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

Crispino, D. M. & John R. Hooper, Official Chevrolet Indy pace car book from 1948 to 1990 (Westminster, MD: J & D Publications, 1992). 218 p., illustrations, 28 cm, ISBN: 0963380214 (sc).
Muth, Hans Alfred & Philip Lawton Sumner, Old motorcars: veteran and vintage (New York, NY: Taplinger, 1965). 70 p., illustrations (24 p., c), 30 x 41 cm. Translated in German, "Alte automobile".
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THER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): London: Ariel Press, 1965.
Oravec, Ján & Juraj Porázik, Old time classic cars, 1885-1940 (New York: Arco Publishing, 1985). [Handbook guide]. 224 p., illustrations (bw/c), 20 cm, index, ISBN: 0668063076 (hc). Translated by Maria Jansova & Vladimir Sojak, original Czech/Slovak title, "Veterány: automobily z rokov, 1885-1940".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): "Motor Cars, 1770-1940", Chichester, Sussex: Galley Press, 1981, ISBN: 0861368835.
Norbye, Jan P. & Jim Dunne, Oldsmobile, 1946-1980: the classic postwar years (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1993). revised ed. 159 p., illustrations (bw), 20 x 26 cm, index, ISBN: 0879387319 (hc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1981.
Sullivan, T. Patrick (1958- ), Oldsmobile 4-4-2 & W-machines restoration guide (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1992). [Authentic restoration guide series]. 191 p., illustrations, 22 x 27 cm, index, ISBN: 0879385774 (sc).
Holder, William G. (1937- ) & Phillip Kunz, Oldsmobile muscle cars (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1994). 144 p., illustrations (150, bw), 22 x 28 cm, index, ISBN: 0879389575 (sc).
Kimes, Beverly Rae & Richard M. Langworth, Oldsmobile: the first seventy five years (Kutztown, PA: Automobile Quarterly, 1972). 72 p., illustrations (105, bw/c), 22 x 25 cm.
Bentley, John, Oldtime automobile (The) (Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1951). 144 p., illustrations, 17 x 24 cm (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Subtitled: "Stutz - Mercer - Marmon - Pope - Locomobile - Peerless - Winton - Apperson - Hupmobile - Stanley - Lozier - Baker - Reo - Chalmers - Sears - Autocar".
Bentley, John, Oldtime steam cars (Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1953). 144 p., illustrations (portraits), 26 cm (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: On cover: "Seventy years of steam cars - The untold inside story - The Stanley - The White - The Locomobile".
Carson, Richard Burns, Olympian cars: the great American luxury automobiles of the twenties and thirties (The) (Edina, MN: Beaver's Pond Press, 1998). 2nd ed. xii, 273 p., illustrations (380, bw), 23 x 32 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 266-268, index, ISBN: 1890676020 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Descriptive and photographic history of famous luxury American automobiles of the pre-World War II era: Lincoln, Duesenberg, Packard, Cord, Chrysler, Cadillac and many others.

OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976, 1st ed., ISBN: 0394459806.
Wilkinson, John W., One hundred years of Wolseley, 1895-1995 (s. l.: Wolseley Register, 1995). 76 p., illustrations (bw/c), 15 x 21 cm.
Opel automobiles since 1899: the Irish story (Dublin: Opel Ireland, [1999]). 12 p., illustrations, 30 cm.
Frčre, Paul & Karl E. Ludvigsen, Opel: wheels to the world, a seventy-five years history of automobile manufacture (Kutztown, PA: Automobile Quarterly, 1984). 3rd ed. 120 p., illustrations (c), 22 x 24 cm. In association with the Princeton Institute for Historic Research, also in German, "Opel, räder für die welt: 75 jahre automobilbau".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Princeton, NJ: Princeton Publishing, 1979, ISBN: 0915038161, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Publishing, 1975, Kutztown, PA: Automobile Quarterly, 1966.
Sorensen, Lorin, Open Fords (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1991). [Fordiana]. 240 p., illustrations (475), 21 x 41 cm, ISBN: 0879384573 (hc).
Robson, Graham (1936- ), Opentop style: an A-Z of convertible autos (London: Tiger Books International, 1990). 128 p., illustrations (c), 23 x 28 cm, index, ISBN: 1855010828 (hc). Translated in German, "Offen in den Sommer: Cabriolets".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers 53 classic convertibles with performance and specification data.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1988, ISBN: 1555212522, London: Apple Press, 1988.
Borgeson, Griffith, Terry Shuler & Jerrold E. Sloniger, Origin and evolution of the VW Beetle (The) (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Publishing, 1985). [Automobile Quarterly marque reference series book]. 176 p., illustrations (bw/c), 21 x 25 cm, ISBN: 0915038455. Translated in German, "Volkswagen Käfer".
Robinshaw, Paul & Christopher Ross, Original Lotus Elan, 1962-1973: essential data & guidance for owners, restorers and competitors (The) (London: Motor Racing Publications, 1989). 168 p., illustrations, 26 cm, ISBN: 0947981322.
Barraclough, Robin I. & Phil L. Jennings, Oxford to Abingdon (Llanbister: Myrtle, 1998). 886 p., illustrations (bw/c, portraits), 31 cm, ISBN: 0951450913.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of MG and Morris sportscars up to 1930. Foreword by William Boddy.