rubbing on the cover, cleanable soiling, staples intact but rusty. £ 40 - 60
Lot 92: Four Jaguar Mk II brochures: a double-folded broadsheet for the 2.4 and 3.4, another similar for the 2.4, a 12pp, wire-spine brochure for the 2.4 & 3.4, a 420G brochure, a Mk X brochure and a Mark Ten wire-spine brochure and secured cover, together with other Jaguar publicity material. (Qty) £ 60 - 90
Lot 93: Two Jaguar promotional envelopes. The cream version with four colour profiles of different body styles on a Mk V, with a 4pp colour schemes list; the grey version with two similar (not the same) double-fold brochures for the Mk VIII saloon. Scuffing and rubbing. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 94: Jaguar XK 150 'Disc Brake Jaguars', a double-fold broadsheet, code dated 30m 2.60AE (1960), some staining and soiling, also a 1957 dated disc brake brochure featuring the XK 150. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 95: Jaguar XK 100 & 120 Super Sports Models. A 1949 4pp brochure for the motor-car with the 'Motor' cut-away of the engine, profile of the XK 120 'In Touring Trim', specifications on the rear cover. Also a similar but later colour brochure, also an 8pp brochure for the XK120 Special Equipment Model and an Operation Manual, 58pp. All in good or better condition. (4) £ 60 - 90
Lot 96: Jaguar Mk II Saloon Overdrive Model brochure. 4pp with a split-screen motor-car illustrated, specifications, and engine cut-away. Also two miniature brochures; Model range 1955/6, multi-fold hand-bill with illustrations of the D-Type and XK140 specifications, together with a similar period miniature booklet, 16pp with colour illustrations. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 97: SS Cars Ltd, two fold opening broad sheet. A monochrome brochure illustrating and discussing with prices the SS I & II 4-seat saloon, SS I Airline and SS I & II open sports. Dating late 1934 or 1935. Some creasing and pen manuscript on the front cover, a little soiled, otherwise good. £ 40 - 60
Lot 98: The Motor Year Book. Nine annual hardback publications published by Temple Press: 1949 to 1957. All in good condition with covers (several a little soiled and with small tears), 1949 without cover. (9) £ 50 - 80
Lot 99: Automobile Year. Three editions: No 6 (1958-1959), No 7 (1959-1960), No 8 (1960-1961). The number 7 edition signed by Graham Hill on the inside front cover. The books retaining their dust jackets, two small tears and rubbed edges, otherwise good clean condition. (3) £ 80 - 120
Lot 99a: G. T. Riches & Co. Two (different) motoring accessory catalogues dating from the mid-1950s together with a Kerry's Ltd. motoring accessories catalogue dated 1949. Good order, soiled covers but bindings intact. (3) £ 30 - 60
Lot 100: The Motor-Car To Buy. A small octavo publication dated 1907, published by The Motor Press, London. A complete Automobile Record: containing prices, particulars and profile illustrations of (almost) every motor-car made or represented in Great Britain and Ireland from Adams to Zust; classified and alphabetically arranged. Included is advice on how to buy a motor-car, advertisements and editorial. 224pp, red leather boards, rounded corners, header and lower spine torn, some rubbing, otherwise good condition. £ 30 - 60
Lot 101: The Automobile Handbook (April) 1905. Issued under the auspices of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland and the Motor Union, this is the second issue of this annual publication with 582pp. It includes a French, German and Italian dictionary, maps, details of over fifty clubs, first aid issues, diary of 1905 events, The Motor-Motor-car Acts of 1896 and 1903 and many pages of advertisements. Sound condition with a green buckram binding, gold tooling, and some rubbing to the rounded corners. £ 30 - 60
Lot 102: The Automobile Handbook (April) 1906. Issued under the auspices of the A.C.G.B. & I. and the Motor Union, this is the third issue of this annual publication with 723pp. It includes maps, routes, details of motoring clubs, diary of 1906 events, detailed table of current models of cars, and many pages of advertisements. Sound condition with a red buckram binding, gold tooling, some rubbing to the rounded corners and light soiling. £ 40 - 60
Lot 103: The Law Relating to Motor Cars by R. Mahaffy, 1910. A first edition, giving details about licensing taxi-cabs, various Victorian and later Highways Acts, folded maps, actual cases of accidents laid out, Locomotive Acts, horse power and a detailed index. 592pp, grey buckram binding, loose spine and rubbed corners. £ 20 - 30
Lot 104: Fifty Years of Travel by Land, Water & Air by Frank Hedges Butler. An illustrated autobiography covering this pioneering automobilist and balloonist to include travels in Europe, formation of the Aero Club, pioneer flights in balloons and war time activities at sea. 421pp to include, photographs, a 'log of Balloon Ascents', letters and index. Bound in grey buckram, tight binding, some soiling, stamped plate on cover. £ 30 - 50
Lot 105: The Montagu Motor Book by G. C. Sherrin. Published by The Car Illustrated, 288pp, circa 1910. An illustrated description of various manufacturers of motor-cars, detailing engines, chassis, wheel types, mechanics etcetera. Grey binding with gold tooling, cover sound but a little soiled, the lower edge faded. Excellent editorial and images. £ 30 - 60
Lot 106: Motor Tours in the West Country by Mrs Rodolpi Stawell. First edition, 1910, 219pp and index, a good number of good photographs, interesting text, gold pictorial binding, good condition save for a loose frontispiece. £ 10 - 20
Lot 107: Through Europe and the Balkins by L. Col. Etherton, first edition 1928, 308pp including index. Recording a motor trip using a Vauxhall 20/60 tourer with 32 monochrome plates and map end covers. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, a little soiled, tight spine. Dedication to R. J. Smith dated 1932, RSAC rubber stamp on fore-edge and pages. £ 30 - 60
Lot 108: The Motor Routes of Germany H. J. Hecht, 1914, 16 full-page colour illustrations and 54 town plans and route maps, 456pp including index, good sound condition with a grey cloth decorated cover and gold tooling. Sound cover, light soiling, RSAC rubber stamping. £ 10 - 30
Lot 109: Motors & Motor-Driving by Lord Northcliffe, a 'The Badminton Library' book, fourth edition, 1906. 528pp including index, cloth and half leather binding with a gold embossed armorial in the centre. Spine intact but split. £ 20 - 40
Lot 110: The Book of the Motor Museum - 1912. A preliminary edition of a cord-tied booklet, 'funded by The Motor'. The original display appeared in the Waring Galleries in Oxford Street, London (latterly Waring & Gillow) on 31st May 1912 with two motor-cars, the Bremer and the Pennington Tricycle were placed on show in the Oxford Street window. 37 early motor-cars are illustrated and include the Parkyns-Bateman Steam Tricycle, Col. Crompton's 1861 Steamer, Panhard's, Canstatt Daimler, the first Wolseley, Bersey Motorcab and many more early and fascinating machines. The pages are sound but the printed card cover possesses creased and torn edges with soiling. 60pp and cover. £ 100 - 150
Lot 111: The Diary of a Motor Tramp. A Rover sponsored story of a European journey in a Rover 9/20hp tourer. Dating from 1927, square-backed, soft cover, 87pp, cover a little creased, otherwise good. £ 20 - 30
Lot 112: The Record of Motor Racing 1894 - 1908 by Gerald Rose. A Motor Racing Publications, 1949 edition, 322pp, many illustrations, line drawings and comparative lists. Blue cloth binding with tooling, cover faded but content good. £ 30 - 60
Lot 113: The Motor Club. A brochure for the newly formed club dated 1910. Situated on Coventry Street, London, it is illustrated with good text, soft cover, 24pp, centre pages loose. Also a 1919 description and outline of the club. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 114: The Automobile Association Ltd. An 1898 (November) brochure for this London retailer, 24pp, excellent illustrations of period motor-cars; Mors, Lynx, Cambier, Vallée Phaeton, Orient-Express and others. Good detailed and specification text and advertisements. A cream card cover with embossing, rubber stampings and pencil markings, otherwise very sound condition. Please handle with care. £ 150 - 200
Lot 115: The Automobile Handbook & Guide, published by The Automobile Manufacturing Co. Ltd. being a 'Treatise on Petrol, Steam & Electric Cars. Dated November 1900, 47pp, excellent text explaining the buying and housing of a motor vehicle and then goes on to supply large illustrations of 33 different motor vehicles and prices with specifications from the 'Hille' and De Dion powered tricycle to a 'Delahay' delivery van. The rear pages possess accessories images. A colour-printed soft cover, soiled with some tears and creasing to the edges. Basically sound. Please handle with care. £ 150 - 200
Lot 116: The Year's Automobile Sport 1905. A Michelin Tyre sponsored booklet, 40pp with varying monochrome images of both cars and tracks on each page, covering the year's motorsport activity and text referring to the Gordon Bennett Cup, Circuit Ardennes, Brescia Meeting and others. The editorial is intact and good fettle, the red printed cover has a split spine, some tears and soiling but highly restorable. Please handle with care. £ 150 - 200
Lot 117: Carrosserie-Automobile Aviation. An Italian catalogue offering a variety of windscreens, rear screens, fittings, sidecar, folding jump-seats, folding hood frames, rear racks and other fittings. 40pp, excellent illustrations, card cover. Circa 1910. £ 20 - 30
Lot 118: Auto-Carriers Ltd. A 1909, 16pp illustrated brochure showing the AC two-man motorised tricycle, good images of mechanics, factory, vehicles in use, specifications and prices. Green printed cord-tied cover in good order, a little creased and pencil notations. £ 20 - 30
Lot 119: The Mathis Ten. A 1914 illustrated 12pp brochure, showing the body styles, engine, components and details about the 1913 win of the French GP. Also, a 1923 double-sided broadsheet advertising Mathis cars and a 1914 typed letter from the Brompton Road concessionaires. (3) £ 20 - 30
Lot 120: The Twentieth Century Motor Vehicles, run by Hugh Owen. A booklet dated 1902 describing the merits of the motor-motor-car, together with an example of their cars, prices, running costs etcetera. Very good order. £ 20 - 30
Lot 121: Automobiles Bigan. A circa 1925, 8pp fully illustrated booklet covering the 2-litre with all its body styles, and 'Bignan' road and track successes. Good order, some light creasing. £ 20 - 30
Lot 122: Lagonda Cars brochure for 1914. Introducing the 11h.p. light car, 12pp with card cover, good illustrations of the motor-car at various angles. Excellent condition, original cord ties. £ 30 - 60
Lot 123: Austin brochure, dated Oct 1926. 32pp and card cover, illustrating all of the then models, Twenty with its various body types, Twelve, Seven, images of components, prices, and detailed text. The cover with edge creases, date stamp and pencil notation. £ 30 - 60
Lot 124: Spare Parts (illustrated) list. Morris SV Models dated April 1932 and Twelve-Four dated 1937. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 125: Morris Oxford. Four post-WWII brochures, a July 1955 broadsheet for the wrap-round screen car, (Pub H&E 558), (2). Also, a 'The New Morris Oxford Traveller' dated August 1955 and an August 1953 broadsheet.' The Cowley Rides Again'. A 1955 broadsheet, (Pub H&E 557) and a Isis Series II triple-fold broadsheet (Pub H&E 56-52). Also, an M.G., Wolseley, Riley folding broadsheet (Pub H&E 5558), a similar brochure code date September 1956 and a 'Quality First' brochure without its cover. In clean condition, some creasing. (10) £ 40 - 60
Lot 126: Motorcycle books. The Scott Selection and The Third Scott Selection, two square-backed A4 paperbacks, also, The Scott Motorcycle by Jeff Clew and a Harley Davidson book. (5) £ 20 - 40
Lot 127: The Motor Car by Rankin Kennedy. A three volume set of this well conceived resume of the 1920s motor-car, volumes 1 to 3 in the publisher's embossed red binding. Good condition, one torn header. £ 30 - 60
Lot 128: A grouping of five Morris landscape format brochures: a full range catalogue of cars for 1930, dated Sep 1929, 32pp and black cover, good monochrome images and text; The Morris Eight, 16pp, dated Sep 1936, colour images of the various body styles, prices and detailed text; Morris Ten-Four and Twelve-Four, 14pp, circa 1936, colour and monochrome images and specifications; The New Morris Fourteen Six, June 1936, 12pp with colour images of the body range and specifications; The Morris Sixes, Sep 1936, 16pp illustration the full range of 16, 18, 21 and 25hp cars and bodies. All in excellent condition save for a little soiling on the covers. (5) £ 60 - 90
Lot 129: British Salmson. A rare prestige brochure for the 1935 season. Printed on waxed art paper, the 20-page single side monochrome printed production possesses views of the factory, the 12/55 chassis, engine bay, rear axle, body styles, the 12/70 series of cars and specifications. The grey thick-card covers are held by a coiled wire spine. The brochure comes with its original delivery folder plus 2 Autocar and Light Car road tests. VGC. £ 80 - 120
Lot 130: The Morris Sixes Series II, 1935, 14pp illustrating the full range of 16, 18, 21 and 25hp cars and bodies. Two examples, both in excellent condition save for a little soiling on the covers. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 130a: M.G. 18/80. Three double-fold brochures dating from 1929, good colour and descriptions and specifications. Quality reproductions. (3) £ 10 - 20
Lot 131: R. A. C. - a rare itinerary booklet outlining a journey from Towcester to Torquay (203 miles) dated 1915, with town booklets for Oxford, Wells, Taunton, and Exeter. Also, a booklet c1914 giving full details about the R.A.C. £ 20 - 30
Lot 132: Drewry Motor Railway Cars. An unusual brochure of 1907, 16pp, describing and illustrating motorised passenger motor cars suitable for use on railways. Various models and engines illustrated and described. Also a Metz 22hp booklet describing a journey through the Grand Canyon in a circa 1913 motor-car, 30pp, (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 133: Siddeley Autocars 1908. A rare cord-tied brochure, 36pp, six colour (unusual for this period) plates of their 10-45hp models, good vignettes of components, with prices. Good, but cover edges are feathered. £ 80 - 120
Lot 134: Renault Frères c1910. A catalogue of their manufactured engines, (7-100hp) for motor-cars, balloon, aircraft and boats. 48pp, green cord-tied card cover. GC. Also, 'Les Usines Renault 1898-1919', a history of the company and includes images and text about their factories, munitions, armoured vehicles, aircraft, racing and motor-cars, 32pp, French text.. Both in good clean condition. (2) £ 60 - 80
Lot 135: The Motorist's Rhyme-Book, Dating from the late 1920s, the J. P. Sayer cartoons are a delight, a BP promotion based on rhymes and songs. Also, 'The Pneus' Vol 1 No 4, 18pp (Sep 1905) a promotional magazine for Fisk Tyres, and 'The Self Sealing Rubber Co. Ltd. catalogue of tyre and tube accoutrements for 1906. Soiled cover. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 136: Seabrook 'Underslung', a promotional book for the 18/20hp Seabrook-RMC Car. 54pp and dated 1914, it has tipped-in sepia illustrations and sketches, including the underslung suspension. Heavy card binding with gold tooling. A little soiling to the cover. Also, a complementary 1913 dated, 16pp booklet discussing the stability of the car; a delivery envelope and a calling card and an April 1914 dated letter signed Seabrook. A similar lot was offered last October. (5) £ 100 - 140
Lot 137: Morris Owner - January to June 1927 and July to December 1927; bound in two Volumes, some with covers and advertisements. (2 books) (WAF) £ 80 - 120
Lot 138: Morris Owner - January to December 1927. Bound in one Volume with covers and advertisements. (WAF) £ 80 - 120
Lot 139: Morris Owner - for 1937 bound with covers. £ 80 - 120
Lot 140: Bergougnan Solid Tyres 1914. An unusual Clermont-Ferrand brochure describing the manufacture of solid rubber tyres, military tests, factory scenes, and vehicles, 54pp, figured card and embossed cord-tied cover. French. Also, Goodyear 1915, catalogue for solid tyres, 16pp. Also, a Rudge-Whitworth, 1919 booklet describing the detachable wheels and accoutrements. Also, 1915 booklet 'Funny Stories about the Ford', subtitled, 'Uncanny Stories about a Canny Car'. Good cartoons and text. (4) £ 20 - 40
Lot 141: L'Automobile. A French publication dating from 1903. Henri Farman describes the motor-car using schematic drawings, 38 illustrations and a coloured section-overlay model in profile at the rear. races between 1895 and 1902 listed. Softbacked, 60pp. Also, L'Automobile second edition, a hardbacked version dated 1914, text by H, Dunot, 58pp, coloured section-overlay model in profile and plan at the rear. Two plates missing. Both French text. Generally sound but the covers are soiled. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 142: L'illustration 'Journal Universel'. 17 loose issues of this large French illustrated magazine, most depicting images and text about early motoring and cycling. Dating between 1891 and 1902, Numbers 2524, 2518, 2684, 2678, 2690, 2736, 2757, 2813, 2833, 2863, 2871, 2872, 2925, 2928, 2972, 3065, 3097, all with covers, some split spines. Also, 'The Diamond Jubilee Number of the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News' for 1897, English text, good clean condition and intact spine. (18) £ 30 - 50
Lot 143: Le Prime Automobilla Italiene di Edizione Pininfarina. A fine and somewhat large portfolio edition of lithographic prints depicting coachwork by Pininfarina. Issued by the Veteran Car Club of Italy in 1964, the ensemble comprises 24 high quality coloured images, each printed on art-paper, with embossed printer's stampings, the whole contained in a hinged wooden case. £ 100 - 200
Lot 144: 'The Automobile its Construction & Management', revised and edited by Paul Hasluck. 1902 first edition, 608pp and advertisements, green buckram binding with gold tooling. Good text and illustrations. £ 50 - 80
Lot 145: Rolls-Royce Bulletin. The house magazine, each with a saddle-stitched cream cover and raised lettering, being issues for Jan 1954, June 1954, Dec 1954 (two examples), July 1955, Jan 1956, July 1956, Jan 1957, Jan 1958. All in good sound condition, but with a little cleanable soiling on several. (9) £ 100 - 200
Lot 146: Bentley Sports Saloon. A 8pp with its black and brown cover brochure for the Bentley Mk VI, light creasing to the cover. Also a large 4pp, 1967 French brochure for the Mulliner- Park Ward 'Silver Shadow' convertible, creases on two sides; a 1991 Continental R brochure and a Rolls-Royce 'Merlin' and 'Griffon' Aero Engine publicity brochure (TSD 66) of 36pp, excellent illustrations, cord tie insitu. (4) £ 40 - 60
Lot 147: Rolls-Royce Instruction Book dated July 1914 (revised 1923), a light blue cover with 152pp including index. Cover and spine with scuffing, otherwise good. £ 80 - 120
Lot 148: Rolls-Royce Phantom III 40/50hp handbook. Combining issues XI and XII. In a dark blue buckram binding with gold tooling, fold-out wiring diagram, in excellent, unused condition. £ 80 - 120
Lot 149: Bentley S-type handbook with wrap-round black buckram cover, Number XVI, dated 1956, with its fold out wiring diagram and clip button intact. In excellent, almost unused condition. Together with a circa 1955 Rolls-Royce and Bentley 'Salesman's Handbook', a nicely produced sprung clip booklet with sections on different bodies available and specifications. (2) £ 60 - 90
Lot 150: Bentley Mk VI drivers' handbook, Number X. In a black buckram binding with gold tooling, fold-out wiring diagram, in very good condition. £ 40 - 60
Lot 151: Bentley S3 drivers' handbook, Number X, printed 1962. In a green buckram binding with silver tooling, colour wiring diagram, in very good, almost unused condition. Also, a Rolls-Royce Phantom V handbook with a dark blue wrap-round cover, in good order apart from marks on the end papers, 60th anniversary of Rolls-Royce & Bentley programme and participants list, held at Goodwood in 1964. (4) £ 40 - 60
Lot 152: Profile Publications. Two bound volumes. Volume One with motor-car profile numbers 1-24 and Volume Three with numbers 61-96. Bound with their original covers, in excellent, unread condition. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 153: The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport. Edited by G. N. Georgano, a 1971 first edition, 656pp including a detailed index, very good condition with its original dust jacket, light soiling and several tears. £ 40 - 60
Lot 154: A Concord Flight Pack, comprising a 1979 BA magazine, in-flight entertainment programme and earphones housed in a dark blue document style folder. £ 10 - 20
Lot 155: Grand Prix 'World Championship' by Louis T. Stanley. An annual account of the world driving championship with illustrations for each year. Eight volumes for the years 1959 to 1966, hardbound with dust jackets (some with tears), circa 200pp in each volume. Sound and highly readable. (8) £ 80 - 120
Lot 156: Lotus Magazines. An incomplete set comprising 73 issues: Volume 1 issue 2 (May 1982) to Volume 8 issue 11 (Feb 1990) together with three other similar sets. Very good, clean condition. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 157: Motor Racing magazine, the 'Official Organ of the British Racing & Sports Motor-car Club'. 34 Loose issues comprising: March, April, May, July, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1958; Jan, Feb, March, June, July, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec, 1960; Jan, Feb, March, May, June, July, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, 1961, and Jan, Feb, June, Aug, Sep, Dec, 1962. In very good condition save for rubbing to the spines, quality images and artwork by Michael Turner and others. (34) £ 80 - 120
Lot 158: A series of monochrome motor competition photographs laid to board having been used as part of an exhibition at Silverstone many years ago. They include: Ernst Von Delius seated in an Auto Union at Nurburgring in 1936; Manfred Von Brauchitsch with his Mercedes-Benz at Berne 1937 and Austin Dobson driving a Bimotore Alfa Romeo at Brooklands in 1937, all by George Monkhouse. Also good images of Bob Bondurant in 1965, a very young Mike Hawthorn, Fangio driving a BRM V16 Mk I and other images. All in good condition and ready to display. (9) £ 80 - 120
Lot 158a: A collection of motor competition photographs, some in colour. Most are signed and dedicated to René Dreyfus and his manager brother Maurice; the signatures include those of Charlie Kemp, Don Yenko, Teddy Yip, Ken Squire, John Beatram, Rico Steinemann, Bob Nagal, Peter Waller driving ERA R9B in 1961 and Patrick Depailler driving a Tyrrell in 1974. (16) £ 80 - 120
Lot 159: A good and varied collection of circa 200 photographs depicting pre WWII motor-cars, and some Grand Prix scenes and personalities. The collection consists of both original and quality copies of monochrome images as varied as Bugatti, Benz, Daimler, Oakland, Mercedes, Rolls-Royce, Vauxhall, Lagonda, Lanchester, Austin, Rexette, Panhard, Voisin, ERA, Morris and M.G. Some notations verso. (c200) £ 80 - 120
Lot 160: Motor Sport, a quantity of loose copies: 1932 Volume VIII, numbers 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Volume IX numbers 1 and 2; 1939 Volume XV numbers 4 and 12; 1940 Volume XVI numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12; 1945 Volume XXI numbers 1 to 12; and 1946 Volume XXII numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12. All in good condition with covers intact, some soiling and rubbed spines. (39) £ 80 - 120
Lot 161: R.A.C. a Programme with autographs. The Rothmans 50,000 R.A.C. meeting at Brands Hatch, August 1972 with 11 signatures of drivers and personalities to include, Jean Pierre Beltoise, Ray Allen, Guy Edwards, Carlos Reutemann, Jody Scheckter, Peter Gethin etcetera. In good clean condition. Also a postcard with Michael Schumacher's signature and other items. (Qty) £ 30 - 60
Lot 162: Motor Racing and Competition Programmes to include: the 1947 R.A.C. Concours d'Elegance in Regents Park (2), the 1948 Silverstone Grand Prix, the 1949 British Grand Prix, the R.A.C. International Rally of Great Britain, the 1960 British Grand Prix, 1984 Monaco Grand Prix, 1992 British Grand Prix. Also a copy of Auto Course No 2 Vol III for 1953 in good sound condition with spine intact. (Qty) £ 30 - 60
Lot 163: The 1931 Tourist Trophy Race at the Ards Circuit, Belfast. A large portfolio giving the finishing order, list of awards, lap times, etcetera. Formally the property of John Eason Gibson, a rare document. Also from the same source, the results and competitors' times for the 1950 TT held at the Dundrod Circuit in Ireland, also the route book, programme, result sheets for the 1957 Tulip Rally held in Holland, together with three small posters advertising the 1966 Roskilde Ring Grand Prix, the 1964 Europa-Bajnoksag held at Budapest and another. (Qty) £ 30 - 60
Lot 164: Castrol Achievement booklets. M.G. in Action, The 1952 Goldie Gardner's record-breaking story, Also the 1952, 53, 54, 55, 59 (2) and several others. All in good fettle. (9) £ 40 - 60
Lot 165: Three Alvis brochures for the Series IV TF21, illustrating the saloon and D.H.C., together with two price cards dated October 1966. (5) £ 20 - 30
Lot 166: MGB, MGB GT and Midget, a selection of brochures dated 1979 and other paperwork relating to the model. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 167: Bentley Continental 1964. A grey card pocket housing four cream 4pp folders separately promoting the S3 Continental 'Flying Spur' with a separate monochrome image of the car; a similar folder for the two door sports saloon and a folder for the Drophead Coupé, each by Mulliner - Park Ward. The fourth folder giving engine and chassis specifications. In very good clean condition. £ 30 - 60
Lot 168: A brochure for the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and Bentley T-Series (TSD 2277) of 1966. Also a circa 1971, Rolls-Royce (large) folder of sales information and news sheets covering the Phantom VI, Silver Shadow, Corniche photographs, motor-car specifications, prices and extras, colour cards, and detailed information only available to showroom staff. £ 20 - 30
Lot 169: Triumph TR7. A quantity of brochures and associated paperwork. Also the Spitfire, a quantity of colour brochures circa 1980, all in good clean condition. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 170: Rolls-Royce & Bentley. Two similar 1964 brochures covering the Silver Cloud III and Bentley SIII range. 16pp with colour illustrations, dimensions, specifications and colours. TSD 2069. Sound condition, one example a little soiled. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 171: Morris Cars 1913-1930 compiled by Philip Garnons-Williams. A large format limited edition (500) book numbered 158. A good clean copy, 412pp with paper cover, the latter with small tears and creases but easy to refurbish. £ 150 - 250
Lot 172: A box of Railway subject books, all in good, clean condition with dust jackets. (30) £ 30 - 50
Lot 173: Three American Car encyclopedias; Standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942; Standard catalog of American Cars 1946-1972 and Standard catalog of American Cars 1976-1986. Krause Publications. Excellent reference material. Ex-publishers library. (3) £ 30 - 50
Lot 174: Fifty Years of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club. An 850pp single bound book celebrating the Rolls-Royce motor motor-car in all of its developments, but also a 'cornucopia' of other companies that share an ethos of quality in their particular fields of endeavour. In its original packaging. £ 20 - 30
Lot 175: Thornycroft J-Type. An instruction book and illustrated part list for these commercial vehicles. Dated June 1920, brown square-backed cover with gold tooling, 108pp, good illustrations. £ 20 - 30
Lot 176: Humber Cars 1915. A 26pp brochure with multiple illustrations of models from the 8.7hp Humberette to the 14hp and delivery vans and ambulance, with prices, specifications, descriptions and detailed vignettes. In good clean condition save for the edges of the cover. £ 30 - 60
Lot 177: Austin. A March 1930 catalogue illustrating the complete range with full detail and specifications, chassis views, body types, prices in 36pp. Clean condition save for light soiling on the embossed blue cover. £ 20 - 40
Lot 178: Austin. Two full range brochures; a landscape style dated January 1935, Pub 1180A, 46pp with watered silk end papers, excellent colour images of the models, chassis specifications, dimensions and attributes. The 1937 example is portrait style, 36pp and possesses similar detail. Both in good fettle save for a little soiling on the covers. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 179: The Gordon Bennett Trials. A rare ribbon-tied booklet published by the London Stereoscopic Co. Ltd. using 16 images by Edward Kennard of the 1905 event held on the Isle of Man. The well defined images depict the celebrities of the motoring circuit, such as S. F. Edge, Claude Johnson, Monty Napier, Clifford Earp, John Hargreaves and many more. Each image is captioned and E. Kennard (of Market Harboro) has written, in manuscript, a foreword. In excellent order with its original ribbon and green card cover. £ 150 - 200
Lot 180: The Rolls-Royce Twenty. A 560pp book, second edition dated 1988 (the first was 1979), hard-bound with dust-wrapper, an excellent history of the model, together with many illustrations and a full list of production cars. As new condition, retaining is delivery box. £ 80 - 100
Lot 181: M.G. Midget brochure, together with an oiling chart for a the P / J-types, an oiling chart for the N / KN-types, and two oiling chart for the J2 and other interesting paperwork. All reproductions in clean condition. £ 10 - 20
Lot 182: Four loose-leaf folders with old and more modern cuttings about Morris Motors and their products dating between 1924 and 1968. The latter volumes cover old motor-car events and historic Morris motoring in more modern magazines. A superb resource for historians and collectors. Ex Libris Lytton P. Jarman. (4) £ 50 - 100
Lot 183: Morris Mirror - The Morris Organization house magazine. Volume 2 No 1 to 11 (1937) bound with covers between blue boards. £ 50 - 100
Lot 184: 'The Morris-Oxford Light Car for 1913' a preliminary list outlining the specifications and 'distinctive features of the Morris-Oxford Light Car'. 4pp, black printing on thick beige paper. Central light crease, very small sellotape stain in the fold, blue rubber stamp for C. L. Wells Ltd Concessionaires. A rare document. £ 80 - 120
Lot 185: 'The Management of the Morris-Oxford Car'. A 1913 small handbook referring to 'General Hints', 'General Oiling', 'Adjustments Explained', also some line drawings. 16-pages and plain cover. From the Morris Service Technical Library. Good clean condition, blue ink title to front cover. £ 60 - 80
Lot 186: A late 1913, 'The Morris-Oxford Wagen' a 4pp, single fold brochure outlining with Dutch text the specifications and features of 'De Lichte Morris-Oxford Wagen'. Black printing on off-white paper. Good image of the car. Light vertical crease, for the agent, E. A. Archer Amsterdam, date with blue pen top right of cover. A rare document. £ 80 - 120
Lot 187: 'The Light Car Pre-Eminent' a 1914 portrait format, two-fold hand-bill, for Stewart & Arden Ltd, illustrating the Coupé Model, Model de Luxe, & Standard, text and prices. Rather soiled, some ink and pencil script. £ 40 - 80
Lot 188: 'The Light Car Pre-Eminent' a 1914 portrait format, two-fold hand-bill, for Peter Holmes of Glasgow, illustrating the Coupé Model, Model de Luxe, & Standard, text and prices. Cover soiled, pen script, split crease. £ 40 - 80
Lot 189: A stereoscopic photographic study of an early Morris-Oxford with a man and child at the wheel. £ 10 - 20
Lot 190: W.R.M. Motors Ltd., Cowley, Oxford - 'Morris Oxford Light Cars'. A landscape format brochure dated 1915, with many good illustrations of models, summary of 1915 prices, prices of extras and trials successes. Black text with green decoration, 24pp, with blue printed cover. Fading and creasing on the foredge, some soiling, and rusty staples. £ 60 - 90
Lot 191: 'The Leading Makes of Motor Cars'. A Caffyns Garages Ltd. large format catalogue dated 1914, pricing and illustrating the 'Morris-Oxford Light Car', together with the products of Hillman, Stellite, Vulcan, Talbot, Wolseley etcetera, 16pp with printed card cover. Some light soiling, centre pages split from spine. £ 40 - 60
Lot 192: 'The Morris-Cowley Light Car'. A 1916, 4pp brochure with illustrations promoting the 'New Morris-Cowley Four-Seater Light Car', and other models, printed in red and black for the Cycle & Motor Supplies Ltd., although there is a Tozer, Kemsley & Fisher Ltd., rubber stamp on the front cover. Tape stiffened edges (possibly removable), light staining, gentle central crease. £ 50 - 80
Lot 193: 'Morris Light Cars'. 1919 preliminary announcement, to include the Hotchkiss engine, tipped-in price changes. 16pp. Soiled cover and half split spine, otherwise good. £ 60 - 90
Lot 194: 'Morris Oxford - Morris Cowley Cars'. A Cowan of Melbourne, Australian bodied cars, 8pp, circa 1920, text and good illustrations. Some creasing, soiling, otherwise sound. £ 40 - 60
Lot 195: A 1922 multi fold combination price list and specifications brochure. Somewhat fragile. £ 50 - 80
Lot 196: A Nov 1922 dated, giving 1923 prices, multi-fold combination price list and specifications brochure. A little fragile please handle with care. £ 30 - 60
Lot 197: A rare September 1924 dated, publicity brochure, 'Imshi Une Voiture Morris'. 16pp with a widow and colour printed buff cover, colour printing on the title page, good border graphics, French text. Excellent condition. £ 80 - 120
Lot 198: Three Morris Commercial brochures. '1924 One-Ton Truck', care and upkeep, page section cut, a 12pp brochure for the 'One-Ton Truck', May 1924 and a similar brochure but with a different cover. Some manuscript pencil, a little soiling otherwise sound. (3) £ 50 - 80
Lot 199: F. Gordon-Crosby. The Autocar Portfolio of Motor Racing. Issued by Iliffe & Sons Ltd., in the 1960s, a set of colour prints depicting racing cars through the years. 24 images in two series were issued, present is the set from 1 to 24 but minus numbers 7, 15, 18, 20, 23 and 24. In excellent condition, each mounted. £ 20 - 30
Lot 200: A box of well-regarded and reputable motoring books, to include: Vintage and Thoroughbred Cars, Speed Camera, Lost Causes of Motoring (Volumes one and two), The Boys Life of Sir Henry Segrave, Magic of a Name, Old Cars the World Over, etcetera. Most with their dustjackets. (11) £ 30 - 60
Lot 201: A similar box of motoring books to include: Five Roads to Danger, The Complete Motorist (2), The Motor Car 1765-1914 (2), My Father Mr Mercedes, Commercial Road Vehicles. Some with covers, generally good condition. (11) £ 30 - 60
Lot 202: A box of motoring books to include: The Lure of Speed, The Romance of Motoring, Those Bentley Days, Ten Years of Motors and Motor Racing by Charles Jarrott and The Cruise of the Gyro Motor-car. All in readable condition. (9) £ 30 - 60
Lot 203: Thoroughbred & Classic Cars magazine (becoming Classic Cars from June 1986): Volume 1 Number 1 (October 1973) to Volume 21 Number 12 (September 1994). Very nicely finished in quality maroon cloth in thirty bound books with covers and advertisements, excellent condition. (30) £ 300 - 600
Lot 204: The World on Wheels by H. O. Duncan. The original mid-1920s (Paris) printing of this seminal work. This edition issued by the Veteran Motor-car Club. 1200pp in two volumes and a matching slipcase. Blue cloth in excellent condition. The volumes describe Duncan's interpretation of the early development of road transport with asides and anecdotes. £ 60 - 120
Lot 205: Classic & Sportscar magazine, Volume 1 Number 1 (April 1982) to Volume 13 No 6 (September 1994). Very nicely bound in 25 cloth bindings, the first three in dark green the remainder in maroon. In excellent, clean condition with tight spines, bound with adverts and advertisements. Excellent condition. (25) £ 250 - 500
Lot 206: A box of Edwardian travel-log and descriptive books to include: Wheels Take Wings, The Happy Motorist, To Venice and Back, Cape Cold to Cape Hot, Express to Hindustan, etcetera. (8) £ 20 - 30
Lot 207: Veteran Car magazine; The Gazette of the Veteran Car Club. An octavo book housing volume 6 and 7 Winter 1961 to December 1963; Volume VII Number 84 (March 1964) to Volume IX Number 107 (Spring 1970) and Volume IX Number 109 (Autumn / Winter 1970) to Volume XI Number 131 (Autumn 1976). Bound with covers in two dark blue covered cloth volumes. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 208: A box of motoring story books by the celebrated authors C.N. & A.M. Williamson. The titles include: My Friend Chauffeur, The Botor Chaperon, The Lighting Conductor, The Motor-car of Destiny, The Motor Maid, The Lightning Conductress, etcetera. All in fair or better condition. (10) £ 20 - 30
Lot 209: Old Car magazine. Volume 1 Number 1 (November 1988) to Volume 1 Number 12 (October 1989). Bound with covers in two volumes with green cloth. Excellent clean condition. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 210: Marque Histories. Titles include: A Life with HWM, The Vintage Alvis by Peter Hull, Henry Ford, Wolseley, Thornycroft and Ford by Robert Lacey. All in good or better condition. (10) £ 20 - 30
Lot 211: The Veteran & Vintage magazine. Volume 1 Number 1 (August 1956) to Volume 23 No 12 (August 1979). Nicely bound in blue cloth in 11 volumes, tight spines and in excellent clean condition. (11) £ 100 - 200
Lot 212: Collectors Car magazine; incorporating Veteran & Vintage. Volume 1 Number 1 (September 1979) to Volume 3 Number 4 (September 1981). Bound with covers in dark green cloth in two volumes. Excellent clean condition. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 213: The Automobile magazine. Volume 1 Number 1 (December 1982) to Volume 6 No 12 (February 1989). Attractively bound with covers in six books with dark green cloth bindings. Good clean condition. (6) £ 80 - 120
Lot 214: The Automobile magazine. Volume 1 Number 1 (December 1982) to Volume 19 No 12 (February 2002). Nineteen volumes bound in dark green cloth. Together with two loose-leaf magazine binders with eleven issues from Volume 21 and thirteen loose issues from Volumes 22, 23 and 24. (Qty) £ 150 - 250
Lot 215: A box of Edwardian motoring travel-log books to include: Through Europe & the Balkans, Morocco from a Motor, Motor Ways in Lakeland, To Menelek in a Motor Motor-car. All with good covers. (6) £ 20 - 30
Lot 216: Vintage and latterly Vintage Quarterly. Volume 1 Number 1 (July 1970) to (Winter 1972). Eleven issues bound in one volume with dark maroon cloth. Also, World of Wonder (10,000 things every child should know). Two volumes in dark green cloth. Dating from the 1930s, fascinating detail and reference books. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 217: A box containing: four Motor Car Index publications giving detailed specifications of the models of cars for the periods 1913-1924 (2), 1918-1929 and 1928-1939. Also, a 1902 edition of Motors and Motor Driving by Harmsworth, Best Wheel Forward and The Batsford Guide to Veteran Cars etcetera. (14) £ 20 - 30
Lot 218: Car Classic magazine. Published in California. Volume 2 Number 1 (October 1968) to Volume 7 Number 1 (February 1975). Two volumes bound with covers in maroon cloth. Good clean condition. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 219: A box of general interest motoring books to include: Mysterious Motoring Stories, A Passion for Cars, Home James, Backfire by Alan Clark, The Humber Story, etcetera. (10) £ 20 - 30
Lot 220: Vintage Commercial magazine. Volume 1 Number 1 (September 1962) to Volume 1 Number 6 (June 1963) these being octavo size issues bound in blue cloth. Then becoming Old Motor & Vintage Commercial. Volume 2 Number 1 (July 1963) to Volume 4 Number 6 (January 1966) and thereafter, Old Motor to Volume 9 Number 6, bound in four volumes with blue cloth. Subsequently continuing as a new magazine also called Old Motor from Volume 1 Number 1 (June 1979) to Volume 4 Number 3 (March 1982) these are bound in three volumes using brown cloth. Nine volumes in total. All in good clean condition. NB The magazine then became Classic & Sportscar (See LOT 205). (9) £ 100 - 200
Lot 221: The Bulletin of the Vintage Sports Car Club. Two bound volumes of the magazine dating from 1956 to 1964. Also, Automobile Engineer, five books with gold tooling. (7) £ 20 - 30
Lot 222: The Modern Motor Engineer by Arthur Judge. A practical work on the maintenance, running, adjustment and repair of automobiles of all types, excellent illustrations and diagrams. Two sets of three volumes dated 1928 and 1931. Bound in red and blue cloth respectively with gilt lettering. Very good condition. (6) £ 30 - 60
Lot 223: A box of interesting books to include: What I Know by C. Stamper, The Amateur Motorist by Max Pemberton and The Alps for the Motorist. (10) £ 20 - 30
Lot 224: The Book of the Motor Car by Rankin Kennedy. A 1921 comprehensive and authoritative guide on the care, management, maintenance and construction of the motor-motor-car and motor cycle. A good set comprising the rare, later-printed fourth volume. Maroon cloth with tooling and black lettering. Also, another three volume set. (7) £ 30 - 60
Lot 225: A box of motoring accessory catalogues, to include examples for Brown Brothers, Weaver & Ebling, E.L.R.C. Sears Roebuck and other interesting publications. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 226: Motors of Today by H. Thornton-Rutter. Dating from the 1920s, a five volume set bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, good condition but slightly worn. (5) £ 20 - 40
Lot 227: A box containing various and early issues of The Motor Manual by Temple Press and The Autocar Handbook by Iliffe & Sons, together with other collectable books. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 228: Cars and Motor-Cycles, A Complete Guide, by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and Marcus W. Bourdon. Dating from 1920, the three volume set printed by The New Era Publishing Co. Ltd., illustrated with good definition photographs and drawings with coloured plates, an overview of the period motoring scene. Bound in blue cloth with gold tooling. (3) £ 30 - 60
Lot 229: A box of large format books, to include a rare copy of The Schlumpf Obsession by Jenkinson and Verstappen. Also a good copy of The Complete Encyclopaedia of Motorcars edited by Nick Georgano, 1982 edition, 688pp including index. All in good clean fettle with dustjackets. (11) £ 20 - 30
Lot 230: Automobile Connoisseur. A complete set: Volume 1 to 5 (1967 to 1971), printed by Speed and Sports Publications Ltd., London, publisher's bindings, in good fettle. Also, Beaded Wheels: New Zealand's veteran and vintage motoring magazine, from Number 193 (December 1991) to Number 257 (September 2002) bound in six volumes using brown and blue cloth, plus 14 loose issues. (11 plus loose issues) £ 30 - 60
Lot 231: Vintage and Thoroughbred Car magazine. Volume 1 Number 1 (February 1952) to Volume IV Number 39 (April 1956). Bound in three volumes using blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very good condition. (3) £ 30 - 60
Lot 232: Two boxes of motoring history and commercial vehicle books, to include: The Cars in my Life by W. O. Bentley, Automobilia, My Speed King by Tonia Bern-Campbell, Automobile Archaeology by David Burgess-Wise. (17 books in Two Boxes) £ 20 - 30
Lot 233: An album of photographs containing monochrome photographs of vintage Bentley, Vauxhall 30/98, Lea Francis, Sunbeam and others. Many images double-mounted, 56-pages. £ 250 - 350
Lot 234: An album of photographs containing various photographs of veteran and later cars to include: Daimler Gwyne, Crossley, Calcott, Napier, Swift, Lanchester, Railton, Singer. Many images double-mounted, 56-pages. £ 250 - 350
Lot 235: 'Old Motor' - a monthly magazine bound in three Volumes, Vol 1, No 1 (June 1979) to Vol 2 No 3 (March 1982) being a full set of the magazine before it converted to Classic & Sportscar in April 1982. (3) £ 25 - 50
Lot 236: 'Commercial Motor' - by H. S. Hall, Virtue & Co. Ltd, in three Volumes. Dating from the 1930s, excellent illustrations and detailed technical text. Bound in figured and tooled buckram. Good clean condition. (3) £ 25 - 50
Lot 237: Morris News Exchange - a collection of the 'Morris Industries Exports Ltd' house magazine, two loose issues for September 1938 and September 1939 and from January to September 1939 (held as one Volume). (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 238: M.G. a cuttings file covering articles and road tests in The Motor and Autocar between 1929 and 1949. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 239: 2 full-range Morris Oxford & Cowley brochure titled in red 'Unpriced Export List' and 'Export List'. Dated Jan & Nov 1925. Also a 'Tropical Conditions Morris' pamphlet. Some soiling. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 240: Two Morris 12-Cwt brochures. Colour front covers, dated Jan & March 1926 with good text and images of body types and styles. Good condition save for soiling to the covers. (2) £ 30 - 50
Lot 241: Morris 25-30 Cwt Trucks brochure, 12pp, October 1926, cream cover good but in need of a clean. Also, 'A Body for every Purpose, double-fold brochure (very delicate, handle with care please). (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 242: A 'Morris Light Six', two-fold colour brochure dated October 1927, good colour images and text, together with a 4pp, 'New Reduced Prices' for 1927. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 243: A particularly rare copy of a 1927, double-fold brochure for the range of cars, dated Sep 1926, together with a similar brochure for the Czechoslovakian market. Soiling to the folds, otherwise good. £ 40 - 60
Lot 244: A full-range 1929 Morris brochure. 36pp, dated Sep 1928, excellent coloured front cover, good text and illustrations. In good clean condition. Also, a smaller abridged list, 14pp and a price list. (3) £ 30 - 50
Lot 245: Three mono-printed double-fold brochures dated Sep 1928, one for Holland and two for Germany. A little soiling on the covers, internally good. (3) £ 30 - 50
Lot 246: A rare Morris Minor 4pp and cover brochure for the Tasmanian market. Blue and gold cover. Some soiling, rusting staples. Please handle with care. £ 30 - 50
Lot 247: Ten Dutch leaflets regarding prices and a brochure for 1932. (10) £ 30 - 60
Lot 248: Three Morris Cars for 1933, double-fold broadsheets, rubbed folds and slight soiling. (3) £ 30 - 60
Lot 249: A good lot comprising 'Morris Replacement parts book by Colliers Products and W, Gill, a Birmingham Hire Service leaflet regarding a 1928 Cowley, a mounted monochrome photograph of the production line at the Cowley works and a grouping of 1928 patent information (No 323471/28), and other interesting items. (Qty) £ 40 - 60
Lot 250: The Motor for 1931. A single volume with issues from January 6th to December 29th. A small folio volume with blank index pages to front, bound without covers. Sold WAF. £ 20 - 30
Lot 251: Morris Motors Ltd., illustrated list of spare parts and price list, dated April 1933. With supplements and bound in horizontal small portfolio, square-backed with cloth spine. Together with Morris Master List of spare parts dated April 1934, with supplements, bound as before. Some wear and tear but generally sound condition. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 252: On Four Wheels. 11 volumes of magazines published by Orbis Publishing in the 1770s in the form of an encyclopaedia of Motoring History. It appears to be complete in the publisher's bindings. Also, High Road - The Motor-car Magazine of British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. 24 loose issues dating from January 1969 to December 1970 inclusive. (35) £ 20 - 40
Lot 253: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Eight (1935), Morris Eight Series 1, (1936/1937) Series II (1937 / 1938). Some in good clean condition. (20) £ 10 - 20
Lot 254: News Exchange. A monthly publication produced by Nuffield Exports Ltd, to provide their distributors and friends overseas with news of new products and general interest. The volumes comprise 1946 and 1949 to 1952, and 1954 to 1956. In uniform but differently coloured bindings. Handwritten labels on the spines. Also, Teamwork: News of the Nuffield Organization, Volume 1 Number 1 (September 1949 to Volume 11 Number 9 (June 1960), the last issue published. In similar, but differently coloured bindings with gold labelling on the spines. Probably a complete set. (19) £ 20 - 40
Lot 255: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Ten (1933/1934), Morris Ten Four Series III (Home & Export) and Morris Ten Utility Car. Some in good clean condition. (20) £ 10 - 20
Lot 256: Old Motor & Vintage Commercial. Volume 2 Number 1 (July 1963) to Volume 4 Number 6 (February 1966), then becoming Old Motor from Volume 4 Number 8 (March 1966) to Volume 11 No 6 (not dated). Together with Old Motor (A new magazine) Volume 1 Number 1 (June 1979) to Volume 4 Number 3 (March 1982) after which it became Classic and Sportscar. Together with Vintage, Volume 1 Number 1 to Number 9. Also Vintage Quarterly for Summer 1972. All in loose-leaf folders, clean condition. (13) £ 20 - 40
Lot 257: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Twelve Four (1935), Morris Ten-Four & Twelve-Four Series II, Morris Twelve-Four Series III (Home & Export), Morris Ten-Four Series M. Some in good clean condition. (22) £ 10 - 20
Lot 258: The Veteran & Vintage magazine, a complete run. Volume 1 Number 1 (August 1956) to Volume 23 Number 12 (August 1979). In generally good condition with most indices, some photocopies, several volumes bound, otherwise loose issues in binders. Also Collector's Car; incorporating Veteran & Vintage. Volume 1 Number 1 (September 1979) to Volume 3 Number 4 (September 1981) loose issues in green binders. (Qy) £ 40 - 80
Lot 259: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Oxford 15.9hp (1927), Morris Oxford Six (15hp), Morris Oxford (1933/1934). Some in good clean condition. (16) £ 10 - 20
Lot 260: The New Outlook on Motoring. (combining Morris Owner & Nuffield Mail), later becoming 'Motoring'. 35 loose issues dating between August 1948 and November 1968. Also Volume 23 Number 12 (September 1945) to Volume 23 Number 12 (February 1947; bound in three volumes with maroon cloth and gilt lettering, Together with Volume 24 Number 1 (March 1947) to Volume 28 Number 12 (February 1952) These bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Some wear to the covers but generally good. (43) £ 20 - 40
Lot 261: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Minor 1929 German, 1929 French, 1930 Dutch. Morris Minor (1931 Export), Morris Minor & Family Eight 1929-1931, Morris Minor 1929/1930/1931 (a mint copy), 1932/1933/1934. Some in good clean condition. (20) £ 10 - 20
Lot 262: Motoring: the journal of the Riley Motor Club, M.G. Car Club and the Nuffield Organisation. Volume 28 Number 11 (January 1952) to Volume 32 Number 3 (May 1955). Lacking four issues; Feb 1953, Sep, Oct, Nov 1955. Loose issues in four blue binders. Also, Volume 41 Number 1 (March 1964) to Volume 44 Number 12 (February 1968), bound in four volumes using maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Contents clean. Together with Transport Efficiency - The Morris Commercial Magazine. A broken run of 40 loose issues from December 1934 to July 1939. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 263: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Cowley (1927/1928/1929/1930/1931/1932), Morris Cowley-Four (1934). Some in good clean condition. (18) £ 10 - 20
Lot 264: Morris for Closed Car Comfort. An advertising poster by Leslie Carr, for the 1928 season showing an Oxford Saloon priced at £250 and an Oxford Three-Quarter Coupé priced at £230. The body of the poster is in excellent condition; a little foxing (cleanable) and creasing to the edges. 34 x 22-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 265: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Six (1929), Major Six (1931), Morris Sixes Sixteen's & Eighteen & Twenty-One & Twenty-Five Series II, Morris Major (1933), Morris Oxford Sixteen & Twenty (1935), Morris Major & Oxford (1932). Some in good clean condition. (18) £ 10 - 20
Lot 266: The Morris Owner & The New Outlook on Motoring. A quantity of loose issues from 1926 to 1949. These include some duplicates and some photocopied issues. The condition various from poor to very good. (Qty) £ 50 - 100
Lot 267: The Morris One-Ton Truck. An advertising poster for the 1924 season showing a drop-side lorry in an industrial setting. The body of the poster is in excellent condition; save for repairable tears at the top right corner, light creasing to the edges. 34 x 22-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 268: The Commercial Motor. 49 loose issues dating from 1912 to 1938, together with loose issues of The Motor Trader (5), Motor Commerce (2), Motor Transport (6) and a few other pre WWII journals. (Qty) £ 50 - 100
Lot 269: The Auto-Motor Journal. 23 loose issues dating from 1911 (5), 1913 (1), 1914 (1), 1925 (1), 1927 (1), 1930 (5) and 1931 (9). Most are in clean condition with covers, some covers loose. (23) £ 50 - 100
Lot 270: The Morris Owner. Two bound volumes. Volume 2 Number 1 (March 1925) to Number 6 (August 1925) and Volume 10 Number 5 (July 1933) to Number 12 (December 1933), bound in two volumes. Also a run of loose issues from Volume 13 Number 1 to Volume 24 Number 10 (December 1942), May 1936 is a photocopy. (Qty) £ 50 - 100
Lot 271: Morris Vans. An advertising poster by Star Wood for the 1928 season showing a Morris Half-Ton Van priced at £165 and a Morris Cowley Travellers Van priced at £167.10s. The body of the poster is in excellent condition; a little stained to the lower right (cleanable), & light soiling to the edges. 34 x 22-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 272: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Fourteen-Six Series II, Morris Fourteen-Six Series III, Morris Fifteen Six (1935), Morris '25' (1933/1934), Morris Twenty-Five Series III. Some in good clean condition. (18) £ 10 - 20
Lot 273: The Morris 1928 Programme. A detailed advertising poster listing models and reduced prices. The body of the poster is in excellent condition. 34 x 22-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 274: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Isis Six (Australian edition 1931), Isis Six (1932/1933/1934/1935) and an 'Overseas' edition. Some in good clean condition. (13) £ 10 - 20
Lot 275: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris Eight Series E. Issues dating between 1939 and 1954. Also various other handbooks. Some in good clean condition. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 276: Morris-Commercial Driver's Handbooks. Range examples include the NCV & FV; LC & PV; LC3 & PV; L.C.3 - L.C.3/U & P.V.; LC.5; LC.4 and MRA/1. Also the PP-R & PP-L Passenger vehicles, NVS & NVO 3-ton and 5-ton 'Normal Control Vehicles'; and the famous J-type van and 10-cwt van. All in good or better condition. (24) £ 10 - 20
Lot 277: Morris Motors Ltd. Operation Manuals for the Morris 8-10 Cwt Light Van (1936); 10-Cwt Van; Series Y; 5-Cwt Van; Series Z. And other veteran period handbooks. Some in good clean condition. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 278: Morris-Commercial Spare Parts Lists for the CS12/60F; C11/30F; C11/40F; L2; CS9/60; C9/60. Also handbooks for the range of vehicles CV 30 - 70-Cwt; 3-6 Tonners; LC Type etcetera. Some in excellent condition. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 279: The 1928 Morris Cowley Enclosed Cars. A full colour advertising poster by Starr Wood showing a Three-Quarter Coupé and a Four-Door Saloon with prices. The poster is in excellent condition; a little stained to the lower left corner. 34 x 22-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 280: A box of assorted commercial and vehicle handbooks, together with salesman's books covering the 14hp, 1913 Oxford; Morris Minor; Oxford-Six; Isis-Six; Cowley; Eight and Morris Major. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 281: A box of good motoring books and handbooks, to include veteran period Motor Manuals. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 282: The World's Motorcycles 1894-1963 by Erwin Tragatsch; The World's Commercial Vehicles 1830-1964 by Nick Georgano; The World's Automobiles 1880-1958 by G. R. Doyle; three rare titles with their dust covers. Also, a reprint of the Motor Motor-car Index 1928-1939. (4) £ 30 - 60
Lot 283: A large quantity of loose copies of Motor Cycle magazine dating from the 1940s and 1950s. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 284: Morris Eight. Three laminated pictorial cover brochures dated August 1937 and December 1937. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 285: Morris Fourteen. Two laminated pictorial cover brochures dated August 1937 and a similar Series II example dated 1936. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 286: Morris Twelve-Four Series III. Three laminated pictorial cover brochures dated August 1937. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 287: Morris Twenty-five Series III. Two laminated pictorial cover brochures circa 1937, also a Series II brochure for the 16 / 18 / 21 and Twenty-Five. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 288: Morris Eight Series I. Two colour brochures dating circa 1936 together with three Eight Series E brochures dated August 1945, March 1946 and May 1947. (5) £ 20 - 40
Lot 289: Morris Ten-Four & Twelve-Four Series II, two brochures. Morris Twelve-Four Series III dated August 1939 (Export Edition), Morris Ten-Four Series M dated November 1938 and two brochures dated September 1946 and another dated April 1939 (Export Edition) and a broad sheet for the Morris Ten. £ 20 - 40
Lot 290: The 1928 Morris Cars. A full colour advertising poster by Lyn Davis showing a two-seat and four-seat tourers. The poster is in excellent condition; a little stained to the lower right corner and a small tear. 34 x 22-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 291: Morris Oxford & Cowley Cars. A brochure featuring all models dated September 1924 and a similar brochure dated November 1925. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 292: A full-range 1927 Morris brochure. 32pp, excellent colour front cover by Leslie Carr; good text and illustrations. In sound condition. £ 20 - 40
Lot 293: Morris Cars for 1929. A large format brochure illustrating all models with specifications and descriptions, also a smaller colour brochure, both dated September 1928. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 294: Morris for Health & Happiness. A full colour advertising poster showing a two-seat and four-seat tourer with prices. The poster is in excellent condition; a little stained to the lower left corner. 34 x 22-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 295: The Morris Silent Six. A rare 4pp two-colour leaflet describing, with specifications, this vehicle and with a profile of the rolling chassis on the rear cover. Somewhat soiled but restorable. £ 20 - 40
Lot 296: Automobile magazine. A good run of the magazine being loose issues in a miscellany of binders, from Volume 1 No 1 (December 1982) to Volume 26 No 10 (December 2008). (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 297: Morris Cars for 1930. A full format brochure with a black cover dated September 1929. Also, a portrait shape brochure for the 1931 range dated September 1930 and a 1931 range colour opening broad sheet for the French market. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 298: A set of four 'The Book of the Motor Car' by Rankin Kennedy; a three volume set of 'The Modern Motor Engineer' by Arthur Judge; and 'Modern Motor Cars & Commercial Vehicles', four books by the same author. All with good illustrations, cut-aways and interesting articles for the vintage enthusiast. (11) £ 20 - 30
Lot 299: Isis Coachcraft. A colourful two-fold broadsheet illustrating the Dodge styled bodywork, dated Sep 1929. Also, two multi-fold broadsheets covering the 1932 season. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 300: Morris full range brochures for 1933, 1934 and 1935. Good working copies, the 1934 edition without cover. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 301: The Morris Six Club Coupé. A January 1929 two-fold colour brochure, also two Morris full range brochures, four Morris Eight Series E brochures and a Morris 5 & 10-Cwt Light Van brochure. (8) £ 20 - 40
Lot 302: A rare Morris '8' Series II folding broadsheet for the Italian market, another similar for the Japanese market and a Morris Ten Series II brochure for the Spanish market. Also a Stewart & Arden colour-chart for the Eight Series II, a Stewart & Arden brochure for the post-WWII minor and other interesting paperwork. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 303: Morris full range brochure for 1935 and five similar landscape style full range brochures for 1936. (6) £ 20 - 40
Lot 304: Wolseley large format brochures; The 14/60hp dated September 1938; 16/65 & 18/85hp dated September 1938; Wolseley Super Sixes dated August 1937, The New Wolseley Twelve dated October 1937 and a Lanchester Eleven maintenance manual for 1936. (5) £ 20 - 40
Lot 305: Motor Houses Worthy of your Car, a brochure dated 1932. Also,The New Morris Six: two brochures (NEL 116) code dated 1951 and two Morris Oxford brochures dated August 1948. (5) £ 20 - 40
Lot 306: A good selection of Morris brochures dating from the 1950s. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 307: The Austin Seven full range colour brochure dating from the late 1920s / early 1930s. Also Austin handbooks and other items, to include a Daimler 2.5 Litre brochure. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 308: The Publicity Value of Morris-Commercial, a colourful brochure, together with other Morris commercial brochures. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 309: Morris Light Vans brochure for 1935, also Series Y and Series Z, etcetera. (5) £ 20 - 30
Lot 310: Morris-Commercial Six-Wheeled Vehicles brochure dated March 1931. Also a number of other Morris commercial vehicle brochures and paper work. (Qty) See illustration on the front cover. £ 20 - 30
Lot 310a: The Practical Motorist. A weekly magazine from Volume 1 No 1 (May 1934) to Volume 12 No 312 (April 1940). Each volume possesses covers and advertisements, contained in a basic card and cloth-backed binder. Clean and apparently complete. (Qty) £ 20 - 30

Pictures & Lithographic Prints

Lot 311: Roy Nockolds. A lithographic print depicting Juan Manuel Fangio driving a Mercedes-Benz to win in the European Grand Prix held at Nurburgring on 1st August 1954; colour wash with white highlights, printed on Waterford art paper. 18 x 24-inches. £ 50 - 100
Lot 312: Roy Nockolds. A lithographic print depicting Tazio Nuvolari driving a P3 Alfa Romeo in the French Grand Prix of 1932, colour wash with white highlights, printed on Waterford art paper. 23 x 33-inches. £ 50 - 100
Lot 313: Roy Nockolds. A lithographic print depicting Ronnie Adams winning the 1956 Monte Carlo Rally using a Jaguar Mk VII. Colour wash with white highlights, printed on Waterford art paper. 23 x 33-inches. £ 50 - 100
Lot 314: Roy Nockolds. A lithographic print depicting the works Bugatti Type 35 cornering in the 1926 Targa Florio, colour wash with white highlights, printed on Waterford art paper. 18 x 24-inches. £ 50 - 100
Lot 315: Roy Nockolds. A lithographic print depicting the Bugatti Type 57sc 'Atlantic' Coupé driving in the French Alps, colour wash with white highlights, printed on Waterford art paper. 18 x 24-inches. £ 50 - 100
Lot 316: A set of rear axle / three stud commercial wheel servicing photographs, a montage in one frame. 20 x 15 inches. £ 20 - 30
Lot 317: A set of four instructional (pen & ink) prints, engine, chassis, battery, clutch. 15 x 11 inches. (4) £ 20 - 40
Lot 318: Dave Alford. Two original pencil drawings of early 1920s Sports Cowley, cabriolet, tourer. Universally framed, good clean condition, ready to display. 16 x 10 inches. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 319: Two showroom colour lithographic prints of a mid 1920s Oxford and Cowley saloon. 11 x 18 ins. £ 30 - 60
Lot 320: A showroom colour print of a Cowley coupe of the mid 1920s, needs remounting. 11 x 17 inches. £ 20 - 40

Further Literature

Lot 321: Morris Commercial brochures; 1, 2, 2 1/2, 3 Ton, 70-Cwt, 15-Cwt, light vans. (6) £ 30 - 60
Lot 322: Morris full range opening broadsheets for 1934. Included are examples for Export, Argentina, UK. All in good order save for rubbed edges and corners. (4) £ 50 - 80
Lot 323: Morris Commercial brochures for the 1934 period, 30-Cwt, 2-Ton, 3-Ton, 25, 70-Cwt, 15-Cwt etcetera. All in good order save for rubbed edges and corners. (7) £ 50 - 80
Lot 324: 1934 Morris full colour brochure, green cover, 36pp together with 3 others, similar. (4) £ 50 - 80
Lot 325: Morris Eight. A large 16pp brochure for both France and Spain, also a broadsheet for Germany. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 326: Five different, landscape format brochures for 1936: 25hp, 14hp, 14/6 Series II, Ten-Four and Twelve-Four, and a 4pp broadsheet. Good or better condition. (5) £ 40 - 60
Lot 327: Four petit Morris brochures from the late 1930s, with good illustrations and text. (4) £ 30 - 60
Lot 328: Three circa 1936 van brochures, with good illustrations and colour. (3) £ 30 - 60
Lot 329: Five Commercial brochures; Refuse Collection Vehicles, Light Vans, Unit Replacement and an export brochure, dated 1937, 26pp. (5) £ 40 - 60
Lot 330: Six publicity folders and brochures for Morris Series III cars, some soiling but generally sound. (6) £ 30 - 60
Lot 331: Morris Twelve-Four Series III brochures, dated August 1937; a UK monochrome version, a UK colour version and a monochrome Export version. All in good fettle. (3) £ 30 - 60
Lot 332: A Morris Light Van, circular radiator badge, good original blue enamel, a little scratched. £ 30 - 60

Further Automobilia

Lot 333: An interesting Prices Motorine automatic pourer with a fitting to suit large oil cans. £ 10 - 20
Lot 334: Royal Automobile & Associated Clubs 'Team Hill Climb 2nd Prize' for the meeting at Brooklands on 31st May 1913. A miniature assayed-silver two-handled cup and display stand. The winners of this award were a team of four driving a Sunbeam, Vauxhall, Talbot and Chenard-Walcker. See the attached copy of Autocar for 1913. £ 50 - 80
Lot 335: Lledo and other 1/43rd scale models depicting assorted Morris Vans, with unopened boxes. (20) £ 20 - 40
Lot 336: Lledo and other 1/43rd scale models depicting assorted Morris Vans, with unopened boxes. (22) £ 20 - 40
Lot 337: Five Dinky models, each being a Bullnose with various bodies, plus two other models. (7) £ 20 - 40

Further Literature

Lot 338: 'Morris Motors Ltd' Morris-Oxford Light Car; a price list of parts 1913/14. Maroon cover, cord-tied, good clean pages, square-backed cover, with feathering and small tears on the edges. £ 30 - 50
Lot 339: 'Morris Motors Ltd' Morris-Oxford Light Car; a price list of parts 1915. Brown cover, cord-tied, good clean pages, but square-backed cover spine missing, cover loose, small tears on the edges, pieces missing. £ 30 - 50
Lot 340: Morris Motors Ltd., price list of spare parts; 1922 edition for the Cowley model 1916-1919 and an example for the Cowley & Oxford. Both large format, cord-tied books with detailed text, exploded component images, engine cut-away. Cover edges a little feathered. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 341: Morris Motors Ltd., price list of spare parts: Feb 1926 edition for the Oxford and Cowley models, with detailed text, component images, also, period typed sheet and supplements. This book was the property of Liversidge with 'Corrected copy for reprinting' in ink manuscript on the front cover. £ 40 - 60
Lot 342: Stewart & Arden Ltd. A September 1928 dated brochure advertising all of the Morris cars and chassis, good detailed images and text, spine partly split, a little soiling to the cover. Also, a colour printed invitation. £ 30 - 50
Lot 343: Stewart & Arden Ltd. A selection of 1930s theatre programmes each with S&A advertisements. £ 30 - 50
Lot 344: Stewart & Arden Ltd. A Display of Morris sound films programme for 1935 and seven other S&A brochures. All in good clean condition. (8) £ 40 - 60
Lot 345: Six ephemeral items: a Morris Garages Ltd. envelope, a Morris Commercial Cars Ltd. envelope, Five Thousand Miles with a Morris by Harold Johnson, 24pp and cover, What Motoring Experts Say; various press statement about 1938 Morris cars, etcetera. (6) £ 30 - 50
Lot 346: Wrigley's Transmission brochure for 1913/14. See the reference to Morris Motors usage. £ 30 - 50
Lot 347: 'Morris Jackall', jacking system 4pp brochure for 1939 and ventilators for Morris cars. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 348: Five Morris booklets: 'Out of Income Plan', 'Deferred Payment', 'Visitors' Guide to Cowley' etcetera. (5) £ 20 - 30
Lot 349: Nine Lucas electric lighting and running manuals, to include examples for the Isis, Cowley, Minor, Oxford and others. Good and serviceable. (9) £ 20 - 30
Lot 350: Morris Motors information and record cards, together with a Morris Service booklet (c1926) (Qty) £ 50 - 80
Lot 351: 'Schedule of Repairs' 13 booklets relating to 1920s & 1930s Morris vehicles: 14/28, Six-Cylinder Cars, 15hp Oxford etcetera. Also, a folder of Service Letters dating between 1930s and 1950s. £ 20 - 30
Lot 352: A good selection of 1930s spare parts lists, oiling charts, price lists. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 353: An original Morris Eight Series II purchase pack with its delivery envelope and including the rarely found Union Flag stickers which Morris encouraged buyers to stick to the bonnets of their cars. £ 20 - 30
Lot 354: 'The Truck that's Built to Endure'. A framed and glazed 30-Cwt colour brochure/poster showing body styles, text and prices. Nicely framed, 18 x 24-inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 355: 'The Oxford Strike'. A May 7th 1926 edition of the Dailey Bulletin, 'Morris Keep Steady'. £ 20 - 40
Lot 356: Gordon England brochure for 1936 Austin chassis, a photograph of an England bodied Morris Isis and a booklet, 'Other Owners Running Costs', with good illustrations, circa 1933 and with an actual signature of W. R. Morris in black ink and a Morris Motors Ltd. sheet dated April 17 1930. (4) £ 30 - 60
Lot 357: 'Morris Mono-Construction' a hardbound folder late 1930s, plus two other brochures. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 358: A quantity of photographs. Some original publicity photographs from the 1930s, some photographic copies and some photographed illustrations. (Qty) £ 30 - 60
Lot 359: A monochrome photograph of the Gillespie Special M.G. TD of 1952, together with a 'Visitors Guide to Abingdon'. (2) £ 20 - 30
Lot 360: Automobiles Voisin 1919-1958 by Pascal Courteault. A prestigious book with 311pp, superb and detailed French text with its correct English translation of 64pp in a separate saddle stitched book written by Peter Hull. It also retains its splendid silver and grey faux engine turning to the front cover and correct slip-case. New Cavendish Books 1991 (White Mouse Edition), limited edition number 1588, in almost perfect condition. £ 300 - 500
Lot 361: The Institution of Automobile Engineers Proceedings. A long, incomplete run, comprising Volume III (Session 1908-9 - The Incorporated Institution, etcetera), then Volumes XV (1920-21) to XXVI (1931-32), lacking Part 2 of each of Volumes XXVII and XVIII and with a duplicate of Volume XXIV, then Volumes XXIX (1934-35) to XXXVIII (1943-44), plus the Society of Automotive Engineers Handbooks for 1945,6 & 7. All in generally sound, clean condition, though some volumes a little dusty and rubbed. (27) £ 20 - 40
Lot 362: Great Auto Races illustrated and written by Peter Helck. 1975, 266pp including index. This highly sought after book contains 217 illustrations, including 90 in full colour. In very good condition with dust jacket. £ 50 - 100
Lot 363: The History of English Racing Automobiles Ltd. by Weguelin and others. White Mouse Editions 1980, 288pp including index. A detailed description of each motor-car constructed, their use and list of racing activities up until 1980. 500 excellent photographs, some in colour, some line drawings. Retaining its slip-case, excellent condition. £ 50 - 100
Lot 364: The Grand Prix Car 1954-1966 by L. J. K. Setright. First edition 1968, 422pp including index, good colour and monochrome photographs, line drawings and detailed text. Retaining its original cover, very good condition, although the cover is a little creased. £ 30 - 60
Lot 365: No lot.
Lot 366: The Grand Prix Car by Laurence Pomeroy. Two Volumes. Volume 1, second impression 1955; Volume 2 second impression 1956. Superb illustrations, cut-aways, detailed text and specifications of GP cars from 1906. Both books in very good clean condition with good original jackets, a little creased on the spines. (2) £ 100 - 200
Lot 367: Power & Glory - The History of Grand Prix Motor Racing 1906-1951 by William Court. 1966 first edition, 353pp and index. In good condition with jacket, the latter with small tears and creasing. Signed by the author in 1972 on the title page. £ 30 - 60
Lot 368: Sunbeam Racing Cars 1910-1930 by Anthony S. Heal. First edition 1989, 384pp including index, excellent collection of monochrome images and photographs, erudite text. Excellent condition with original jacket and slip-case, gold edging. In good clean condition. £ 30 - 60
Lot 369: On Four Wheels. The magazine bound in volumes one to eleven (not complete) together with six copies of the Observer's Book of Automobiles and Motor Sport (Qty) AF £ 20 - 30
Lot 370: A box of good Grand Prix and motor racing subject books to include: Grand Prix 2007, Autocourse 1997-98, Motor Sport Yearbooks for 1972 and 1973, Mansell & Williams and Mansell World Champion, together with other interesting titles. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 371: Three good motor competition books: Hailwood by Mike Hailwood & Ted Macauley, first edition 1968; Challenge me the Race by Mike Hawthorn, sixth edition 1968; International Motor Racing Book with contributions by Brabham, Surtees, Ferrari, Graham Hill, Billy Cotton and others, rare first edition 1967. Together with a set of three The Book of the Motor Car by Rankin Kennedy, very good covers, mid 1920s edition. (6) £ 20 - 30
Lot 372: A box of F1 and Grand Prix subject books to include: Grand Prix Volumes 1-4 by Mike Lang, Touch Wood by D. Hamilton, Sports Racing Cars, Rallying, Power & the Glory by Court, Four Wheel Drift, Mansell, Martin Brundle, and other good books in clean condition. (15) £ 10 - 30
Lot 373: Jaguar. A good collection of books covering the marque from the 1930s to the 1980s. They include: The Jaguar Tradition by M. Frostick, Powered by Jaguar, Jaguar Sports Racing & Works Competition Cars from 1954 by Andrew Whyte, E-Type by Phillip Porter, together with three cuttings books. (Qty) £ 10 - 30
Lot 374: The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport. Edited by G. N. Georgano, a 1985 edition, 656pp including a detailed index, very good condition with its original dust jacket, light soiling and several tears. Also a good run of The Motor Road Tests, an annual detailed review current motor-cars, dating from 1950 to 1985. (Qty) £ 40 - 60
Lot 375: The Vintage Alvis. A July 1952 printed book discussing and listing all of the then known vintage (1920-1932) Alvis cars with half-tone illustrations, descriptions and specifications of each model and an 'On the Road' index. Latterly bound between boards and three-quarter buckram. £ 30 - 60
Lot 376: The Supreme Sunbeam. A 1927 printed publicity booklet describing the 203mph world record success of the 1000hp Sunbeam, good illustrations and cartoons. A letter dated August 1927 is tipped-in to the front free endpaper. Good clean condition, cord-tied brown cover, a little creasing. £ 30 - 60
Lot 377: Mechanics' Magazine Volume XIX (April-September 1833) and Volume XX (October 1833 - March 1834). Two bound volumes of this London printed illustrated weekly magazine, featured transport illustrations and text includes: Church's Steam-Carriage, Hancock's Steam-Carriage, Macerone & Squire's Steam-Carriage, list of 'Steam Coaches and Drags now Building', Mr Ogle's Steam-Carriage, etcetera. Bound in brown buckram. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 378: A box of good books to include: The Vintage Alvis by Hull & Johnson, first edition 1967; Brooklands to Goodwood by R. Walkerley; Veterans of the Road by E. Nagle; Vintage & Thoroughbred Cars by Wheatley & Morgan, first edition 1957 with the Alfa Romero dust jacket; Cooper Cars Year Book 1953; Motor Racing Management by J. Wyer; Edwardian Cars by E. Carter etc. All in good or better condition. (10) £ 20 - 40
Lot 379: A good selection of books to include: Juan Manuel Fangio, a pictorial book based on the film of the same name, edited by D. Jenkinson; Das Grosse Rennen by Ernst Roseman, with illustrations by Carlo Demand; The Packard Story by R. Turnquist; The Book of the Silver Ghost by K. Ullyett; Hudson Procedure Manual; Mercedes, Pioneer of an Industry by A. Ulmann, 1953, The BRDC Silver Jubilee and Golden Jubilee books and various other titles, all in good clean fettle. (12) £ 20 - 40
Lot 380: Three large format books: The Le Mans 24-Hour Race 1949-1973 translated by D. Tubbs, 212pp, excellent monochrome and colour images with result lists and technical notes; also The Supercharged Mercedes and Great Marques M.G. In good clean condition. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 381: A collection of various brochures to include: a Railton Six Instruction Book circa 1937; a rare HE (Herbert Engineering) 'The Six Supreme' 16-55hp brochure; a 1931 season AJS Light Car; Imperia 14hp D.H.C. handbill, The New Lloyd 650 Roadster handbill, The Rear-Engine Streamline Crossley brochure for 1933, well illustrated with good text; various Rolls-Royce documents, to include individual brochures for the Merlin, Griffon 57, Dart, Nene and Avon aviation engines, also Perkins marine diesel engines and other documents. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 382: Automobile Connoisseur. A complete set: Volumes 1 to 5 (1967 to 1971) printed by Speed and Sports Publications Ltd., London, publishers bindings, in good fettle. (5) £ 30 - 60
Lot 383: The Record of Motor Racing 1894 - 1908 by Gerald Rose. A Motor Racing Publications, 1949 edition, 322pp, many illustrations, line drawings and comparative lists. Blue cloth binding with tooling, spine faded but contents good. £ 30 - 60
Lot 384: Five good books. The Story of E.R.A. a Motor Racing Publications book, first edition 1949 with its white plastic binding undamaged. Also three pictorial books by Louis Klemantaski & Michael Frostick; Drivers In Action first edition 1955; Racing Sports Cars first edition 1956; For Practice Only, first edition 1959, each with their original covers in very good condition. Together with '16 on the Grid' a profile of the 1963 Monaco Grand Prix by Peter Garnier, a first edition 1964. All in very good or better condition. (5) £ 30 - 60
Lot 385: The Sports Car Magazine. An almost complete run of this very rare magazine: Number 1, Volume 1 (April 1935) to Number 45, Volume 4 (Dec 1938) (believed complete) bound in four books, with covers and advertise-ments, brown buckram with gold tooling on the spine. Some of the covers are a little soiled with foxing, otherwise good. Lightly cropped. Also, Issues Numbers 46, 47, 50, 52, stitched gathered and a loose Number 48, Not bound but retaining covers and advertisements, a short tear to the cover of Number 46, light sellotape tearing to the edge; 'Imperial Motors of Bristol' rubber stamp to the front cover of most of the magazines. These very rare magazines were supplied to the vendor by the late Morgan Marshall, owner of Imperial Motors Garage in Bristol in the 1960s. Morgan's name continues to be associated with a number of early M.G. cars particularly 18/80s. £ 1,200 - 1,600
Lot 386: Two monochrome photographs depicting the chassis production line of Morris Motors Ltd. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 387: Two motoring encyclopaedias and a Dew & Co. Motor Accessories catalogue dated 1933, 722pp, and an 'Hour' catalogue for replacement parts (illustrations) for motor-cars, to include Morris' of the 1920s. (4) £ 30 - 60
Lot 388: Two large boxes of motoring books to include: V16 The Story of the B.R.M. Engine, 1954, several M.G. history and picture books, Ferrari by Hans Tanner, Ferrari by Alan Lis, The Story of Lotus, Aston Martin and Lagonda by Chris Harvey, together with various Road & Track magazines and other books of significant interest. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 389: Encyclopaedia of Sports & GT Cars by Graham Robson. Two volumes covering the period 1945 to 1960 and 1961 to 1980. Both first editions with clean dust jackets. Also a rare copy of The World's Racing Cars by Armstrong, second Impression 1959. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 390: A box of good octavo size motoring subject books to include: Motoring is my Business; Specials, both by John Bolster, My Twenty Years of Racing by Juan Manuel Juan Manuel Fangio, All Arms & Elbows by Innes Ireland, Challenge me the Race by Hawthorn, second edition 1958, Life at the Limit by Graham Hill and Motor Racing by Ken Gregory, all with good clean dustjackets. Also, 12 other similar books without jackets; Motor Racing by S.C.H. Davis, Taga Florio by Bradley etcetera. (19) £ 40 - 60
Lot 391: AutoCourse. A run of this excellent annual hardbound book; Volume 34 (1983/84) to Volume 51 (2001/02). Each in excellent condition with clean and non-faded dustjackets. A delight. (19) £ 300 - 400