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Sporterfolge

by Tony Adriaensens

Sporting Successes indeed. Porsche is no stranger to them but that’s not really where the success of this quite unique book comes in. It’s photos, hundreds of photos, most of which never before published.

Delage, Champion du Monde

by Daniel Cabart & Christophe Pund

The 15-S-8 model discussed here was a World Champion—but few today remember this enormous achievement. This thorough account is accompanied by fabulous period photos.

Lamborghini Murciélago 

by Thillainathan “Path” Pathmanathan 

What’s a supercar really like, day in/day out, on hot dates, fast laps, and ruinous service appointments? Written by a knowledgeable owner the book looks at Lamborghini’s flagship in the context of its predecessors and tells pretty much all.

Racer

by John Andretti & Jade Gurss

You wouldn’t know from just the book title that this story does not have a good ending, at least not in the conventional sense. Good will surely come from reading it and one would like to think that good came to the man who had the courage to write it.

Maestro Bill Mitchell: The xp-Concept Cars of GM Styling

by Roy Vernon Lonberger

The author of this book posits that the inside truth about Mitchell has not been written yet. And he would know: he was right there, as Head Designer in the Experimental Studio, with plenty of opportunity to be on the receiving end of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Lotus, The Historic Sports & Racing Cars of Australia

by Marc Schagen

A field guide to competition Lotii in Australia brimming with data and photos compiled over decades.

Lartigue et les Autos de Course

by Pierre Darmendrail & Christophe Lavielle

From a 1905 to a 1978 race, this extraordinary photographer saw the world, and in this case race cars, in a very specific way. Students of photography and racing will find his photos remarkable.

Bentley – Last of the Silent Sports Cars 1938–9

by Ian Strang and John Boothman

For an all too brief moment in time, the overdrive Bentleys had their slice of the market all to themselves. No other car did what they did in just that way, which is why many/most first owners were auto industry types who knew a good thing when they saw it.

A Postcard History of Japanese Aviation: 1910–1945

by Edward M. Young

Japan adopted Western technologies late but then with a vigor unmatched by other Asian nations. Several hundred postcards tell that story here.

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!

by Jared Zaugg

Bonhams is an auction house through whose doors hundreds of delectable cars pass each year. This book showcases a few dozen that best embody the emotional impact that separate sports and race cars from more prosaic transport.

Some of the prices will have an emotional impact too . . .

Ladies of Lascaris: Christina Ratcliffe and the Forgotten Heroes of Malta’s War

by Paul McDonald

The RAF did tremendously important reconnaissance work on Malta, and the women and girls who worked as plotters and cipherenes helped. Obviously, they had private lives, and Ratcliffe’s in particular is way out there.

Carlo Demand In Motion and Color: Automobile Racing 1895–1956

by Gary D Doyle

The German artist Carlo Demand (1921–2000) illustrated more books than any other artist, yet his name is not nearly as well known as that of many of his contemporaries or as the quality of his work would indicate.

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