A Bentley Speed Six Instruction Book, dated July 1929

Lot number 
198
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 300.00 (USD 399.36)
Total price default 
EUR 344,67 (USD 399.96)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A Bentley Speed Six Instruction Book, dated July 1929, second edition, maroon Rexine wrap-around covers with pop-stud fastening, 122 numbered pages, printed by Herbert Fitch & Co.Ltd, with fold-out oiling diagram, some wear with some loosening to spine and ink hand-written annotations to inside front and rear covers, small 4to.

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Listing identification 
AC20100328
Past 
Past

A Bentley 3½ Litre Handbook

Lot number 
197
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 250.00 (USD 332.80)
Total price default 
EUR 287,22 (USD 333.29)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A Bentley 3½ Litre Handbook, Condensed Edition, circa 1935, black Rexine covers, printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd, 58 numbered pages, with fold-out wiring diagram, hand-written for Chassis No 'B-42-OJ'.

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Listing identification 
AC20100327
Past 
Past

A Six Cylinder Bentley Instruction Book, dated January 1927

Lot number 
196
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 300.00 (USD 399.36)
Total price default 
EUR 344,67 (USD 399.96)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A Six Cylinder Bentley Instruction Book, dated January 1927, black Rexine covers, stud bound, numbered 391, for Chassis No 'WT 2258', printed by Herbert Fitch & Co.Ltd, 105 numbered pages with fold-out oiling diagram and bound with supplement, some workshop wear and with outer slip-case, small 4to.

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Listing identification 
AC20100326
Past 
Past

A Bentley Motors 'Plus Four' 1930 Le Mans 24-Hours successes brochure

Lot number 
195
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 400.00 (USD 532.48)
Total price default 
EUR 459,56 (USD 533.27)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A Bentley Motors 'Plus Four' 1930 Le Mans 24-Hours successes brochure, cream card covers with outer protective onion skin covers (worn and stained with some loss), 40 numbered pages, printed by Herbert Fitch & Co.Ltd, illustrated with race scenes and reproduced illustrations of artworks after F.Gordon Crosby and Bryan de Grineau, celebrating the fifth win and fourth consecutive victory in Bentley cars at the Endurance event with 1st place for Woolf Barnato & Glen Kidston and 2nd place for Frank Clement & Dick Watney in the Bentley Speed Six cars, small 4to,

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Listing identification 
AC20100325
Past 
Past

A Bentley Motors 'The Hat Trick' 1929 Le Mans 24-Hours successes brochure

Lot number 
194
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 400.00 (USD 532.48)
Total price default 
EUR 459,56 (USD 533.27)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A Bentley Motors 'The Hat Trick' 1929 Le Mans 24-Hours successes brochure, cord-tied embossed decorative brown card covers with 'temple Press Library' stamps to front cover, inside cover, title page and rear page, 36 numbered pages, produced by F.A.Corbett at the press of Herbert Fitch & Co.Ltd, an account of the race and illustrated with race scenes, celebrating the fourth win, third consecutive victory and the first four places for Bentley cars at the Endurance event on 15th/16th June with 1st place for Barnato/Birkin in the Speed Six, and 2nd, 3rd and 4th places for Kidston/Dunfee, Benjafield/d'Erlanger and Clement/Chassagne in the 4½ Litre Bentleys, small 4to.

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Listing identification 
AC20100324
Past 
Past

A Bentley Motors 'Again 1928' Le Mans 24-Hours successes brochure

Lot number 
193
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 400.00 (USD 532.48)
Total price default 
EUR 459,56 (USD 533.27)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A Bentley Motors 'Again 1928' Le Mans 24-Hours successes brochure, cord-tied blue card covers with gilt-embossed lettered panel, 27 numbered pages, printed by F.A.Corbett at the press of Herbert Fitch & Co.Ltd, illustrated with race scenes and reproductions of artwork after F.Gordon Crosby and Bryan de Grineau, celebrating the third win and second consecutive victory for Bentley at the Endurance event, won by Woolf Barnato and Bernard Rubin in the 4½ Litre covering 1,658.6 miles at a record speed of 69.1pmh, some slight discolouration to covers and some foxing to opening page, small 4to.

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Listing identification 
AC20100323
Past 
Past

A 1925 '24 Hours World's Record' by a Three Litre Bentley Speed Model race victory leaflet, number 11, issued September 1925

Lot number 
192
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 300.00 (USD 399.36)
Total price default 
EUR 344,67 (USD 399.96)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A 1925 '24 Hours World's Record' by a Three Litre Bentley Speed Model race victory leaflet, number 11, issued September 1925, 4-page leaflet printed by Herbert Fitch & Co.Ltd for Bentley Motors Ltd, containing a brief account of the race and illustrated with race and standing images of the latest production Speed Model for 1926 driven by Captains Woolf Barnato and J.F.Duff at an average speed of 95mph at the Montlhery track near Paris on 21st/22nd September, old folds and taped repairs to covers and reinforced with paper borders to inside pages, small 4to.

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Listing identification 
AC20100322
Past 
Past

A 1924 Le Mans 24-Hours Race 'Won Easily by a Standard Bentley Speed Model' Victory pamphlet

Lot number 
191
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 300.00 (USD 399.36)
Total price default 
EUR 344,67 (USD 399.96)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A 1924 Le Mans 24-Hours Race 'Won Easily by a Standard Bentley Speed Model' Victory pamphlet, 4-page pamphlet printed by Herbert & Fitch Co.Ltd, containing a brief report of the race and featuring images of the winning car, the race start and pre-race weigh-in of the standard production Bentley four-seater Speed Model, driven by Captain J.F.Duff and F.C.Clement, achieving a trouble-free overall distance of 1290.4 miles, 10 miles more than the nearest competitor, at Le Grand Prix d'Endurance on 14th/15th June, some wear to pages and small tear to spine, small 4to.

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Listing identification 
AC20100321
Past 
Past

A 'Blue Riband of English Motor Racing - The Story of the 1922 International Tourist Trophy Race' publication with successes for Bentley cars

Lot number 
190
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 800.00 (USD 1 064.95)
Total price default 
EUR 919,12 (USD 1 066.55)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

A 'Blue Riband of English Motor Racing - The Story of the 1922 International Tourist Trophy Race' publication with successes for Bentley cars, textured cream card covers, 23 numbered pages produced by Bentley Motors Ltd, printed by Herbert Fitch & Co.Ltd reproduced from The Autocar, a post-race report celebrating 2nd, 4th and 5th places for the Bentley Team in the 'Three Standard' Three-Litre Bentleys driven by F.C.Clement, W.O.Bentley and W.D.Hawkes in the 302 mile race on 21st June, illustrated with race images including scenes depicting the Bentleys notable by being 'Standard' production cars competing in a field of race cars including Sunbeam and Vauxhall, some staining to front covers, 8vo.

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Listing identification 
AC20100320
Past 
Past

'A Description of the Six Cylinder Four Litre Bentley' sales catalogue, number 36, dated May 1931

Lot number 
189
Type 
Auction Reference 
Bonhams - Golden Age of Motoring Sale '1886 - 1939'
Type of seller 
Auction House
Price 
GBP 300.00 (USD 399.36)
Total price default 
EUR 344,67 (USD 399.96)
Location 
London
United Kingdom
Description 

'A Description of the Six Cylinder Four Litre Bentley' sales catalogue, number 36, dated May 1931, pale grey card covers with gilt embossed lettering and Bentley emblem in black panel to front cover, 15 numbered pages, printed by Herbert Fitch & Co.Ltd, illustrated with engine and chassis details, and views of Open Tourer by Vanden Plas, Close-Coupled Saloon by H.J.Mulliner, Sports Sedanca and Limousine de Ville by Thrupp & Maberly, Enclosed Drive Limousine by Thrupp & Maberly and Panelled Weymann Saloon by H.J.Mulliner coachwork options, old taped repair to spine of cover, some wear and staining to covers in places and old scorch mark to rear cover, 4to.

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Listing identification 
AC20100319
Past 
Past

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