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Bibliographical references for books in English with titles beginning by H
Chapter 2: Two-wheeled vehicles

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Ayton, Cyril J., Hamlyn guide to Japanese motor cycles (The) (London: Hamlyn, 1982). 164 p., illustrations (bw/c), 20 cm, index, ISBN: 0600384624 (hc, dj).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers the 1960-1981 period.
Handbook of classic British bikes (The) (Leicester, Leicestershire: Abbeydale Press, 1999). 192 p., illustrations, 17 x 21 cm, ISBN: 1861470312.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers some 40 marques and nearly 100 models. Among the marques covered are: AJS, Ariel, Brough, BSA, Douglas, Greeves, Norton, Panther, Royal Enfield, Rudge, Scott, Sunbeam, Triumph, Velocette, Vincent, and Zenith.
Birkitt, Malcolm, Harley-Davidson (London: Osprey, 1992). 128 p., ISBN: 1855322048 (sc). Translated in Dutch/Flemish, "Harley-Davidson", translated in French, "Harley-Davidson", translated in German, "Harley-Davidson".
Briel, Dorothea, Harley-Davidson (Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1994). 80 p., illustrations (bw/c), 30 cm, ISBN: 0785800816 (hc, dj). Translated by Lilian R. Hall, original German title, "Harley-Davidson: eine motorrad legende".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Includes a list of different types of engines and a Harley family tree. Technically oriented book: gives history of such things as the type of engine. Also covers history of the workers and their wages, and gives pictures of the early plant.
Chorlton, Denis, Richard Fleury & Ian Kerr, Harley-Davidson (San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 1999). 509 p., illustrations (1000, bw/c), 24 x 31 cm, bibliogr. ref., ISBN: 1571452311 (hc). Edited by Roy Hunt Bacon.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from 1903 to 1999.
Girdler, Allan & Jeff Hackett, Harley-Davidson (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 2000). [Enthusiast color series]. 96 p., illustrations (90, bw/c), 21 x 23 cm, index, ISBN: 0760307997 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the marque and its vehicles. Includes racers, cruisers and customs. Emphasis on Knuckleheads, Panheads and the Evolution engine.
Hendry, Maurice D., Harley Davidson (New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1972). [Ballantine's illustrated history of the car, marque book; 12]. 160 p., illustrations, 21 cm, ISBN: 0345026829 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Introduction by Bob Green.
Middlehurst, Tony, Harley-Davidson (Leicester, Leicestershire: Magna Books, 1991). 112 p., illustrations (bw/c), 37 cm, index, ISBN: 1854220144. Translated in Dutch/Flemish, "Harley-Davidson", translated in French, "Harley-Davidson", translated in Italian, "Harley-Davidson".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): New York: Mallard Press, 1990, ISBN: 0792453328, London: Bison Books, c1990.
Wilson, Hugo, Harley-Davidson (New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1998). 1st American ed., [Classic motorcycles]. 44 p., illustrations (40, bw/c), 12 x 16 cm, index, ISBN: 0789435063. Translated in German, "Motorradklassiker Harley-Davidson".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from the 1900s to the 1990s. Technical data included.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): London: Dorling Kindersley, 1998, ISBN: 0751306266.
Rafferty, Tod, Harley-Davidson, 100 years: celebration of a legend (St Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2002). 224 p., illustrations (500, bw/c, portraits), 27 x 31 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 224, index, ISBN: 0760313083. Translated in German, "Harley-Davidson: 100 Jahre".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the company and of its (most significant) motorcycle models. Material on the culture that grew aound the motorcycle. Includes an 8-pages chronology of key events.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): London: Salamander, 2002, ISBN: 1840653701.
Carroll, John (1943- ), Harley-Davidson, 1903-1968 (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2001). 128 p., illustrations (portraits), 17 x 25 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 128, ISBN: 0750923423 (hc).
Wagner, Herbert, Harley-Davidson, 1930-1941: revolutionary motorcycles and those who rode them (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1996). 184 p., illustrations (map), 22 X 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 180, index, ISBN: 088740894X (sc).
Carroll, John (1943- ) & Gary Stuart, Harley-Davidson 45s: workhorse and warhorse (London: Osprey, 1994). [Osprey classic motorcycles]. 128 p., illustrations (bw/c), 22 x 23 cm, ISBN: 185532444X (sc). Translated in German, "Harley-Davidson: die 750er modelle".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from 1928 to the late 1950s.
Harley-Davidson: 85 years of glory, 1903-1988 (Beverly Hills, CA: LFP, 1988). 94 p., illustrations (bw/c), 28 cm.
Glastonbury, Jim, Harley-Davidson: a love affair (New York, NY: Gramercy Books, 1998). 128 p., illustrations, 25 x 31 cm, ISBN: 051716051X (hc). Translated in German, "Harley-Davidson: der sound aus Milwaukee: chopper, lowrider, streetracer".
Birkitt, Malcolm, Harley-Davidson: a pictorial celebration (London: Osprey, 1993). 160 p., illustrations (150, c), 23 x 31 cm, ISBN: 1855322412 (hc, dj). Translated in French, "Harley-Davidson".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers street and racing models from the inter-World War years up to 1993. Among models featured: Knuckleheads, Fat Boys, Electra Glides, military versions, police models, limited production models. Includes some customized machines along with technical data (specifications).
McDiarmid, Mac, Harley-Davidson: a visual history (New York, NY: Lorenz Books, 2003). [Illustrated transport encyclopedia series]. 128 p., illustrations (400, bw/c), 17 x 23 cm, ISBN: 0754812340 (sc).
Mitchell, Doug, Harley-Davidson: an American classic (Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 1997). 96 p., illustrations (c), 21 x 28 cm, index, ISBN: 0785320520 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Details on 40 Harley-Davidson models.
Barrington, Shaun, Harley-Davidson: an illustrated history (New York, NY: Friedman Fairfax Publishers, 2001). 256 p., illustrations (200, bw/c), 24 x 31 cm, index, ISBN: 1586632248 (sc). Translated in Dutch/Flemish, "Harley-Davidson: het complete verhaal", translated in French, "Grand livre des Harley-Davidson (Le)", translated in German, "Harley-Davidson pur".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Model history of Harley-Davidson's motorcycles from 1903 and on: photographic record of the machines and their riders. Covers military models and racing history. Models featured include: 100cc V-twin J (1920s and 1930s), Duo-Glide and Electra Glide (1950s) and the latest XL.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): London: Grange Books, 1998, ISBN: 1856279871, London: Bison Books, 1995, New York, NY: Barnes & Noble Publishing, 1994, ISBN: 1566194660.
Mitchell, Doug, Harley-Davidson chronicle: an American original (Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 1996). 320 p., illustrations (bw/c), 24 x 31 cm, index, ISBN: 0785316825 (hc). Translated in French, "Harley-Davidson de 1903 à nos jours", translated in German, "Harley-Davidson chronik Von 1903 bis heute (Die)".
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chap. 1, The early years (1903-1928); chap. 2, The flathead is born (1924-1935); chap. 3, The Knucklehead hits (1936-1947); chap. 4, The Panhead Age (1948-1965); chap. 5, The Shovelhead digs in (1966-1983); chap. 6, The Evoluition revolution (1984-1995).

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