As Old As The Industry: Rileyby David G. StylesA complete history of the Riley products beginning with the bicycle and wheel making businesses, followed by all vehicles on two, three and four wheels produced between 1898 and 1969. Chapters on the sporting Rileys and the Riley-based specials are included. Appendices list over 4,000 known Rileys, detail Riley patents, Riley Clubs worldwide and notable competition successes. The cars built under the Nuffield and British Motor Corporation are also covered, culminating in the final episode under British Leyland when production ceased. Hard bound with dust jacket Page count: 489 pages Page size: 245mm x 190mm |
Bentley Motors: On The RoadBy Bernard L. KingA book which beautifully reproduces the rare promotional magazines that Bentley Motors (1931) Limited published in the late 1930s called On the Road. There were 13 issues of the magazine and it was designed for current and prospective owners. It was heavily illustrated and features Derby Bentleys in use by current owners with fashionable backdrops. After an immense amount of research, noted Derby specialist, Bernard King has been able to identify most of the cars. The magazine is very hard to find and very few people have complete sets. It may be noted that the comparable Rolls-Royce Bulletin of the time is rare but is more widely available. This Bentley book will be of great interest and value to collectors and enthusiasts, particularly when coupled with the identification of the cars and the provision of many tables and indices. |
Bentley: Fifty Years Of The MarqueOriginally by Johnnie Green. Edited by Peter Hageman, Bernard L. King and Martin Bennett.A new edition of a classic with completely revised captions. Since it was first published in 1969, Bentley: Fifty Years of the Marque by Johnnie Green has been the foundation of any Bentley enthusiast's library. To meet demand, the book went through several re-printings. However, much further information has come to light about the featured cars. Dalton Watson commissioned three leading Bentley experts to completely rewrite the captions and substantially recompile the index.The same quality of picture reproduction, printing and binding that has become the hallmark of Dalton Watson have been retained. Hundreds of alterations have been made since the last edition was printed! |
Bentley’s Great EightBy Karl LudvigsenThis book by prize-winning author Karl Ludvigsen offers auto enthusiasts a time-travelling adventure in its description of the evolution of the V-8 engine. It begins more than a century ago when Rolls-Royce built one of the world’s first V-8 engines. The saga races through decades of engineering experiment and creativity as Bentley, famed for its racing exploits at Le Mans, exploited the exotic potential of supercharging. When the fortunes of Rolls-Royce and Bentley combined in the 1950s, both needed a new engine, and hitherto-secret reports and exclusive interviews take the reader behind the scenes of the new V-8’s creation. |
Rolls-Royce Goodwood Phantom and Drophead Coupé boxed setBy Malcolm TuckerThese books together cover the recent history of BMW's acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motorcars, their construction of a new facility in Goodwood, Sussex, and the design and manufacture of their first new cars, the Phantom and the Phantom Drophead Coupé. They are packed together here in a stylish slip case. |
Rolls-Royce: The Classic EleganceBy Lawrence Dalton, Edited by Bernard L. KingRolls-Royce: The Classic Elegance was first published in 1987. Written by Lawrence Dalton, a life long motor enthusiast who completed his first book in 1967 and then founded a company, Dalton Watson, to publish it, Rolls-Royce: The Classic Elegance has been out of print for some years. Now in this second edition, authority Bernard L. King has radically revised, with thousands of changes and additions, all the captions and the production details of the Silver Wraith, Phantom IV and Phantom V, plus the coachbuilt Silver Dawns, Silver Cloud I, II and III chassis, utilising his database that encompasses all Bentley and Rolls-Royce motor cars produced up until 1965. |
Rolls-Royce: The Post War Phantoms, IV, V, VIby Martin Bennett with tables by Bernard L. KingThe Rolls-Royce Phantoms IV, V and VI totaled fewer than 1,000 cars. They were their maker's top of the range models. The very rare Phantom IV in particular was very special, and although pictures of them are rarely seen, this book includes more than 100 illustrations of that model alone, so that the reader can see what all eighteen cars looked like. There are even coachbuilders' drawings of Phantom IVs that were proposed but never actually built! |
The Goodwood Phantom Drophead Coupéby Malcolm TuckerOn New Year's Day 2003, the first Phantom saloon produced by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd at Goodwood was handed over to its proud owner. Since that day, nearly four and a half years ago, the saloon and its extended wheelbase sibling have established themselves at the pinnacle of automotive design and luxury. The name Rolls-Royce might once again be qualified with the sobriquet 'the best car in the world'. The Phantom saloon is designed around an aluminium spaceframe that imparts great strength, torsional rigidity and lightness to the car; it also has the ability to be easily adapted to other dimensions and designs. |
The Goodwood Phantom: Dawn of a New EraBy Malcolm TuckerThis book covers the recent history of BMW's acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motorcars, their construction of a new facility in Goodwood, Sussex, and the design and manufacture of their new car, the Phantom. Only a very few copies remain. Malcolm Tucker has had a life-long interest in Rolls-Royce cars, having restored several to national concours winning condition. Joining the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club in 1963, he became the club's youngest chairman in 1989. Following which, he launched Pinnacle magazine, "The magazine for International Rolls-Royce and Bentley Owners" on behalf of the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation. He has written five children's books on engineering subjects and edited seven others for Merlion Publishing, a division of Penguin Books. |
The Silver Ghost: A Supernatural Carby Jonathan HarleyTo say that Jonathan Harley knows his subject inside out is no exaggeration; in the past four decades he has restored over one hundred Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts, frequently resurrecting them from little more than a pile of scrap or a long-abandoned chassis. He knows every nut and bolt of these magnificent vehicles, an intimate knowledge that was put to good use in identifying, sometimes only by bolt design or the position of a hole in a crossmember, exactly which chassis he was working on, settling disputes over authenticity which had reverberated for years. |
Why Not? The Story of the Honourable Charles Stuart Rollsby David BainesCharles Rolls was the first Englishman to be killed in an air crash. He was thirty years old. Rolls’s death shocked the country and made headlines across the world. His relative youth at the time is perhaps the reason that he is a forgotten hero; a man who today receives little credit for the legacy that he left behind, even though at the time of his death on July 12th 1910 he was one of the most famous men in the country. His loss was regarded as a national tragedy.
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古德伍德幻影 - The Goodwood Phantom (Chinese Edition)By Malcolm TuckerTranslated in China and printed in Singapore, this book covers the recent history of BMW's acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motorcars, their construction of a new facility in Goodwood, Sussex, and the design and manufacture of their new car, the Phantom. |