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

Jones, Barry M., Panther story: the story of Phelon & Moore Limited (The) (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: Panther Publishing, 1999). 312 p., illustrations (bw, maps, portraits), 21 x 30 cm, ISBN: 095350980X, EAN: 9780953509805 (hc).
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction; The dawn of motorcycling; Phelon & Rayner -- the early years; The Humbers 1901-1907; The Phelon and Moore partnership 1904-1908; Under new management -- P&M 1908-1914; The V-twin; On Her Majesty's Service; Peace and the four speed P&Ms; A Panther is born; ohv Panthers 1924-1928; Redwing Panthers 1929-1932; Racing Panthers; Panther heavyweights 1933-1937; The Venture; The Guymar; Heavyweight developments 1938-1940; The Panthette V-twin and the Panther - Villiers; Red Panthers and Strouds 1932-1940; War and Peace; Sidecars and caravans; Post war Middleweights; Swedish mysteries and other exports; Return of the Panther Villiers; Cleckheaton's Princess; The biggest aspidistra in the world; The flight of the Phoenix; A tour of the works; Administration; Phelon and Mooore's patents; Biographies; Specifications; Index.
Walker, Mick (1942- ), Performance motorcycles: masterpieces of engineering (Hoo: Grange Books, 2001). 173 p., illustrations (c), 24 x 32 cm, index, ISBN: 1840134186. Translated in French, "Grosses cylindrées: de la routière à la sportive (Les)".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from over 100 years ago. Marques covered include: Triumph, Norton, Honda, Ducati, and Harley-Davidson. Includes technical details including on engines.
Vanderheuvel, Cornelius, Pictorial history of japanese motorcycles (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1997). 176 p., illustrations (250, bw/c), 22 x 28 cm, index, ISBN: 0760304106 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from post-World War II years to the 1990s. Marques covered are Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha and many lesser known ones like Marusho and Bridgestone. Includes advertising, sales literature and archival photographs.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Bideford, Devon: Bay View Books, 1997, ISBN: 1870979974 (hc).
Crichton, Brian & Charles E. Deane, Pictorial history of motorcycling (The) (London: Chancellor Press, 1993). 192 p., illustrations (plans, portraits), 33 cm, ISBN: 1851522654 (hc). Translated in French, "Monde fascinant des motos (Le)".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): London: Octopus Books, 1982.
Middlehurst, Tony et al., Pictorial history of motor cycling (The) (Leicester, Leicestershire: Magna Books, 1988). 208 p., illustrations (bw/c), index, ISBN: 185422042X (hc). Translated in French, "Moto: un siècle de passion (La)".
Reynolds, Jim (1938- ), Pictorial history of Norton motor cycles (London: Chancellor Press, 1995). 94 p., illustrations (160, portraits), 19 x 26 cm, index, ISBN: 1851529055 (hc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Twickenham, Middlesex: Temple Press Books & National Motorcycle Museum, 1985, ISBN: 060035170X.
Davies, Ivor (1913- ), Pictorial history of Triumph motorcycles (London: Chancellor Press, 1996). 96 p., illustrations (160), 19 x 26 cm, ISBN: 1851529063 (hc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Twickenham, Middlesex: Temple Press Books & National Motorcycle Museum, 1985, ISBN: 0600351696.
Connolly, Harold & C. E. Allen, Pioneer motorcycles (Dorking, Surrey: Bruce Main-Smith, 1974). 55 p., illustrations, 13 x 19 cm, ISBN: 0904365026 (sc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): "Motorcycle story, 1875-1905", Peterborough, Northamptonshire: E. M. Art & Publishers, 1962.
Fairclough, Martin, Political economy of producer co-operatives: a study of Triumph Motorcycles (Meriden) Ltd and Britain's industrial decline (The) (Ph. D. thesis: University of Bristol, 1986). 2 vols, illustrations, bibliogr. ref. pp. 619-633.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: vii, 633 p.
Wilson, Steve (1943- ), Practical British lightweight two-stroke motorcycles (Sparkford, Somerset: G. T. Foulis, 1991). 144 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref., ISBN: 085429709X (hc).