A Chronology of Aviation

by Jim Winchester

A handy and solid overview of civil and military flight but, inevitable in a book this small, limited in scope.

Columbia Noir, A Complete Filmography 1940–1962

by Gene Blottner

Film Noir fan? Gene Blottner offers a thoroughly researched reference book that will keep you up at night. Reams of information, great illustrations, all given by a man happily obsessed with this classic genre of filmdom.

Brighton Belles, A Celebration of Veteran Cars

by David Burgess-Wise

The famous London-Brighton run admits only cars from the very dawn of motoring, from the middle of the nineteenth century up until 1904. What started as a primitive horseless carriage would turn into a 100 mph monster within a few short years.

The Pininfarina Book

by Günther Raupp (editor)

Is there such a thing as quintessential Italian style? Pininfarina, now 85 years in business, says yes. This book is supposed to make the case.

Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War

by Elisabeth Shipton

Why did men not want women in the military? Because it would have given them the right to vote! Perish the thought. But when nations were in danger of perishing, society changed its mind. For a while.

The Complete Bentley

by Eric Dymock

By the time of this book’s writing, 101 models had been built over some 90 years and they’re all in this lavishly illustrated book.

German Aircraft Instrument Panels, Vol. 2

by Dariusz Karnas

Close-up cockpit photos and detail drawings of the instruments of six German WW II aircraft—plus a full-size (!) drawing of a Bf 109 main panel. Bet you don’t have one of those yet!

The Last Days of Henry Ford

by Henry Dominguez

Not just the “last days” but the last 18 months. New details and new perspectives paint a more human picture of this tortured tycoon.

The Roycean: From Manchester to Crewe, via Derby, No. 6

by Tom Clarke, Will Morrison eds. 

The Roycean, now in its sixth year, is an annual journal containing scholarly articles by a number of contributors on arcane but fascinating aspects of the history of Rolls-Royce and (Derby- and Crewe-built) Bentley motorcars up to the 1960s.

The Red Baron

by Wayne Vansant

Do NOT avert your eyes! Can a graphic history book be worth reading/? This one is. And not just for kids.

The Ride: New Custom Motorcycles And Their Builders

by Chris Hunter, Robert Klanten editors

Motorcycles with attitude. From one-off cost-no-object confections to creatively stroked basic Honda S90s this book offers a global look at new philosophies and old skills.

45 RPM, A Visual History of the Seven-Inch Record

by Spencer Drate, editor

The fact that this compendium is published by the august Princeton Architectural Press alone shows that this is a far more elevated subject than one would think. Downloaders and cloud dwellers just don’t realize what they’re missing!

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