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The Rolls-Royce Story & The Bentley Story

by Reg Abbiss

Everyone has heard of the names—but not everyone knows that these marques are 100 years old or even that they were built by the same company for most of those years. A lot happens over a hundred years and these little books will whet your appetite for more.

Ferrari: 2015 Official Scuderia Ferrari Calendar

The 2014 Formula 1 season from a Ferrari point of view as captured by half a dozen world-class photographers.

Porsche 928

by Brian Long

A decade after this model’s production ended, the world is finally realizing that this is a really special car. If you didn’t already know that, this book will tell you. And if you’re in the market for one you’d better find one pronto.

Ferrari Myth 2015: The Official Ferrari Calendar

by Günther Raupp

A super-premium, limited-edition, oversize collection of artistic renditions of Ferraris that is only called a “calendar” because it does have a tiny string of numbers on the bottom of each page.

Old Contemptible

by Charles Howard

The long subtitle says it all: “The history of chassis number 2095, a 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, and the car’s first two valiant owners, Barrington Stopford and Walter Carlile, both of whom drove it in The Great War.”

James Garner’s Motoring Life

by Matt Stone

You know him as “that actor” but did you realize that he was a serious and competent racing driver who could have made it in the pro world?

The Mighty MG Magnettes of 33

by Graeme Cocks

The K3 Magnettes are plenty interesting all by themselves but one of them, chassis K3003 which spurned this excellent book and is discussed at length, may have a doppelganger that confounds historians to this day.

Corvette –  America’s Star-Spangled  Sports Car

by Karl Ludvigsen

Only in its current iteration—61 years after its launch!—is the Corvette a legitimate sports car. How this piece of Americana got there is explored by a book fittingly launched on the 4th of July.

Bomber Aircraft of 305 Squadron

by Lechosław Musiałkowski

Notice any strange markings on these familiar WW II aircraft? That’s because they’re in Polish service on RAF duty.

Porsche Unexpected: Discoveries in Collecting

by Leffingwell, Ingram, Furman

Yes, it’s about a Porsche collection but also a lot, lot more: how to collect, what to collect, how to buy and sell and display.

And then there’s the extreme photography of the sainted Furman.

Spitfire V vs C.202 Folgore: Malta 1942

by Donald Nijboer

The air battles over Malta rank as the most intense aerial engagements of WW II. The stakes were high for each side and their most capable fighters were sent to put things right.