News of new books

Forthcoming titles which have been announced include a complete Lagonda History by Arnold Davey, Registrar of the Lagonda CC, which David & Charles are due to publish In October and Donald Bastow’s book about his work with W. O. Bentley, which Haynes have In hand. Then Batsford should soon be coming out with Denis Jenkinson’s Racing Car Guide, a revised version of the Racing-Car Pocketbook, and Grenville have in hand a fully-revised edition of Bill Boddy’s “History of Brooklands Motor, Course” with long-needed cars’ and drivers indices, which should interest those who up to now have made do with the three small volumes. Grenville are also contemplating a book about 25 years of W.B.’s road-test reporting for Motor Sport.