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

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Lurani Cernuschi, Giovanni, Voitures de course (Les) (Paris: Éditions des deux coqs d'or, 1972). 318 p., illustrations (bw/c), 23 x 29 cm, index, (hc, dj). Translated by Émeric de Diesbach & Pierre Dumont (1920-1987), original Italian title, "Storia delle macchine da corsa".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from 1895 to 1972.
King, Brad, Voitures de course: kaléidoscope (Les) (Paris: Éditions de l'ours, 1982). 70 p., illustrations (c), 29 cm, ISBN: 2700071069 (sc). Translated by Michèle Roos, original English title, "All color book of racing cars".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Paris: Robert Laffont, 1975.
Burgess-Wise, David, Voitures de course: les modèles qui ont fait l'histoire et la légende (Paris: Solar, 1999). [Prestige]. 168 p., illustrations (460, bw/c), 23 x 28 cm., ISBN: 226302848X. Translated and adapted by Jean-Pierre Dauliac, original English title, "Ultimate race car book (The)".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Vevey, Vaud: Mondo-Verlag, 1999, ISBN: 2881689140.
Sabatès, Fabien, Voitures de grande série: années 50 (Les) (Paris: Massin, 1987. [Automobiles de France]. 80 p., illustrations (c), 24 x 32 cm, ISBN: 2707201170 (hc, dj).
Bowler, Michael, Giuseppe Guzzardi (1958- ) & Luigi-Enzo Rizzo (1967- ), Voitures de légendes (Paris: Gründ, 2003). 632 p., illustrations (bw/c), 37 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 623, glossary, index, ISBN: 2700058593 (hc). Original Italian title, "Il grande libro dell'automobile".
Sabatès, Fabien, Voitures de luxe: années 50 (Les) (Paris: Massin, 1987. [Automobiles de France]. 64 p., illustrations (bw/c), 24 x 32 cm, ISBN: 2707201189.
Burgess-Wise, David & Laurie Caddell, Voitures de milliardaires: une collection unique de voitures inestimables (Paris: Atlas, 1989). 240 p., illustrations (c), 23 x 31 cm, index, ISBN: 2731207469 (hc). Translated and adapted by Bernard Planche, original English title, "Million dollar automobiles".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Marques covered: Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Bentley, Bucciali, Bugatti, Cadillac, Delage, Delahaye, Duesenberg, Ferrari, Ford, Hispano-Suiza, Isotta-Fraschini, Jaguar, Rover, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Mercer, Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Rolls-Royce, Talbot-Lago, Voisin.
Pagneux, Dominique, Voitures de police: Préfecture de police de Paris (Paris: Éditions pratiques automobiles (EPA), 1994. 191 p., illustrations, 23 x 25 cm, ISBN: 2851204351 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Prelude by Philippe Massoni.
Borgé, Jacques & Nicolas Viasnoff, Voitures de police et de gangsters (Les) (Paris: Balland, 1978. 188 p., illustrations, 14 x 21 cm, ISBN: 2715801653 (sc).
Voitures de rêve (Paris: Michel Lafon, 2002). 191 p., illustrations (c), 31 cm, ISBN: 2840988453 (hc).
COMMENTS: Produced by 'Auto journal'.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Reviews 30 automobile models , including prototypes, created during the last 50 years. Material on coachbuilders.
Austin, Alan & Chris Harvey, Voitures de rêve (Paris: Gründ, 1987). 192 p., illustrations (bw/c), 29 cm., index, ISBN: 2700058402. Adapted by Claude Dovaz, original English title, "Great classic cars: an outstanding collection of the world's greatest marques".
Kuah, Ian, Voitures de rêve (Paris: Atlas, 1989). 239 p., illustrations (c), 23 x 30 cm (hc, dj). Translated & adapted by Bernard Planche, original English title, "Dream cars".
Rivière, Jean-François (1968- ), Voitures de rêve et séries cultes (Marseille: Éditions Yris, 2003). [Télévision en série (ISSN: 1286-7926)]. 190 p., illustrations (16 p., c), 16 x 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 6, ISBN: 2912215129 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Photographic history of sportscar models that appeared in famous British television series, like 'The Avengers', 'The Saint', 'The Professionals', and so on.
Harrington, Denis J (1932- ), Voitures de rêve: lignes et performances de légende (New York: Todtri Book Publishers, 1998). 79 p., illustrations, 23 x 31 cm., ISBN: 1577170075. Original English title, "Dream cars: top style and performance".
Badré, Paul & Alberto Martinez, Voitures de sport (Paris: France Loisirs, 1989. 128 p., illustrations (c), 31 cm. Translated in English, "Classic sportscars", translated in German, "Klassiche sportwagen".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers the 1948-1987 period.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Paris: Éditions pratiques automobiles (EPA), 1987, [Stars automobiles (ISSN: 0990-3941)], ISBN: 2851202642.
Dupouy, Alain, Voitures de sport (Les) (Grenoble, Isère: [author], 1994). [Dossiers des véhicules soviétiques (ISSN: 1242-5338); 2]. 120 p., illustrations, 30 cm, ISBN: 2904904212.
Ayre, Iain (1954- ), Voitures de sport classiques: un guide, marque par marque, pour retrouver quelque 35 voitures de rêve ([Paris]: Fontaine des arts, 1998). 64 p., illustrations (c), 24 cm, index, ISBN: 2743410590 (hc, djc). Original English title, "Sports car classics: a marque-by-marque guide to over 35 dream cars".
Burnham, Colin, Voitures de stars (Paris: Atlas, 1992). [Voitures de légende]. 126 p., illustrations (c), 21 x 24 cm (hc). Translated by Dominique François, original English title, "Beverly Hills cars: luxury and power in the city of fantasies".
Nory, Jean-Loup & Serge Bellu, Voitures des années folles (Les) (Paris: Denoël, 1983). 93 p., illustrations (bw/c), 30 cm, ISBN: 220722936X.
Borgé, Jacques & NIcolas Viasnoff, Voitures des grands (Les) (Paris: Henri Veyrier, 1977). 218 p., illustrations, 19 x 25 cm., bibliogr. ref (1 p.) (hc, dj).

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