SpeedReading

Home
News/ Latest Updates
New Publications.
Books A -E
Books F -L
Books M-W
Prints & Posters
Magazines/Programmes/Videos
Postcards/ Stamps/Models
Links
You can request a free printed copy of the current catalogue by phone or by e -mail, remembering to include your full address details including postcode.
Please email or phone to check availability and to get a quote for postage & packing before ordering.
Payment is by cheque payable to D WHYTE. Items will be sent 1st class post as soon as cheque is cleared. Alternatively, I can email an invoice to you for credit card payment via Paypal (you don't have to have a Paypal account to use this facility).
Full refund if items are returned in original condition within 10 days.


NB PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE P&P

BOOKS F-L

F1 Images- Amaduzzi 1986. Lavish, large format photo book following the 1985 season. Stunning colour photographs of track action and behind the scenes. Fine £10.00

Famous Racing Cars-Nye 1989. Fifty of the greatest cars from Panhard to Williams-Honda. Each car is fully illustrated with technical and race details. Fine. £15.00

Faster!- Stewart & Manso 1972 1st ed. Unique personal account of 1970 F1 season based on Jackie Stewart's own diary entries. Good, in slightly chipped dw. £6.00

Fastest Man on Earth * signed copy*- Tremayne Story of Richard Noble's quest for the LSR. Signed by Noble and the author. Pb Fine £20.00

Ferrari Formula 1- Schlegelmilch 1996. Lavish photobook covering 1950 -96. English, German & French text. Large (heavy!) Fine. £15.00

Ferrari The Passion and the Pain- Nottage 1997.High quality production giving the inside story of the 1996 and 1997 seasons. Superb colour photos. Contributions from all the major players plus former drivers. Mint £10.00

Ferrari Turbo- Thompson 1982. The 126C,CX,CK and C2 GP cars 1980-82. Produced in memory of Gilles Villeneuve. 133 pp. with nearly 150 photos. Fine in good dw. £20.00

Ferrari's Drivers- Fenu 1980. Covers 50 years of Italian motor racing from Ascari to Scheckter. Includes exclusive interview with Enzo Ferrari. Well illustrated 199 pages. Fine in good dw. £20.00

Formula 1 World Championship Yearbook 1987/88-Braillon (edit)1987. Cheaper alternative to Autocourse, Detailed review of 1987 season. Includes feature on Honda's F1 history. Superb colour photos, technical analysis etc.Fine £15.00

Formula 1 Yearbook 1997-98 1997. Large format 220 page review of Jacques Villeneuve's championship year. Superb quality photographs,race reviews, statistics etc. Some rubbing to dw otherwise Fine £15.00

Formula One - the Cars and Drivers- Turner/Roebuck 1983. Over 80 paintings by Michael Turner combined with commentary by Nigel Roebuck make this a unique survey of F1 racing - from Silverstone in 1951 to Osterreichring in '82. Scarce item. Fine. £40.00

Formula One Decades 1950 -1997- Tipler 1997. Biographical coverage of all 25 World Champions up to Damon Hill in 1996. Excellent photo coverage many colour. Mint £10.00

Formula One Unseen Archives- Hill 2001. Covers Drivers championship from 1950. Lots of previously unpublished photographs from Daily Mail archives- mainly b/w, colour from 1991 on. Fine (* small hole in back dw) £10.00

Formula One Years- Collins/Edworthy 2002. Year by year coverage of championship including race results. Detailed profiles of approximately 40 drivers. Colour & b/w photos throughout. Mint £12.50

Formula 2- Grant 1953. The full history of the formula is described from 1947 up to full GP status in 1952. Details of over 20 different cars from Alta to Simca. Slight foxing to edges/end papers. Cover has repaired tears and edge wear now in protective sleeve. £18.00

Forty Years of Motoring- Young 1959. A survey of motoring from 1919 to 1959 incorporating the history of the National Benzole Company. Covers development of the car, LSR, and motor sport. Many bw photos. Good. (Owners name on flyleaf) £10.00

Full Throttle- Birkin 1946. Classic autobiography covering Bentleys at Brooklands, Le Mans etc.Great cover art and illustrations by Bryan de Grineau.133 pges. Good with good dw in protective cover. £SOLD


Gilles Villeneuve Autocourse Driver Profile- Roebuck 1990. No 4 in the series. Very rare now and much sought after. This is the best copy I have seen. As new condition. £85.00

Golden Milestone. 50 Years of the A.A.- Keir 1955. Special edition - blue boards with leather spine insert for gold lettered title. Excellent condition in blue slipcase. Slight fading to spine and edges of slipcase. £25.00

Glory of Goodwood- Lawrence, Taylor & Nye 1999. Official story of the Goodwood circuit from inception through to the wonderful Revival meetings. Written by 3 of the leading motorsport authors it is large format and lavishly illustrated. Mint. £30.00

Gordon Bennett Races- Montagu 1963. This is the original Cassell edition with F. Gordon Crosby artwork on dw, now hard to find. Superb account of the great city to city races. Many illustrations and maps. V.g. with edge rubbing to dw, now in protective sleeve. £35.00


Graham Hill Autocourse Driver Profile- Arron 1992. No. 10 in the series. Excellent condition £25.00


Grand Prix - The Movie. Souvenir booklet 1966. Full colour A4 size 23 pp booklet. Stills from the film, background on the main actors, details of all the drivers involved, 1965 circuit maps.A scarce publication in good condition. £12.00


Grand Prix Book of Motor Racing Quotations- Weber 1995. A collection of over 900 pithy, quirky and wise quotes from drivers, mechanics, journalists, team bosses etc. Fine

£5.00

Grand Prix British Winners- Hamilton 1991. Covers 13 British F1 drivers who have won at least 1 GP. Also covers history of each race. Many bw photos. Fine £12.00


Grand Prix Circuits- Nye 1997. Full colour maps, photographs and history of the 17 circuits used for the 1997 championship. Albert Park to Suzuka. Fine £6.00


Grand Prix Greats- Roebuck 1989. A personal appreciation of 25 GP drivers e.g. Ascari, Clark, Piquet, Senna, Prost, Lauda by one of the sports leading writers. Many b/w photos. Sb Fine £10.00


Grand Prix Images 1987. Superb collection of colour photographs of cars, drivers and circuits during 1987 from the archives of Autocourse. Landscape format, 144 pp. Fine in slightly rubbed dw. £10.00


Guinness Book of Formula One-Morrison 1989. History; Past Champions; Manufacturers/Drivers; Circuits. Profusely illustrated colour and b/w. Usual high quality from Guinness. Vg/vg £7.50


Guinness Book of Rallying- Davenport 1991. Usual high quality from Guinness stable. History, cars, drivers and detailed statistics. £10.00


Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who- Small 1994. Abecassis to Zunino- career record of every driver to have started a World Championship race 1950 -1993 Includes b/w photos and biographical notes. Sb. Fine £10.00


Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing- Higham 1995. Covers all the International series, National championships from over 30 countries, drivers etc. Mainly statistical records but very comprehensive. Fine £12.00


Hamlyn Encyclopaedia of Grands Prix- Hodges 1988. Foreword by James Hunt. Well illustrated guide to cars circuits and drivers. Fine £5.00


Historic Car Racing Vol 4 - Le Grand 1985. Yearbook of 1984 international historic racing season. Landscape format with many photos. Includes special feature on Formula Junior. English/German text. Fine in protected dw. £22.00


Images of Shelsley- Cooper 1995.Lovely softback photobook produced by Midland Automobile Club. Foreword by Denis Jenkinson. Includes list of winners and F.T.D.s from 1905 - 94. 97pp excellent condition £25.00


Inside Formula One 1996- Nicholson & Hamilton 1996. Each of the 11 teams from Arrows to Williams which competed in the 1996 season is described in depth along with superb colour photos. Fine £10.00


Into the Red- Mason/Hales 2004. Twenty two classic racing cars from Bugatti to Ferrari T1. Superb colour photos of each car with detailed notes from track test. ** CD included with recordings of each car on track ! Slight indentations on dw otherwise mint. £15.00


Into the Water Barrier- Campbell 1955 (1st ed.) The story of the water speed record on Ulswater in 1955. Owner's name inside front cover Slight damage to dw but with protective plastic cover. Good £20.00


Iota 500c.c. Racing 1980. Edited highlights from Iota magazine from 1947 - 1953 using reprints of the original articles. 383pp. Fine in fine dw. £SOLD 

Jack Brabham - When the Flag Drops- Brabham 1971 Ist edit. Signed copy of the three times World Champion. Fine - dw bumped with small patch missing & slight tears, but now protected in plastic cover. £40.00


Jack Brabham's Motor Racing Book-Brabham 1960. Brabham's own story of his rise from dirt tracks to F1 world champion. Dw. marked, edges torn. Good £20.00

Jaguar- Montagu 1986. 5th edition of acclaimed account of the Jaguar company and its cars, including racing history. Fully illustrated, some colour. Superb Jaguar reference. Owner inscription - otherwise fine. £20.00

Jaguar XK 120/ XK140 Super Profile- Porter 1987. Concise reference guide from the excellent Haynes series. Model history ; technical spec; road tests; buying guide;photo gallery. Printed board covers. Mint £10.00

Jaguar.Illustrated History of the World's Most Elegant Car - Hicks 1991. Landscape format photobook. Superb colour photographs from SS100 to XJS coupe.128 pp.Fine £10.00


James Hunt,The Biography- Donaldson 1994.1st edt.Completed after James Hunt's death, this is probably the most authoritative biography of this gifted and complex driver. Foreword by Murray Walker. Fine/fine. £8.00

Jim Clark-Dymock 1997. A fresh look at the career of Jim Clark. Includes many new photographs plus previously unpublished contemporary material. Mint £20.00

Jim Clark - Portrait of a Great Driver- Gauld (ed.)1968. Recollections about Jim Clark by some of the people who knew him best e.g Graham Hill, Colin Chapman, Jackie Stewart etc. Fine in clipped dw. £8.00

Jim Clark Story- Gavin 1967. Bill Gavin was a leading motorsport journalist in New Zealand and a close personal friend of Jim Clark. Considered by many to be the best Clark biography. Dw clipped and minor damage to 4 pages. £SOLD 

Jim Clark. Autocourse Driver Profile- Nye 1991. No. 8 in the series. Usual high quality Autocourse publication. Extensively illustrated. Now hard to find. Printed boards. £40.00

Jochen Rindt. Autocourse Driver Profile- Henry 1990.No.6 in the series . Autocourse publication. Printed boards. Some wrinkling of inside back cover otherwise fine. £30.00

Joey Dunlop,Authorised Biography- McDiarmid 2001. Many superb colour photographs throughout this excellent book on the "King of the Roads'.Signed by the author and Bob McMillan, who wrote the foreword. Mint in mint dw. £25.00

Jowett Javelin and Jupiter. The Complete Story- McAuley / Nankivell 2003.

Complete story of these fine cars told by two acknowledged experts.Crowood Autoclassic series. 169pp. Mint in fine dw. £12.00

Keke, An Autobiography- Botsford & Rosberg 1985. "ruthlessly honest book about himself and his colleagues". Scarce title. £40.00

Life in The Fast Lane,Story of the Benetton Grand Prix Year - Matchett 1995.
Foreword by Michael Schumacher. Inside story of the year in which Schumacher won the championship with Benetton. Fine. £15.00

Lifetime with Cars **Signed Copy- Fletcher 1995. Rivers Fletcher was riding mechanic to Malcolm Campbell and then part of the Bentley racing team. He went on to be involved with MG, ERA and BRM. Beautifully produced (landscape format) record of cars and personalities. Signed by author. Mint. £60.00


Living With Speed, Hillclimbing- Burr 1997. The story of the 1996 British Hillclimb Championship. Excellent coverage of the sport.Every venue described with text and many photos. "Roy's Run ' - Roy Lane's driving notes for each hill. 168pp excellent condition in protected dw. £48.00

Lotus 25 & 33- Tipler 2001. Insight into the varied influences that determined the development of these two remarkable cars. Also covers the evolution of the Coventry Climax V8. Many photographs of the cars in action and the design stages. Scarce title. Fine in fine dw. £50.00

To continue browsing book list click here

Click here to contact us for further information or to place an order.

OR telephone 01631 770245