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“Royal Enfield – The Early History – 1851 to 1930”Automobiles, Cyclesand Motor Cycles Author: Peter Miller Designed and published by: FWtoC Publishing Available only from Peter Miller, who will supply signed copies if requested. Email: [email protected] Hardback, 215 x 285mm, 280 pages, with over 350 photographs and illustrations ISBN 978-0-85101-644-3 £30 plus p&p The origins…

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A-Z of Italian Motorcycle Manufacturers Author: Greg Pullen Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd, Ramsbury, Marlborough Wiltshire SN82H E-mail: [email protected] www.crowood.com Tel.: 016725232 Hardback, 220 x 285mm (portrait); 175 pages with over 200 photographs and illustrations. ISBN 978-1-78500-487-2 £35 (UK), $54.95 (US), $65.95 (Canada) Italian motorcycles have a place in history – and in many enthusiasts’…

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Peter Williams – Designed to Race Revised edition Author: Peter Williams Designed and published by: Redline Books Available only from Peter Williams, who will supply signed copies if requested. Email: [email protected] Hardback, 225 x 285mm, 286 pages, with over 250 photographs and illustrations ISBN: 978-0-9555278-8-3 £35 plus p&p Peter Williams was, in his day, one…

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“Motorcycles and motorcycling in the USSR from 1939” A social and technical history Author: Colin Turbett Published by: Veloce Publishing Ltd, Veloce House, Parkway Farm Business Park, Middle Farm Way, Poundbury, Dorchester DT1 3AR Email: [email protected] Fax: 01305 250479 Hardback, 280 x 207mm (portrait); 128 pages with 286 photographs and illustrations. ISBN: 978-1-787113-14-5 £25; $40…

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Road racing legend, Grand Prix hero, motorcycling icon Editor: Richard Skelton Author and interviewer: Chris Carter, with contributions byColin Seeley, Peter Williams,Sir Robin Miller, contemporary riders and associates. Foreword: Mike Trimby Published by: Mortons Media Group Ltd, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6JR www.classicmagazines.co.uk/thebookshelf Tel: 01507 529529 ISBN: 978-1-911276-95-1 £6.99 The 1960s was…

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British motorcycles 1945-1965 From Aberdare to Wooler Author: Rinsey Mills Published by: Herridge & Sons Ltd, Lower Forda, Shebbear, Beaworthy, Devon EX21 5SY Tel.: 01409 281990 Fax: 01409 281910 E-mail: [email protected], 210 x 270mm (portrait); 600 pages with more than 1500 illustrations. ISBN: 978-1-906133-61-0£60; $90 US; $110 Canada Aberdare? Never heard of them? Well, they…

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“Alf Hagon – About more than speed” The life and times of motorcycling’s alternative thinker Author: Tim Britton Foreword: Barry Briggs MBE, former four time world speedway champion. Published by: Mortons Media Group Ltd, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, LincolnshireLN9 6JRwww.classicmagazines.co.uk/thebookshelf Tel: 01507 529529Perfect bound “bookazine,” 210 x 300mm (portrait), 132 pages, fully illustrated.ISBN: 9781911276814£6.99…

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Author: Mick Duckworth Published by: Lily Publications Ltd, PO Box 33, Ramsey, Isle of Man IM99 4LP www.lilypublications.co.uk Fax: +44 (0) 1624 898 446 Hardback, 210 x 205mm (landscape); 96 pages with over 110 photographs and illustrations. ISBN 9781911177258 £16. This third volume in the TT Golden Years series follows the previous two chronologically, with…

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Author: Norman Vanhouse – with updates by Graham Vanhouse C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E. Foreword by: Jeff Smith MBE. Published by: Panther Publishing Ltd, 10 Limes Avenue, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 1DP Tel.: 01494 534778. E-mail: [email protected] www.panther-publishing.com Softbound, 170mm x 235mm, 188 pages, over 70 photographs and illustrations ISBN 978-1-909213-21-0   £14.95. The Maudes Trophy, a very substantial…

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