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Re: Spitfire books (was: Spitfire 1500 tools)

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Subject: Re: Spitfire books (was: Spitfire 1500 tools)
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 07:07:07 +0000
In article <3.0.1.32.20010225125113.00a4f6a0@pop.xs4all.nl>, Eric
Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl> writes
>>>The one I think anyone can do without after the Guide to Originality and
>>>Robson's book is the fairly recently published "Triumph Spitfire and GT6 -
>>>The Complete Story". IMHO, it really doesn't add much to the first two.
>>
>>Ah.   That's a little awkward, since the adverts in the TSSC mag show
>>two books by Graham Robson, one entitled "Triumph Spitfire & GT6" and
>>captioned "The Complete Guide to Spitfire/GT6" and one entitled "Triumph
>>Spitfire and GT6" and captioned "Spitfire/GT6 Collector's Guide".   The
>>former is in portrait format, the latter in landscape.   Which is the
>>one to avoid?
>
>I don't own a copy of "Spitfire/GT6 Collector's Guide", so I can't say
>anything about that.
>
>"Triumph Spitfire and GT6 - The Complete Story" is by James Taylor. It's
>not a bad book, probably worth the 20 quid ($36.-). It just contains a lot
>of information that is already in the Guide to Originality and the Complete
>Guide. Perhaps it has a little more details on the racing cars, accessories
>and various production changes, but not much. The Complete Story was
>published last year.

Thanks for the clarification.   I shall order the two books you
recommended, and ignore the "Collector's Guide"...

ATB
Mike
-- 
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
to be published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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