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and if any is left, I buy food and clothes. - Desiderius Erasmus

Book Reviews

The British Racing Hero
Colin Chapman: The Man and his Cars
The Chequered Flag
Jim Clark: Tribute to a Champion
My Father Mr. Mercedes
The Grand Prix Champions
Grand Prix People
The Legendary Years
Conte Maggi's Mille Miglia
Stirling Moss's Motor Racing Masterpieces
Motor Racing Through the Fifties
My Two Lives - Rene Dreyfus

New Motorsport Books

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Vintage Motorsport Books

The vintage books displayed below are for the most part used and no longer in print.
These are the same books that form the basis of the Grand Prix History Library.




The 1903 Irish Gordon Bennett The Race that Saved Motor Sport by Bob Montgomery	The Gordon Bennett Races by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu	The Art and Science of Grand Prix Driving by Niki Lauda	Ayrton Senna's Principles of Race Driving by Ayrton Senna	Competition Driving by Alain Prost	Speed was my Life by Alfred Neubauer
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Mon Ami Mate by Chris Nixon	Alf Francis - Racing Mechanic 1948-58 as told to Peter Lewis	A Racing Motorist by S.C.H. Davis	Bits and Pieces by Prince Birabongse	BRM by Raymond Mays and Peter Roberts	The Cruel Sport by Robert Daley
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Dick Seaman - A racing Champion by H.R.H. Prince Chula Chakrabongse	Gentlemen, Start Your Engines by Wilbur Shaw	Grand Prix by Barre Lyndon	Grand Prix Driver by Hermann Lang	Works Driver by Piero Taruffi	The Star and The Laurel by Beverly Rae Kimes
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Sir Henry Segrave by Cyril Posthumus	Piloti, Che Gente by Enzo Ferrari	Grand Prix Suisse by Adriano Cimarosti	The Fast Ones by Peter Miller	The Encyclopedia of Motor Sport by GN Georgano	Motor Racing Through the Fifties by Peter Lewis
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Grands Prix 1934-1939 by Rodney Walkerley	Grand Prix Racing 1906-1914 by Taso Mathieson	Red Arrows: Ferraris At The Mille Miglia by Giannino Marzotto	Stirling Moss: The Authorised Biography by Robert Edwards	The Complete History of Grand Prix Motor Racing by Adriano Cimarosti	Grand Prix Racing Facts & Figures by George Monkhouse
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Power and Glory Vol 1 by William Court	Power and Glory Vol 2 by William Court	Mercedes-Benz W196 by Michael Riedner	The Race Bugatti Missed by Michael Ulrich	The Story of Brooklands Vol. 3 by Bill Boddy	Racing the Silver Arrows by Chris Nixon
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Full Throttle by Tim Birkin	History of the Grand Prix 1945-65 by Doug Nye	History of the Grand Prix 1966-91 by Doug Nye	Ten Years of Motors and Motor Racing 1896-1906 by Charles Jarrott	The Constant Search by Charles Mortimer	Challenge me the Race by Mike Hawthorn
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Touch Wood by Duncan Hamilton	Auto Union V16 - A Technical Appraisal by Ian Bamsey	Maserati 250F - A Technical Appraisal by Andy Hall	Vanwall - A Technical Appraisal by Ian Bamsey	Lotus 25 - A Technical Appraisal by Ian Bamsey	Cooper Cars by Doug Nye
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The Grand Prix Car 1954 to 1966 by L. J. K. Setright	Grand Prix Vol 1 (1950-1965) by Mike Lang	Grand Prix Vol 2 (1966-1973) by Mike Lang	Grand Prix Vol 3 (1974-1980) by Mike Lang	Grand Prix Vol 4 (1981-1984) by Mike Lang	When the Flag Drops by Jack Brabham
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Alfa Romeo la Monaposto Tipo A del 1931 by Luigi Fusi	Design and Behaviour of The Racing Car by Stirling Moss and Laurence Pomeroy	Grand Prix Tripoli 1925-1940 by Valerio Moretti	Motor Racing Circuits of Europe by Klemantaski & Frostick	Great Auto Races by Richard Hough	A Racing Car Driver's World by Rudolf Caracciola
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The Four-Wheel Drives by Alan Henry	The Great Road Races 1894-1914 by Henry Serrano Villard	The Roaring Races by Giulio Schmidt	Case History by Norman Smith	The Mercedes-Benz Racing Cars by Karl Ludvigsen	The History of the Racing Car by Giovanni Lurani
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Fangio - Racing Driver by Olivier Merlin	Fifty Famous Motor Races by Alan Henry	It was Fun!: My Fifty Years of High Performance by Tony Rudd	The Viking Drivers by Fredrik Petersens	How to Watch Motor Racing by Stirling Moss	Managing a Legend by Robert Edwards
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British Grand Prix by Maurice Hamilton	Alfa Romeo by David Owen	Track Record by Maurice Rowe	Villeneuve - A Racing Legend by Allan de la Plante	The German Grand Prix by Cyril Posthumus	Can-Am by Pete Lyons
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The Checkered Flag by Peter Helck	Grand Prix Carpetbagger by John Cooper with John Bentley	The Checquered Flag by Douglas Rutherford	Memoirs of a Bugatti Hunter	My Cars, My Career by Stirling Moss	Conte Maggi's Mille Miglia
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When Nuvolari Raced ... by Valerio Moretti		Rivals: Lancia D50 & Mercedes W196 by Cris Nixon		Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Racing 1934-1955 by George Monkhouse
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The Incredible Blitzen Benz by Karl Ludvigsen		Great Auto Races by Peter Helck
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