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[Terry O'Neil]

Following the success of the Bahamas Speed Weeks book published in 2006 a NEW REVISED edition, much enlarged, will be available in early December 2013. Dalton Watson are the publishers. The book also includes a section on the Revival meetings held in the Bahamas since the demise of the original event in 1966.

Any queries and enquires please let me know.

Terry O'Neil

[peterglynmorris]

Dalton Watson Fine Books is in the very final throes of closing the revised Bahamas Speed Week book for printing. Any members have images of either the original races or the revival races that can be added? Already have 180 new images but could do with more. More information can be found at http://cairo.directr...ing-2013-titles

Edited by peterglynmorris, 16 September 2013 - 11:17.

[Tuboscocca]

Just a short note on the new McLaren, from the inside (Tyler Alexander) book:

 

Quite a large book 30x30 cm.. Just an intro, no real text , but captions.The first part (roughly 100+ pages) spanning the years 1962-74 are wonderful, despite some photos being too much enlarged , for my feelings..

But the second part 1999-2012 (32 pages) are rather mediocre snapshots...(especially one of the Mercedes Benz chairman).

 

If it has been a Haynes book--ok, but from David Bull????

 

Best regards Michael

[D-Type]

Just a short note on the new McLaren, from the inside (Tyler Alexander) book:

 

Quite a large book 30x30 cm.. Just an intro, no real text , but captions.The first part (roughly 100+ pages) spanning the years 1962-74 are wonderful, despite some photos being too much enlarged , for my feelings..

But the second part 1999-2012 (32 pages) are rather mediocre snapshots...(especially one of the Mercedes Benz chairman).

 

If it has been a Haynes book--ok, but from David Bull????

 

Best regards Michael

  Another book that won't fit on my bookshelf (IKEA 'Billy' - the world's best selling bookshelf unit)

Edited by D-Type, 17 September 2013 - 18:48.

[Tuboscocca]

  Another book that won't fit on my bookshelf (IKEA 'Billy' - the world's best selling bookshelf unit)

Duncan, absolutely right!! I too have the fine furniture of Sweden (made in Russia or where it is cheap..)--the owner of IKEA lives of course in Switzerland!!!

 

But there are more awful books :The 50th GTO book 30x45cm...

 

A new thread?? Which is your largest book??Borgeson's Cord-book??? Your smallest book??

 

best regards Michael

[Colbul1]

I imagine Mr Haynes was referring to manuals. They generate wider margins, on far higher revenues.

 

I wish everyone in Sparkford well, especially Mark Hughes and his team. 

 

I think this acquisition of Floyd Clymer confirms the focus on manuals going forward, http://online.wsj.co...918-700929.html.

[nicanary]

  Another book that won't fit on my bookshelf (IKEA 'Billy' - the world's best selling bookshelf unit)

I've tried all the cheap ones from the likes of Argos and Homebase. The Billy is easily the best value for money - I've got some weighty tomes on my bottom shelf (Wimpffen, Georgano) and it hasn't "bowed" at all in 3 years. Presumably it's solid wood, and not laminated chipboard.

 

Highly recommended if your budget's a bit tight.

[Tuboscocca]

I've tried all the cheap ones from the likes of Argos and Homebase. The Billy is easily the best value for money - I've got some weighty tomes on my bottom shelf (Wimpffen, Georgano) and it hasn't "bowed" at all in 3 years. Presumably it's solid wood, and not laminated chipboard.

 

Highly recommended if your budget's a bit tight.

Solid WOOD??   take a pocket knife and see what's inside ( or not!!)

Here in Germany they have now a deeper version of the Billy, not only 28 cm, but 40cm!! Recommended!! But compared to the quality 20+ years ago it's a let-down in material and finish...

 

Regards Michael

[Bjorn Kjer]

I am very sad to tell you that my dear friend and co-worker for nearly 4 years David Cross , has passed away yesterday.

Our book INSIDE THE PADDOCK took 2,5 years and thousands of e-mails in a close and often tense working together. David , always the diplomat, was to me an hounerable gentleman and became a very close friend .

He has made a new book , a companion to our first , but this time I play a smaller role , AROUND THE CIRCUIT, which follows the style of the first with lots of transporters AND other vehicle pictures at the Circuits.It should be out this year from Dalton Watson

[Tuboscocca]

I am very sad to tell you that my dear friend and co-worker for nearly 4 years David Cross , has passed away yesterday.

Our book INSIDE THE PADDOCK took 2,5 years and thousands of e-mails in a close and often tense working together. David , always the diplomat, was to me an hounerable gentleman and became a very close friend .

He has made a new book , a companion to our first , but this time I play a smaller role , AROUND THE CIRCUIT, which follows the style of the first with lots of transporters AND other vehicle pictures at the Circuits.It should be out this year from Dalton Watson

Bjorn, sad news--thank you for letting us know.

 

Michael

[peterglynmorris]

Bjorn, sad news--thank you for letting us know.

 

Michael

As the owners of Dalton Watson Fine Books, we saw David in Kidderminster as recently as last Sunday and he was still enthusiastic and capable of offering direction on his second book. He was signing inserts for the book right up to his last moments. He will  be missed. Glyn and Jean Morris.

[PRD]

  Another book that won't fit on my bookshelf (IKEA 'Billy' - the world's best selling bookshelf unit)

 

Fits on mine!

[elansprint72]

Does anyone know what is delaying the publication of

A Chequered Life: Graham Warner and The Chequered Flag

 

I've had it on order for ages.

[Tuboscocca]

Does anyone know what is delaying the publication of

A Chequered Life: Graham Warner and The Chequered Flag

 

I've had it on order for ages.

Elansprint--just wait two month: November, according to Veloce publishing..

 

http://www.veloce.co...ucts/search.php

 

Regards Michael

[Vitesse2]

Sorry to hear that, Karl. But given the amount of crap they've been publishing of late I'm not entirely surprised they're retrenching - it looks to me like Old Man Haynes has put his foot down and insisted they go back to what they know and understand.

 

There's been some coverage of this in the local press, but it mainly concentrates on the closure of the distribution centre, which is just about the only employer of any note in Sparkford. Given that they're saying that they're going to realign the manuals business towards online and digital, I suspect that puts the print works in doubt as well. Ultimately that could leave the whole Sparkford site at risk so in due course I would fully expect to see what remains of editorial relocated to the museum site just up the road ...

 

http://www.thisissom...tail/story.html

Well, that didn't take long - although I somehow missed the fact that they'd sold the print works already ...

 

Haynes to close Sparkford headquarters and distribution centre

 

Car book publishers Haynes is closing its distribution centre and headquarters in Somerset due to falling sales of its books.

 

The headquarters in Sparkford will move to new premises and the company's in-house distribution centre will close, with work outsourced.

 

Haynes said job cuts would affect a "relatively small number of roles".

 

The company said it would now focus on workshop manuals for professional mechanics and on its digital platforms.

 

Chief executive Eric Oakley said its current headquarters, which employs about 70 people, "no longer meets the requirements of a modern information publishing business".

 

"The book distribution market has changed significantly," he said.

 

"The investment that would be needed to upgrade the UK facility for the requirements of a modern-day logistics operation would far outweigh the future benefit to the business.

 

"The board has therefore concluded it is no longer commercially feasible to maintain a UK distribution facility and the process of transferring this part of the business to a third party logistics provider will begin shortly."

 

'Financial footing'

 

In 2009 the firm sold its printing press to JF Prints but it closed down two years later.

 

No further details of the job cuts have been released.

 

Mr Oakley said: "Whilst any business decision which impacts on our existing and often long-serving employee base is difficult to make, the board believes that the changes to the UK operations are vital at this time to put the UK business back on a firm financial footing from which we can grow the business."

 

The company has said it is still looking for a new site for its company headquarters.

 

Sales of Haynes' car manuals fell 7% last year, while its general publishing sales were down 18%.

 

 

Haynes Publishing Group has reported falls in revenue and profit in its results for the year ended 31st May 2013.

 

Revenue at the publisher, which specialises in car repair manuals, stood at £27.6m, down from £29.8m in 2012, a fall of 7%. Operating profits in 2013 were £3.8m, a 25% decline from 2012's £5.1m.

 

However, the profits were ahead of market expectations which stood at £3.6m.

 

Chairman J Haynes said the results were the result of "soft" demand for its traditional print manuals in the UK, but that its professional range, rebranded last year from Vivid to HaynesPro, has seen "strong revenue growth".

 

He added: "As a group, for the most part, we were able to weather the early impact of the economic downturn and, whilst it was unrealistic to expect sustainable growth during this period, we were able to maintain group profitability. However, over the last two years we have faced a strengthening headwind in our core automotive manual markets and more recently a significant slowdown in the UK general publishing market."

 

Earlier this month, the publisher, based in the West Country, announced it would restructure its editorial teams, and close its distribution centre in Yeovil, leading to what it called "a small number" of redundancies.

 

The moves came after a six-month strategic review of the business, which will lead the publisher to focus on "areas with the largest growth potential—DIY manuals; information systems for use by professional mechanics; and the expansion of its digital offering, including the development of additional digital platforms."

 

Haynes said that the review of the company would "help return the group to revenue and profit growth".

 

This month, the company also announced the acquisition of Clymer and Intertec Manuals, a US motorcycle repair manual publisher. Haynes said the group would continue to review new acquisition opportunities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...merset-24209425

 

http://www.thebookse...g-slowdown.html

 

My money would still be on the museum site though. AFAIK the building which was originally earmarked for the museum's never-opened archive is still pretty much an empty shell.

[proviz]

The demise of the specialist book seller is a sad development. In addition to all the things said previously in this thread, it leads to a situation where browsing books one might potentially buy becomes ever more difficult. For every book I'm prepared to buy without seeing there must be 5-10 that I will not commit to without seeing them first.

So, how many places are there left where you can just drop in and have a look at most of the motoring titles that have been published in the past 12 months? Libreria dell'Automobile in Milan, Passion Auto in Paris, Motors Mania in Pau...

Others are not easily accessible for a traveler unless he rents a car. Chaters still have a showroom, but not all of their titles can be seen there. Hortons - I've never been there, but am led to believe that they tend to put wraps even on books that come without them from the publisher.

What else is there? I believe a list would come in handy for many forum members.

[helioseism]

Andy's Motorbooks, Morgartenstrasse 22, Zurich, Switzerland is another bricks & mortar store that you can browse in.

 

[Collombin]

Hortons - I've never been there, but am led to believe that they tend to put wraps even on books that come without them from the publisher.

 

 

They will take the wrapper off for you to browse if you ask. They can afford a new wrapper.

[continental]

Andy's Motorbooks, Morgartenstrasse 22, Zurich, Switzerland is another bricks & mortar store that you can browse in.

Andy is unfortunately not very friendly!

[helioseism]

Andy is unfortunately not very friendly!

He has been very friendly to me whenver I go there.

[helioseism]

Another browsable store: Autobooks-Aerobooks, 2900 W. Magnolia, Burbank, California

[motorbookworm]

There's David Thomas Motoring Books, tucked away behind the High Street in Ledbury, Herefordshire - open by weekdays by appointment and more of a warehouse than a 'proper' shop, but a real Aladdin's Cave of books, brochures, photos, posters etc. 

[Dino246]

I recently bought 'Deauville 1936' from Mr Thomas online. Very pleased with the book and the excellent service.

[helioseism]

A number of new books:

 

Targa Florio 1955-1973 by Ed Heuvink  Link

F1 Retro 1970 by Mark Hughes  Link

The Put-In-Bay Road Races 1952-1963 by Carl Goodwin  Link

The Tasca Ford Legacy by Bob McClurg  Link

Grand Prix Ferrari - The Years Of Enzo Ferrari's Power 1948-1980 by Anthony Pritchard   Link

Grand Prix Ford - DFV-Powered Formula 1 Cars by Anthony Pritchard  Link

[Colbul1]

It looks like F1 Retro 1970 will be the first of a series of books.  More information can be seen at www.f1racingbooks.co.uk.

[Alan Cox]

Not sure if this has been mentioned here already, but the prolific Anthony Pritchard is preparing another title on a subject popular with TNFers due out in 2014
http://www.veloce.co...roup=Motorsport
This looks very much like one of the "...In Camera" series that Haynes published and some of his other recent publications by Veloce look like books that Haynes would have been publishing before their recent retrenchment.

[midgrid]

It looks like F1 Retro 1970 will be the first of a series of books.  More information can be seen at www.f1racingbooks.co.uk.

 

The concept of "Lunches with Legends" seems strangely familiar... 

 

And the F1 Retro series, whilst extremely promising, does seem ambitious.  At least with Haymarket backing it shouldn't run into financial trouble.  Speaking of which, does anyone know if Haynes is continuing its official Le Mans history series, which so far covers the years 1949 to 1989?

Edited by midgrid, 04 October 2013 - 18:39.

[Tuboscocca]

Nigel Roebuck will be glad: finally a biography on Jean Behra, his hero!!

 

http://www.editions-...r,4,four010.cfm

 

Best regards Michael

 

 

 

[stankoprowski]

While I was looking for something else at Abebooks.com I ran across this title.

 

Riley & Scott Mk III

Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn

Published by Book on Demand, Miami, 2013

ISBN 10: 5509353929 / ISBN 13: 9785509353925

 

It also mentions a publisher "Bookvika". I was interested in this sort of thing and was looking for more English language titles (there are a ton of Russian titles) and ran across some Google entries that said Bookvika appeared to be a Russian criminal scam. If so, I am surprised at Abebooks. Any comments?

 

Stan

 

 

[Vitesse2]

 

While I was looking for something else at Abebooks.com I ran across this title.

 

Riley & Scott Mk III

Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn

Published by Book on Demand, Miami, 2013

ISBN 10: 5509353929 / ISBN 13: 9785509353925

 

It also mentions a publisher "Bookvika". I was interested in this sort of thing and was looking for more English language titles (there are a ton of Russian titles) and ran across some Google entries that said Bookvika appeared to be a Russian criminal scam. If so, I am surprised at Abebooks. Any comments?

 

Stan

 

Just another of the various con artists putting pretty covers on Wikipedia articles and flogging them to unsuspecting punters. We've discussed others before: VDM Publishing (aka Alphascript, Betascript, Fastbook Publishing and Doyen Verlag) and LLC Books for example.

 

Caveat emptor.

[Tuboscocca]

 

While I was looking for something else at Abebooks.com I ran across this title.

 

Riley & Scott Mk III

Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn

Published by Book on Demand, Miami, 2013

ISBN 10: 5509353929 / ISBN 13: 9785509353925

 

It also mentions a publisher "Bookvika". I was interested in this sort of thing and was looking for more English language titles (there are a ton of Russian titles) and ran across some Google entries that said Bookvika appeared to be a Russian criminal scam. If so, I am surprised at Abebooks. Any comments?

 

Stan

 

Dear Stan..YES on abe!!Try to search for a title...you will get a lot of hits. Then try the same, but EXcluding 'print on demand'--you will probably get one third or a half of the titles...

Maybe there is even a title-generator, which picks your search words and compile them to a still to be produced title...

 

Regards Michael

[RA Historian]

 

While I was looking for something else at Abebooks.com I ran across this title.

 

Riley & Scott Mk III

Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn

Published by Book on Demand, Miami, 2013

ISBN 10: 5509353929 / ISBN 13: 9785509353925

 

It also mentions a publisher "Bookvika". I was interested in this sort of thing and was looking for more English language titles (there are a ton of Russian titles) and ran across some Google entries that said Bookvika appeared to be a Russian criminal scam. If so, I am surprised at Abebooks. Any comments?

 

Stan

 

Be patient, folks. Noted US racing reporter Jonathon Ingram is completing a book that has been a few years in the making. It is the history of the Riley cars and people. It is being done by a legitimate publisher and will be the definitive word on Riley and its offshoots. So stand by.

 

Tom

[Jerry Entin]

Front view of Bob Riley's Corvette powered special

Side view of Bob Riley's Special

 

Here are some shots of Bob Riley's very first car, built in Louisiana in 1959. Its chassis was Bob's own design, the body was aluminum and fiberglass and the engine and gearbox came out of a wrecked Corvette. Note that the results listed are actually class finishes [CM].

 

photos: Willem Oosthoek Collection

Edited by Jerry Entin, 12 October 2013 - 02:43.

[Eric Dunsdon]

 

Nigel Roebuck will be glad: finally a biography on Jean Behra, his hero!!

 

http://www.editions-...r,4,four010.cfm

 

Best regards Michael

 

And a hero to quite a few others too!. Hope there might be an English language edition.

 

 

[Tuboscocca]

 

 

Nigel Roebuck will be glad: finally a biography on Jean Behra, his hero!!

 

http://www.editions-...r,4,four010.cfm

 

Best regards Michael

 

And a hero to quite a few others too!. Hope there might be an English language edition.

 

 

 

Eric, I'm afraid French only for this edition....Michael

[Barry Boor]

What a disappointment regarding the Behra book.

[Tuboscocca]

What a disappointment regarding the Behra book.

Barry, are you  disappointed language-wise???

 

Michael

[Barry Boor]

I am.

[Vitesse2]

Ian Allan appear to have remaindered all four published titles in the 'Racing Colours' series. I had already seen British Racing Green in Best Buy Books in Bath but was in Trowbridge today, where Bell's had all four at £8.99 a pop. I believe both of them source stock through Gardners of Bexhill, so these are unlikely to appear in the big chain remainder stores.

 

Bell's also had Graham Hill Scrapbook Vol 1 at half price - which suggests we will probably never see Vol 2 - plus an assortment of single copies of Veloce titles including BRM V-16, the Pat Moss biography, The British at Indianapolis and a few more I can't remember.

Edited by Vitesse2, 16 October 2013 - 17:32.

[paulhooft]

Ian Allan appear to have remaindered all four published titles in the 'Racing Colours' series. I had already seen British Racing Green in Best Buy Books in Bath but was in Trowbridge today, where Bell's had all four at £8.99 a pop. I believe both of them source stock through Gardners of Bexhill, so these are unlikely to appear in the big chain remainder stores.

 

Bell's also had Graham Hill Scrapbook Vol 1 at half price - which suggests we will probably never see Vol 2 - plus an assortment of single copies of Veloce titles including BRM V-16, the Pat Moss biography, The British at Indianapolis and a few more I can't remember.

 

Un quote.....

 

 

 

I tried to buy Bleu, silver and red from a seller at Play,com  called

Bizeebordaz

Never recieved anything!!!!  Dont buy from

 Bizeebordaz    !     

So I am still looking for the 3 books , and the Green one too!

 

 

 

Edited by paulhooft, 17 October 2013 - 16:07.

[Alan Cox]

So I am still looking for the 3 books , and the Green one too!

Amazon have new copies of the Silver one for £8.00 (incl p&p), the French one for £8.53, the Red one for £7.26 and the Green one, curiously, for £10.80

 

Postscript have had the Graham Hill Scrapbook for some time at £12.99

Edited by Alan Cox, 17 October 2013 - 16:44.

[karlcars]

Gang, I have to admit that I'm quite proud of these four Racing Colours, a series that I edited and in which I wrote two of the titles. They are both broad and deep views of all aspects of racing in the four great nations.

 

The Steve Cavalieri renderings alone are worth the price!

 

I'm not surprised that they've been remaindered. IA printed 5,000 of each, which was very ambitious, and then gave them no promotion whatsoever.

 

Get 'em while you can!

[paulhooft]

I have just ordered the 4 Racing Colour Books on Amazon.co.uk, some where as low as 4-5 pounds..

Hope my second action  works...

[Bjorn Kjer]

Sorry to be off , but I recently had a message under sale of about 50 books from my Collection. Anybody interested , please mail for a list at : kjerbjoern@hotmail.com

[fbarrett]

Have 18 Autocourse issues from 1951 to 1958 plus 1954-1970 Motor Revue listed in this site's For Sale Ads section. Please see the ad for lists. Sorry if this post breaks any rules, but I mention it here only because so few people seem to use or watch the Ad section.

Edited by fbarrett, 19 October 2013 - 17:14.

[helioseism]

Racemaker press has acquired all of the Dick Wallen books and is selling them at about 50% of their original prices.

 

Link.

[helioseism]

I am about to post the latest versions of "Books That Never Were", "Books In the Works", and "Books We'd Like To See".  You will see that I have identified a number of items in "Books In the Works" as highly unlikely, and these will be moved to "Books That Never Were" the next time unless someone has further information.

 

Thanks to all of the posts and e-mails that help keep these maintained! As always send or post corrections, additions, deletions, etc.

[helioseism]

Books that never were - These books were probably never published, and likely never will be:

Updated 19-Oct 2013.

 

"24 Heures Du Mans 1923-1992 Vol. 3", by Moity and Teissedre, announced in forward of the two-volume set. Would have covered various subjects including test days.

 

"500 cc Racing" by Bruce Gordon. To have been published in the Dalton Watson/Beaulieu series, listed on the end flap of "Goodwood" by Garnier in 1980.

 

UPDATED: "550 Maranello Da Competizione - The Story Behind the 2003 GT Champions" by Keith Bluemel and Michael Cotton. Advertised in World In Red magazine #11. On ferrarichat.com, Bluemel is quoted saying that the text was completed, but he did not know what happened afterward.

 

"Abarth Simcas" by Al Cosentino. Mentioned in his other books. Author deceased.

 

"Adventure On Wheels - A Race Through Life" by John Fitch, a second edition of his 1959 autobiography. Scheduled to be published by Race Legends in 2004. Author deceased.

 

"Alfa Romeo 158/159" by DS Jenkinson. ISBN 0-904568-29-6. Never published. To have been published by White Mouse Editions, listed on the back flap of "Mercedes Benz Grand Prix Racing 1934-55".

 

"Alfa Romeo Tipo 33" by Tony Adriansens, announced on the back pages of "Allegerita". May have been cancelled due to publication of "Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 - The Development & Racing History" by Collins and McDonough (Veloce, 2005).

 

"American Endurance 1999 - ALMS USRRC & Le Mans", announced in 1999.

 

"Anatomy Of A Bugatti Royale" by Gerald Wingrove. To have been published by Haynes in 1993.

 

"Argentine Grand Prix Races 1971-1981" by Hernan Lopez Laiseca. To have been published by Iconografix in Oct. 2011, but has vanished from Amazon.com in the US, and is not listed at the Iconografix web site.

 

"A-Z of Low Volume European Production Cars", author unknown, letter in Classic & Sportscar magazine.

 

"Back On Track -- Racing in the 40s" by Alessandro Silva Link1. Link2.

 

"Bean (The)" by Jonathan Wood. Announced as part of the Macdonald Automobile History series, but never published. Wood published a version in the Shire series.

 

"Board Tracks (The)" by George Moore. To have been published by Hungness in 1976. Advertised in "Illustrated History Of The Indianapolis 500 (The)", 2nd edition.

 

"BRM Vol. 1", NOT the Nye book, but to have been published as part of the Transport Source Book series in 2001.

 

"Camaros 1966-1984 (The)" by Richard Langworth. To have been published by Motor Racing Publications in 1986 in the Collector's Guide series. ISBN 0900549947.

 

"Carlo Abarth Foto Storia" by Cosentino. To have been published by FAZA.

 

"Cars Of Le Mans 1987 (The) - A Car By Car Specification". Listed in the back of "Kimberley's Racing Sports Car Guide No. 2 - Ferrari 512".

 

"Chevron History" by Robin Smith and Graham Gauld, mentioned in the 80s in Autosport.

 

"Coopers (The)" by Cyril Posthumus. Listed on end flap of the three books in the Donington Monomarques series as a future title, but never published.

 

"Creating The Ford GT40 - America`s First Le Mans Winner" by Teske, Lyons & Smith. To have been published by SAE in 2007. ISBN 0768009219

 

"Cyclecars And Light Cars" by Michael Worthington-Williams. May have been an unreleased book in the Dalton Watson Beaulieu Books series.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "The Development of the Modern Sports Racing Prototype" by Ian Wagstaff. Was to have been published on Sep. 15, 2013 by Veloce, but now "postponed indefinitely".Link.

 

UPDATED: "Directory of British Sports & GT Cars since 1945", by Clive Freeman, to have been published in 1993 by Albion Scott and MBI.

 

"Donington" by W. Boddy, Classic Reprint by Veloce, to have been published in 2009 but probably cancelled after the author's death. Still listed on Amazon. Link.

 

"Eagles (The)" by Karl Ludvigsen. Listed on end flap of the three books in the Donington Monomarques series as a future title, but never published. Supplanted by "Gurney's Eagles" (MBI, 1976).

 

"Ferrari 641/2 - Evolution & Development 1989-1991" by A. Matthews. Link has vanished.

 

"Ferrari F1 Annual 1999" by Alfieri. Announced by Automobilia, but not published.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "Ferrari - Forty Years on the Track" by Nowak. Announced by Dalton Watson. May have been replaced by "Ferrari - Fifty Years on the Track" by Starkey et al.

 

"Ferrari - Racing in North-America 1948-1988" by Nowak and Finn. Announced by Dalton Watson. Author Finn has suffered a stroke. Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "The Filby Files Vols. 1, 3, and 4" by Peter Filby. Only Vol. 2 was published.

 

"Fire And Rain - The History of the Ulster Grand Prix" by Alistair McCook. To have been published by Appletree press in 2003. ISBN 0862818761

 

"Formula 1 Legends Series" by Pierre Menard & Jacques Vassal. According to the flap of No. 2 (Ascari), 15 books were planned. Of these, six were published: No. 1 (Fangio), No. 2 (Ascari), No. 3 (Moss), No. 9 (Lauda), No. 12 (Prost), and No. 13 (Senna). The missing ones are No. 4 (Brabham), No. 5 (Clark), No. 6 (G. Hill), No. 7 (Stewart), No. 8 (Fittipaldi), No. 10 (G. Villeneuve), No. 11 (Piquet), No. 14 (Mansell) and No. 15 (M. Scumacher).

 

"Formula 1 Yearbook 2009" by Luc Domenjoz. No English edition.

 

"Golden Age Of The Italian Racing Car" - Griffth Borgeson. To have been published by Norton in 1995. Author deceased.

 

Group A History by Jesper O. Hansen. Link. As of 13-Oct-2011, the author says it is unlikely to be completed.  Link.

 

"Group B Source Book" by Trevor Alder. To have been published in the Transport Source Book series.

 

"Harry Miller Racing Genius" - Patricia Borgeson, To have been pubished in 2003. Possibly a planned reprint of "Miller" by Griffith Borgeson. Link.

 

"Helio Castroneves - The Spiderman Of Indy" by Castroneves & Alexandre Peconick. To have been published by Sports Publishing in 2007, ISBN 1596700084. Probably replaced by "Victory Road: The Ride of My Life" by Castroneves, published in 2010.

 

"International Sports Car Racing" by Gregor Grant. To have been published by Foulis, probably in 1954. Listed in an advertisement in "Formula 3 Yearbook 1953-1954".

 

"Kimberley's Racing Sports Car Guide - Porsche 956". Listed on flap of "The Ford That Beat Ferrari, 1st Edition", but not published.

 

"Kimberley's Racing Sports Car Guide - Lancia LC2". Listed on flap of "The Ford That Beat Ferrari, 1st Edition", but not published.

 

"Lagonda (The)" by W.A. Osman. Announced as part of the Macdonald Automobile History series.

 

"The Last British Hero - The Mysterious Death of Grand Prix Legend Richard Seaman" by Phil Shirley. Extensively discussed here. Still listed at amazon: link

 

"Le Mans 24 Hour Race" Annuals by Moity & Teissedre -- no English editions for the years 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1994.

 

"Les Anglaises Au Mans, Vol. 2" by Pascal. To have been published by EPA.

 

Lofty England Autobiography, to have been written by England and Doug Nye. Proposed to PSL (Patrick Stephens Limited) but rejected. Link.

 

"Lola" by Doug Nye. Mentioned in a footnote to Nye's article in the Connoisseur Carbooks 1981 catalog.

 

"Lola - The First 50 Years", to have been published in 2008 by Red Mist books. The Red Mist website has vanished, but the book is still isted on Amazon. ISBN 0955662214. Link

 

"Mario Andretti: A Photographic Portrait" by Quentin Spurring.Link

 

Maserati 250F by Barry Hobkirk. Link.

 

"Maserati Dizionario" -- listed at this website.

 

"Mein Mann Der Rennfahrer" by Elly Rosemeyer. English edition.  While it was never published, there is at least one copy, which may be an author's proof, that was owned by Earl Howe and is now in private hands. Also, it is stated in "It Beats Working" by Eoin Young that a German collector bought another copy in a second-hand bookshop in Zurich in 1960. One copy, with the title "My Husband the Motor-Racer", translated by Clarice M. Preston and published by Massie in 1939, is apparently in the German National Library as listed at Worldcat.org.

 

"Montlhery" by Boddy as an edition published by the Motoraces Book Club (MBC), not as the well-known Cassell edition. However, JM Dent who owned MBC seems to have purchased the remaining stock of the original Cassell edition, and MBC leaflets offered it as a free gift to new subscribers. For more discussion of what was published as MBC editions, start here.

 

"My Checkered Past - An Autobiography" by A.J. Foyt. To have been published by Harper in 2006. ISBN 0060572086

 

"OSCA - The Truth And The Rumors" by Phillipe Olczyk. Announced in 2003. Still on this website.

 

NEWLY ADDED: Peter Brock's Cars --  In the late 90s Brock apparently said at Le Mans that he would like to  do more books after "Daytona Cobra Coupes". Of particular interest was his idea of a book about all the cars he has been involved with, including the Toyota Le Mans project of the late 60s.

 

"Peugeot (The)" by William Court. Announced as part of the Macdonald Automobile History series.

 

"Porsche 906" by Phillipe Olczyk. Announced in 2003.

 

"Power And Glory Vol. 3" by William Court. Author deceased.

 

"Racing Cars and Recordbreakers 1922-39" by TR Nicholson.

 

"Racing Colours - American Racing Blue and White" by Don Capps. Planned for release probably in 2010, but the publisher, Ian Allan, cancelled the series. Link

"Racing Colours - Austrian Racing (Red Or Black Or Dark Blue)" by Karl Ludvigsen. Planned for release probably in 2010, but the publisher, Ian Allan, cancelled the series. Link 1 Link 2

 

UPDATED: "Racing The Porsche 911 - From Monte Carlo 1965 To GT1" by Bill Oursler and Mike Cotton. To have been published by Osprey in 2000. Probably replaced by "Evolution of the Porsche 911 in Competition, 1965-2010" by Keyser and Oursler.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "Rally Cars" by Doug Nye. Mentioned in a footnote to Nye's article in the Connoisseur Carbooks 1981 catalog.

 

"Reliant Scimitar (The)" by Adrian Ball. To have been published by Motor Racing Publications in the Collector's Guide series.

 

"Sebring 12-Hour Race 1962 Photo Archive" by Robert C.Auten. To have been published by Icongrafix in 1996.

"Sebring 12-Hour Race 1965 Photo Archive" by Robert C.Auten. To have been published by Icongrafix in 1996.

 

NEWLY ADDED: Sebring 12-Hour Race History. Ken Breslauer stated at Le Mans that organizers were thinking of a photo history of the 12 hours in a similar format to the Moity-Teissedre Le Mans 1923-1992 tome. He did say it was not a certainty and they would first have to see if photos of all the cars could be found.

 

Sitges book offered by Peter Schomer, but never published even after collecting pre-publication deposits. Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: Sports Car Racing Photographs by Richard Klein similar to his rally books. Canceled when Könemann went out of business.

 

"Texas Legacy Vol. 2 - Tales From the Golden Days Of Midget Racing in Texas" by Philip LeVrier. To have been published in 1985, according to the ad at the back of "Texas Legacy Vol. 1". Author deceased,

 

"Supercars For Supermen - German Grand Prix Cars Of The 1930s" by David Hodges. Listed on end flap of the three books in the Donington Monomarques series as a future title, but never published.

 

Tony Brooks biography by Mike Lawrence, replaced by "Tony Brooks - Poetry In Motion" by Tony Brooks.

 

"Tyrrell" by Alan Henry. To have been published by Crowood in 2002, but probably canceled due to the Hilton and Hamilton books which were also published in 2002.

 

"Volkswagen Drag Racing (Photo Archive)" by Lou Hart. To have been published by Iconografix in 2012, but has relegated to "currently unavailable" status on Amazon.

 

"Water Speed Record -  The Definitive History", by David Tremayne. To have been published by Haynes in Sept. 2010, then June 2011. Now gone from Amazon website. ISBN 1844254739. Link.

 

"World Sportscar Racing 1982-1988", three volumes, by Ulrich Upietz. Planned to supplement the World Sportscar Racing yearbooks, but cancelled due to expense of books.

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Books in the works? Still some hope that these may appear.

Updated 19-Oct-2013

 

Alan Stacey biography by his nephew, Alan Stacey. Link.

 

UPDATED: "Alfa Romeo, The Magnificent Monopostos" by Simon Moore. Due 2014.

Link.

 

"Around the Circuit - Racing car transporters and support vehicles at work" by David Cross. To be published by Dalton Watson in late summer 2013. Sequel to "In the Paddock". Link.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "Around the Raceway" by Terry Walker. Announced by author on 04-Oct-06, but the web site he listed has vanished. Link

 

"Autocourse Official Illustrated History of the Indianapolis 500: Revised and Updated Second Edition" by Donald Davidson and Rick Shaffer, to be published on Oct. 1, 2013 by Icon Publishing. Link.

 

"Bahamas Speed Weeks 2nd Edition" by Terry O'Neil, to be published by Dalton Watson late Fall, 2013 ahead of the 2013 Bahamas Speed Weeks Revival Link.

 

"BMW Ultimate Drives Vol. 2 1983-2011" by Jeremy Walton. To be published by Coterie.

 

Bob Mitchell biography by his son, Mark. Australian motorcycle sidecar champion. Link.

 

UPDATED: "The Bonneville Salt Flats" by Peter Vincent. Stance & Speed publications. Link.

About to be released with a book signing at Autobooks-Aerobooks scheduled for Nov. 2, 2013.

Link.

 

Brian Redman autobiography, by Redman & ??. As of 11-Feb-2011, Bill Wagenblatt reports that Redman is considering having Wagenblatt work on the book after Redman and Michael Keyser parted ways, but nothing has been decided. Link

 

NOW AVAILABLE: "Briggs Cunningham" by Richard Harman, has been published by Dalton Watson.Two volumes, 800 pages. Link

 

"BRM Vol. 4" By Doug Nye.

 

NOW AVAILABLE: "The Cars of Trans-Am Racing: 1966-1972", by David Tom. Link.

 

UPDATED: "A Chequered Life: Graham Warner and The Chequered Flag" by Richard Heseltine. To be published October 2013, now scheduled for Dec. 1, 2013.Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "Classic Racing Engines Vol. 2" by Karl Ludvigsen. Not yet started but a gleam in the eye of the author.

Link.

 

Colin Crabbe Autobiography.

 

UPDATED: "Conversations with a Winner - The Ray Nichels Story" by William LaDow. Originally announced in 2003, now scheduled for release in January 2014, according to this site.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "Cooper Monaco Type 61M" by Chuck Brandt. Author mentions it on 28-Apr-06. Link.

 

"Corvette", by Karl Ludvigsen, new two-volume edition of "Corvette - America's Star Spangled Sports Car", to be published in 2014 by Robert Bentley link.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "Dan Gurney - All-American Racer" by Gordon Kirby. Scheduled to be published by David Bull in 2005, has an ISBN number (1893618501), but still not out.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: Dave MacDonald biography - MacDonald Family. As of 03-Oct-2007, Henri Greuter reported it was underway. Link

 

MOVED TO "NEVER WERE" List: "The Development of the Modern Sports Racing Prototype" by Ian Wagstaff. Was to have been published on Sep. 15, 2013 by Veloce, but now "postponed indefinitely".Link.

 

"Don Prudhomme: The Story behind the Snake" by Don Prudhomme and Bill Stevens, to be published on Jan 2, 2014 by Sports Publishing. Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "F1 Retro 1970" by Mark Hughes, to be published Dec. 1, 2013.

Link.

 

"Fateful Eight: the Story of the Duesenberg Single Overhead Cam Engines and Cars" by Joe Freeman. Racemaker Press. Link

 

"Ferrari 330P4 - The Complete Story" by Nathan Beehl & Paul Skett. ISBN 0954694635. Listed on Amazon UK. As of 12-Oct-2011, Beehl says that book has not been started yet, but still hopes to do it. Link.

 

"First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth" by Norman Burr, to be published Sep. 1, 2014 by Veloce Link.

 

UPDATED: Ford GT40 by Ronnie Spain. Two volumes, currently scheduled to appear at the Goodwood revival, September 2013. But apparently did not.

 

UPDATED: "Ford GT 40 Owner's Manual", Haynes, now scheduled to be published Aug. 7, 2014.

Link

 

Frank Gardner biography by Tony Whitlock. Link.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "Graham Hill Scrapbook Volume 2". Status unknown.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "Grand Prix Ferrari - The Years Of Enzo Ferrari's Power 1948-1980" by Anthony Pritchard, to be published Aug. 28, 2014.

Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "Grand Prix Ford - DFV-Powered Formula 1 Cars" by Anthony Pritchard, to be published Sep 28, 2014.

Link.

 

"Grand Prix Zandvoort" by Mark Koense and team. To be published Autumn 2013. Link1 Link2

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: Group C book by JM Templer. Link.

 

Howden Ganley Autobiography. Reported on 25-Nov-2007 that it is in progress. Link

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "In-line Ferraris" by Antoine Prunet & Franco Lombardi. As of 07-Jan-2008, Prunet stated it was nearly finished. Link

 

"Inside Shelby American: Wrenching and Racing with Carroll Shelby in the 1960s", by John Morton, to be published on Nov. 15, 2013 by Motorbooks. Link.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "Inside Track" by Phil Hill, Steve Dawson and Doug Nye. Link

 

"Inspired to Design: F1 cars, Indycars & racing tyres: the autobiography of Nigel Bennett" by Nigel Bennet, to be published Nov. 1, 2013 by Veloce. Link.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "Jacky Ickx" by John Tipler. To have been published by Coterie press in 2007.

 

"Jaguar Gauld Mine" and "Maserati Gauld Mine", both by Graham Gauld. Listed here. According to the author, the Maserati book is to be published in 2012, the Jaguar book is less certain. Link.

 

John Barnard Biography. Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: John Fitzpatrick autobiography. Project is still on according to his son-in-law.

Link1.

Link2.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "John Surtees Autobiography" by Surtees & Robert Edwards. Announced by Time-Warner in 2006, but still unreleased.

 

"Le Mans Legendary Race Cars: 90 Years of Speed" by Stuart Codling et al. to be published on Nov. 15, 2013 by Motorbooks. Link.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: Lord Howe biography. On 26-Jun-2009, Ted walker states that a book is being written. Link

 

Macau Grand Prix 60th Anniversary by Philip Newsome. To be published in 2013. Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: Marcos Story by Peter Filby. 

 

"Mario's Team" by Gordon Kirby, history of Newman-Haas racing. To have been published in summer 2011, on hold pending oucome of health problems of Carl Haas.Link

 

"Maserati: A Century of History The Official Book" by Luca Dal Monte et al., to be published March 1, 2014 by Nada. Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "Maserati 250F In Focus" by Anthony Pritchard, to be published by Veloce in April 2014

Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "Maserati 250F Owner's Workshop Manual" by Ian Wagstaff, to be published Jan. 2, 2014 by Haynes

Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "The Motor Racing Photography of Louis Klemantaski" by Paul Parker. To have been published by

Haynes but one of the canceled Haynes titles.

Link.. Now planned to be published by MBI apparently with a title change to "The Automotive Photography of Louis Klemantaski"

Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "MotorBinder" by Roy Spencer. A collection of photographs from American road racing, 1955-1965, taken by Ferrari dealer and race driver Bev Spencer. A successful 

Kickstarter campaign promises to deliver the book in December 2013.

 

Nick Loudon photography book. As of 04-Jun-08, Andrew Kitson hinted that a book will be out in "months to come".  Link

 

"One Fast Car - The Birth of Hisso Racers: Adapting Hispano-Suiza Aero Engines to Dirt Track Racing During the Early 1920s" by Thomas L. De Fazio. To be published by Racemaker Press "in Winter of 2011". Link.

 

Pete Lovely biography by Martin Rudow. Link.

 

"Peugeot Racing in America", pre-WW II history, by Sarah Morgan-Wu and James O’Keefe, to be published by Racemaker Press in 2012. Link.

 

"Porsche Racing History" - Randy Leffingwell, to be published by David Bull. Leffingwell web site.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "The Put-In-Bay Road Races 1952-1963" by Carl Goodwin, to be published April 15, 2014.

Link.

 

Racecars series from Coterie Press. The first one, "Ferrari Racecars: 1966-1983" is now available. Future subjects in the six-book series are Brabham, Lotus, March, McLaren and Tyrrell. Link

 

NOW AVAILABLE: "Racing Demons – Porsche and the Targa Florio" by Michael Keyser, Mark Koense and Enzo Manzo. To be published in August 2013. Link.

 

"A Record Of United States National and Championship Racing to 1920", two volumes, by Don Capps. Link.

 

"Red Mist" by Nigel Stepney. To have been published in 2008. ISBN 0955662249. Recently rumored to have been scheduled for publication in Dec, 2012. Link.

 

"Return to Glory!: The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Racing Car" by Robert Ackerson, to be published Dec. 15, 2013 by Veloce. Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: Riley History by Jonathon Ingram, mentioned in Oct. 2013,

Link.

 

"Riverside International Raceway: A Photographic Tour of the Historic Track, Its Legendary Races, and Unforgettable Drivers" by Pete Lyons, to be published on May 13, 2014 by Spry Publishing. Link.

 

Rondeau by John Starkey.

 

Rudolf Caracciola book by Simon Davis. Still in progess as of July 2013.Link.

 

"Second To One: The Great Drivers Who Never Won Indy" - by Joe Freeman, Gordon Kirby and Tom Saal. Racemaker Press. Link

 

NEWLY ADDED: Shadow Team History by Pete Lyons, to be published by David Bull. As of July 2013, it was reported that work had started

Link.

 

"Sports Car Racing in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1953-1962" by Terry O'Neil, to be published by Dalton Watson in Fall 2013 Link

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "Sunset on Kyalami Vol. 2" by Gary Kegel. Publication depends on sponsorship. Link.

 

UPDATED: "The Supercharging Story" by Karl Ludvigsen, to have been published by Haynes link, then delayed due to production of new edition of Karl's Corvette book link. Haynes has canceled this and other interesting books and the author is looking for a new publisher.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "Targa Florio 1955-1973" by Ed Heuvink, available in December 2013.

Link.

 

NEWLY ADDED: "The Tasca Ford Legacy" by Bob McClurg, to be published June 15, 2014.

Link.

 

"Time and Two Seats Data Book" by Janos Wimpffen. Covers the same races as the original "Time and Two  Seats" but with additional information such as more chassis numbers plus corrections of mistakes--very little text and photos, mostly data. Link.

 

"Time and Two Seats Decade Book" by Janos Wimpffen. Update that covers 1999-2009. Link.

 

"Time and Two Seats GT Photo Book" by Janos Wimpffen. Covering 1993-1998. Far future. Link.

 

"Trans-Am 1966-1972" by Tim Tuttle and Daniel Lipitz. To have been published by MBI in 2002. Now said to be back in development and to be published by David Bull. Link.

 

HIGHLY UNLIKELY: "Twice Around the Clock - The Yanks at Le Mans Vol. 1 1923-1976" by Tim Considine. Link.

 

UPDATED: "USRRC - United States Road Racing Championship 1963 - 1968", by Mike Martin (grimeheel), Dead Pedal Press. As of Mid-June, author says book is due to be published in September 2013. Link to order form. Unfortunately the Kickstarter funding campaign failed.

 

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Books we'd like to see -- subjects that are not well-covered

Updated 19-Oct-2013

 

 

Achile Varzi biography in English

 

Louis Meyer biography

 

Minor Garagistes of the 70s and 80s (e.g. Ensign, Martini, Trojan, Tecno, etc.)

 

Modern Trans-Am Racing After 1985

 

A better version of one-time GP winning drivers biographies

 

One-time GP winning constructors biographies

 

MOVED TO "IN THE WORKS" : Shadow Team history 

 

Photo books of NASCAR Color schemes and liveries at various events (e.g. Daytona 500)

 

History of American open-wheel racing Before WW2

 

Expanded biography of Bernd Rosemeyer in English

 

NEWLY ADDED: In-depth Biography of Alain Prost in English

 

NEWLY ADDED: Mercer history

 

NEWLY ADDED: Phil Hill bio (in the absence of "Inside Track")

 

NEWLY ADDED: A Jean Behra Biography in English

 

NEWLY ADDED: Ernie Triplett Biography and other early US driver bios

 

NEWLY ADDED: Individual Miller Car histories

 

NEWLY ADDED: Pre-WWII Indy 500 Yearbooks