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Bibliographical references for books in English with titles beginning by B
Chapter 1: Automobiles, and sports, muscle, and racing cars

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Randle, Dave, Baby Fiats (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2000). [Sutton's photographic history of transport]. 160 p., illustrations (230, bw), 17 x 25 cm, ISBN: 0750922117.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: About the Fiat 500 and 600 from the Topolino of the 1930s to today’s cars.
Zazarine, Paul (1952- ), Barracuda & Challenger (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1991). [Muscle car color history]. 128 p., illustrations (120, bw/c), 23 x 27 cm, index, ISBN: 0879385383 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Subtitled: "Color history of the great Plymouth and Dodge E-body musclecars 1964-1974". Includes advertising, testing, early designs, special editions and prototypes, racing, dragsters along with technical data.
Barris, George, Barris kustom techniques of the 50s (Sebastopol, CA: Thaxton Press, 1996-1997). 4 vols, illustrations, 21 x 27 cm, indexes, ISBN: 0965200507 (vol. 1, sc) + 0965200515 (vol. 2, sc) + 0965200523 (vol. 3, sc) + 0965200531 (vol. 4, sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): Subtitled: "Top chops sectioning, dechroming and fadeaways", 1996.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): Subtitled: "Grilles, scoops, fins and frenching", 1996.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 3): Subtitled: "Lights, skirts, engine and interiors", 1997.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 4): Subtitled: "Flames, scallops, paneling and striping", 1997.

Barris, George & David Fetherston, Barris kustoms of the 1950s (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1994). 128 p., illustrations (200 p., bw/c), 21 x 27 cm, index, ISBN: 0879389435 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Photographic history of George and Sam Barris customized car bodies and paint jobs.
Barris, George & David Fetherston, Barris TV & movie cars (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1996). 128 p., illustrations (120, bw/c), 21 x 27 cm, index, ISBN: 0760301980 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of over 40 cars George Barris built for the movies and television shows from the late 1950s to 1996. Features the Batmobile, Munster Koach, Flintstone roadster, Elvis's Fireball and more.
Harding, Anthony, Batsford colour book of vintage cars (The) (New York, NY: Hippocrene Books, 1975). 62 p., illustrations (c), 20 x 22 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 4, ISBN: 0882543237.
Jenkinson, Denis (1920- ) (comp.), Batsford guide to racing cars (The) (London: B. T. Batsford, 1978). 2nd ed. 199 p., illustrations, 20 cm, ISBN: 0713412739.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): "Racing car pocketbook (The)", London: B. T. Batsford, 1962 (hc).
Hutton-Scott, Francis & D. G. Shapland (comps), Batsford guide to veteran cars (The) (London: B. T. Batsford, 1978). 2nd revised ed. 196 p., illustrations, 20 cm, ISBN: 0713411821.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Hutton-Stott, Francis & Anthony Bird, "Veteran motor car pocketbook (The)", London: B. T. Batsford, 1963.
Wood, Jonathan, Bean: the history of the Bean cars (The) (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications, 2001). 32 p., illustrations (portraits), 15 x 21 cm, bibliogr. ref., ISBN: 0747804826 (sc). Carried out in association with the Michael Sedgwick Trust.
Georgano, George Nicolas (1932- ) (ed.), Beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile (The) (London: The Stationery Office Books, 2000). 2 vols, illustrations (3500, bw/c, ads), 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. xxix-xxxi, ISBN: 0117023191 (set).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers every marque known (nearly 7000) including classic marques such as Bugatti, Porsche, Trabant and De Lorean and much lesser known ones like MacDonald (steam), Seven Little Buffaloes, Urban Gorilla, Sam's Surplus Alley Cat, and Baldy Frog. Over 2000 pages. Includes photographs not previously published. More than 150 biographies on designers. Foreword by Edward John Barrington Montagu (1926- ).
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): Subtitled: "A-L".
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): Subtitled: "M-Z".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000, ISBN: 1579582931 (set).
Ullyett, Kenneth, Beauty of cars (The) (London: Max Parrish, 1962). 128 p., illustrations, 22 x 28 cm (hc,dj).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): New York: Pitman, 1962.
Sparrow, Andrea & David Sparrow, Beetle (Dorchester, Dorset: Veloce Publishing, 1996). [Colour family album series]. 96 p., illustrations (95, c), 21 x 25 cm, ISBN: 1874105693 (hc). Translated in German, "Käfer album (Das)".
Railton, Arthur, Beetle: a most unlikely story (The) (Pfäffikon, Zürich: Eurotax-Verlag, 1985). 1st ed. 189 p., illustrations, 17 x 23 cm (hc). Translated in German, "Käfer: der ungewöhnliche weg eines ungewöhnlichen automobils (Der)".
Steinwedel, Louis William, Beetle book: America's 30-year love affair with the "Bug" (The) (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981). 140 p., illustrations, 23 x 29 cm, index, ISBN: 0130713163.
Seume, Keith, Beetle: Keith Seume's celebration of the world's favorite car (The) (London: Salamander Books, 2001). 416 p., illustrations (200, c), 10 x 15 cm, ISBN: 1840653108.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2001, ISBN: 1571455655 (sc), New York, NY: Quadrillion Publishing, 1999, ISBN: 184100135X.
Wager, Paul, Beetle mania (Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1995). 80 p., illustrations (100, c), 24 x 31 cm, index, ISBN: 068110340X. Translated in Dutch/Flemish, "Volkswagen Kever".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Hoo: Grange Books, 1995, ISBN: 1856276449, "VW Beetle", Secaucus, NJ: Book Sales, 1994, ISBN: 0785800220, Leicester: Magna Books, 1994, ISBN: 1854226401.
Pasi, Alessandro, Beetle mania or how i learned to stop worrying and love the Bug: a history and celebration of an unlikely icon (New York: St Martin's Press, 2000). 1st American ed. 143 p., illustrations (300, bw/c), 28 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 0312265247 (hc). Original Italian title, "Dal Maggiolino al new Beetle: l'automobile del 20. secolo".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): "Beetle: a history and a celebration (The)", London: Aurum Press, 2000, ISBN: 1854107305 (hc).
Beetle: Volkswagen's little giant from old reliable to new sensation (Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 1998). 144 p., illustrations (bw/c), 31 x 31 cm, index, ISBN: 0785331522. With the contribution of the editors of 'Consumer guide'.
Marquart, Christian, Beetlemania: return of the bug (Boston, MA: Birkhauser, 2002). 47 p., illustrations, 16 cm, ISBN: 3764368004 (sc). Translated by Katja Steiner & Bruce Almberg, original German title, "Beetlemania".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Frankfurt am Main, Hessen: Verlag Form, 1998, ISBN: 3931317323.
McLeod, Kate, Beetlemania: the story of the car that captured the hearts of millions (New York: Smithmark Publishers, 1999). 64 p., illustrations (70, c), 27 x 29 cm, ISBN: 0765110180 (hc).

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