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

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Nye, Doug (1945- ), F1 Repco-Brabham (Leatherhead, Surrey: Profile Publications, 1972). [Cars in profile (1972-73); 3]. 24 p., illustrations, 18 x 24 cm (sc).
Knudson, Richard L., Fabulous cars of the 1920s and 1930s (Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 1981). 51 p., illustrations (c), 19 x 22 cm, ISBN: 0822505045 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers such marques as Bugatti, Duesenberg, Hispani-Suiza, Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Cadillac and Rolls-Royce.
Wagner, Rob Leicester (1954- ), Fabulous fins of the fifties (New York: MetroBooks, 1997). 120 p., illustrations (120, bw/c), 30 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 1567994806.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of American automobiles of the 1950s and of the most influencial designers of the period like Harley Earl and Virgil Exner Models include the Chevrolet Bel-Air, Pontiac Chieftan, Plymouth Fury and Ford Fairlane.
Fetherston, David & Steve Reyes, Fabulous funny cars: a pictorial history of the world's fastest automobiles (New York, NY: HP Books, 1994). 160 p., illustrations (190, bw/c), 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 1557880697 (sc).
Sedgwick, Michael, Facel Vega (Leatherhead, Surrey: Profile Publications, 1973). [Cars in profile (1972-73); 7]. 12 p., illustrations, 18 x 25 cm, (sc).
Allan, John H., Fairthorpe cars (Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire: Bookmarque Publishing, 1996). 158 p., illustrations (bw), 18 x 24 cm, ISBN: 1870519396.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the British automotive marque, Fairthorpe, and biography of its founder, Don Bennett.
Miller, Ray, Falcon !: the new-size Ford (Oceanside, CA: Evergreen Press, 1983). [Ford Rd series; 7]. 320 p., illustrations (1345, bw/c), 22 x 29 cm, ISBN: 0913056111.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: From 1959 to 1970.
Falcons in Australia (North Ryde, New South Wales: Australian Publishing and Printing, 1990). 90 p., illustrations (bw/c), 28 cm (sc).
Sorensen, Lorin, Famous Ford V8s: 1932–48 cars that won America’s heart (St Helena, CA + Berkeley, CA: Silverado Publishing + Ten Speed Press, 2002). 247 p., illustrations (bw/c), 28 cm, ISBN: 1580084265 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Material on engineers and stylists who worked on the cars, including Edsel ford and Bob Gregorie. Includes hundreds of photographs, among them archival one.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Henry Ford reinvents the V8; Edsel creates a legend; The 1933-34 Ford V8s; The 1935-36 Ford V8s; The 1937-38 Ford V8s; Edsel's V8 sports cars; The Ford show colors; The '39-40 Ford-Mercurys; The '41-42 Ford-Mercurys; The '46-48 Ford-Mercurys.
Brindle, Melbourne, Famous GM cars: a General Motors family album (Lansing, MI: General Motors, 1962). 24 p., illustrations (c), 20 x 25 cm.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of models built prior to 1942.
Walkerley, Rodney Lewis de Burgh & Kenneth M. Sibley, Famous motor cars of the world (London: Frederick Muller, 1964). 144 p., illustrations, 19 cm.
Bowman, Hank Wieland, Famous old cars: an album of autombile classics (New York: Arco Publishing, 1968). 96 p., illustrations, 25 cm.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Presents all the great models of cars built before WWII through the eyes of collectors of the 1950s. About US and European classics. Marques: Alfa Romeo, Auburn, Bentley, Bugatti, Cadillac, Chrysler, Cord, Duesenberg, Dupont, Franklin, Hispano-Suiza, Isotta-Fraschini, Lagonda, Lincoln, Marmon, Mercer, Minerva, Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Rolls-Royce, Stutz.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): New York: Arco Publishing, 1963, New York: Arco Publishing, 1957, [Do-it-yourself], Greenwich, Ct: Fawcett, 1957.
Nye, Doug (1945- ), Famous racing cars: fifty of the greatest, from Panhard to Williams-Honda (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens, 1989). 272 p., illustrations (bw/c, portraits), 28 cm, index, ISBN: 1852600365 (hc, dj).
Davis, Anthony & Donald Barnes, Famous veteran cars of the world (London: Frederick Muller, 1963). 140 p., illustrations (map), 19 cm (hc).
Bacchi, Sandro & Luciano Greggio, Fantastic Alfa Romeo (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1996). 248 p., illustrations (300, bw/c), 25 x 32 cm, ISBN: 0760302375. Translated by Eric Dregni (1968- ), original Italian title, "Leggendarie Alfa Romeo: 33 Alfa Romeo da collezione".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from the classic touring convertibles to the open wheel racers to the modern era of sportscars. Reviews 33 models such as the 24HP, 6C, 1750, GTC, Alfetta 159 and Spider 1600 Duetto.
Prunet, Antoine & Peter Vann, Fantastic Ferraris (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1988). 202 p., illustrations (bw/c), 25 x 32 cm, ISBN: 0879383275 (hc, dj). Original French title, "Fantastiques Ferrari".
Vann, Peter et al., Fantastic Mercedes-Benz automobiles (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1995). 207 p., illustrations (bw/c, portraits), 25 x 31 cm, ISBN: 0760300151 (hc). Translated in French, "Mercedes".
Becker, Clauspeter & Peter Vann, Fantastic Porsche (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1998). 208 p., illustrations (bw/c), 25 x 31 cm, ISBN: 0760306419 (hc, dj). Original title, "Fünfzig Jahre Porsche: das offizielle Porsche-Jubiläumsbuch, 1948-1998".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of every model built during the 50 years from 1948. Also includes biographical material on the designers and history of the American branch of Porsche.
Rees, Chris, Fantasy cars: an A-Z of the world's best contemporary classics (New York, NY: Lorenz Books, 2004). [Illustrated transport encyclopedia series]. 160 p., illustrations, 30 cm, ISBN: 0754812766 (sc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): New York, NY: Hermes House, 1999, ISBN: 1840382007.
Gabbard, Alex, Fast Fords (New York, NY: HP Books, 1988). 192 p., illustrations (bw/c), 26 cm, index, ISBN: 0895864983.

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