| Books for sale from the late Geoff Allen's bookshelves | ||
 Maintaining the Breed - The Saga of MG Racing Cars by John Thornley, formerly general manager of the MG Car Company, is one of the most interesting and informative of all the books on the MG marque and motor racing. Edition: pub 1950, edition 1980. Condition: 1 signed by author, boxed, limited edition 247 of 251. Offers over £85 SOLD @ £130 Example of a book on offer Posted: 160523 |  MG by McComb by Wilson McComb is one of the most reviewed MG books and tells the story of MG from its origin in the 1920s. Edition: pub 1978, edition 1987. Condition: 1 signed by author with correspondence with author. Offers over £80 Example of a book on offer | Sale Books from the library of the late Geoff Allen are on offer by his widow Jean to help fund her long term care costs. Geoff was a founder member of the V8 Register of the MG Car Club and was foreman of the Rectifications Department at the MG Plant where he worked for 27 years. Over the years he collected a range of MG books and books on other classic cars and motorcycles. He also has a substantial collection of books on railways, not least the GWR and branch lines, and a few on steam engines. Some of Geoff's books are signed by the author or have interesting correspondence which will be of particular interest for collectors. View the books and make your bid You can view the collections of books on offer in the sale and bid for any book in four documents below displaying the books. Where a note mentions any signing of the book or correspondence or documentation with the book, Stuart Danton will be able to provide bidders with further information. Condition and information on the edition of any book can also be checked with Stuart. How to bid Please send your bid for any book you would like to buy to Stuart Danton by email providing your full name, address and telephone number. Stuart is managing the sale of these books. If you need any further information on any of the books on offer please contact Stuart. Contact Stuart Danton at 01260 290027 and email . Bidding starts on Friday 8th April 2016 and closes on Saturday 30th April 2016 or such other date as Stuart shall decide is necessary. Post & packaging costs Postage & packaging costs will be extra. Details of those costs will be available from Stuart Danton for each purchase or alternatively you can collect any book you purchase from him in Congleton in Cheshire. Payment Payments for any book or books will be made by cheque or cash. Stuart Danton will notify successful bidders of the payee for their cheque in settlement of the sum payable, being the total of the final bid price for the book and the P&P cost for sending the book to you. Anyone outside the UK wishing to purchase a book should contact the V8 Webmaster for online payment arrangements which handle both the foreign exchange and international funds transfer. |
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