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Recreational Vehicles, A World History 1872–1939

by Andrew Woodmansey

Today’s ultra-luxe RVs can cost as much as a house and have as many features. There’s even a seaworthy type. But it all started much smaller, with horse-drawn and then steam-propelled wagons. Until now there was no serious literature on this subject.

Lamborghini: Where Why Who When What

by Antonio Ghini

If the Almighty Interweb is any indicator, Lamborghini has way more followers than you could possibly expect. But why? This book is not concerned with finding answers to that, it just presents a solid and well put-together primer.

The Singer Story: The Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Bicycles & Motorcycles

by Kevin Atkinson

Everyone knows that Bugattis used distinctive flat-spoke aluminum wheels. So did Singer—but 20 years earlier. The curved front forks of a bicycle are a George Singer patent, and still in use today. If you don’t know Singer, you should.

Full Circle: A Hands-On Affair with the First Ferrari 250 GTO

by Larry Perkins & Petra Perkins

Not a scholarly treatise on a legendary car but a snapshot-style memoir of half a century of crossing paths with the first 250 GTO.

Porsche at Le Mans: 70 Years

by Glen Smale

Porsches have won Le Mans outright more times than any other marque, and for a very long, long time. This author has written about Porsche for a very long, long time so follow his lead with confidence.

The Complete Catalogue of British Cars 1895–1975 

by Culshaw & Horrobin

It seems farfetched nowadays but once upon a time the British motor industry was thriving. First published in 1974, this book catalogs some 700 manufacturers and 3700 models—and those are just the production passenger cars.

The Key 2021, The Top of the Classic Car World

Antonio Ghini, editor

This is now the 4th edition of a yearbook that parses the Big Picture, backing up its analyses and forecasts with hard data gathered from surveys and self-reporting by the very people and entities that constitute the inner core of the organized collector car world.

On a Global Mission, The Automobiles of General Motors International, Vol. 3

by Louis Fourie

The concluding volume of this trilogy buttons it all up with extensive data sets and also contains the index for all three books.

Alvis Society, A Century of Drivers

by David Culshaw

From kings to serial killers, people who chose an Alvis were a discerning lot. Every car ever made is recorded here, and only here.

On a Global Mission, The Automobiles of General Motors International, Vol. 2 

by Louis Fourie

This second volume of three takes us to still other locations around the globe including Australia, South America, South Africa, South Korea and China by exploring Holden, Daewoo and unique Chevrolet, Buick, and Opel variants.

Classic Speedsters

by Ronald Sieber

Speedster, Semi-Racer, Jack Rabbit, Raceabout, Cutdown? Or simply Roadster? All those names were used, and no matter what exactly they represent, they all apply to a “simple but powerful car meant for speed, fun, and adventure.”

Alfa Romeo Arese

by Patrick Dasse

An Arese is not an Alfa model but the name of the place where they were made, and this book contains hundreds of Alfa Romeo’s own archival photos of it.

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