Articles tagged Narisa Levy

Page 87 of April 1982 archive issue thumbnail

Page 87, April 1982

Book reviews

"The Certain Sound — Thirty Years Of Motor Racing" by John Wyer. 260 pp. 10½" x 8½" (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB3 8EL. £17.50). If Andrew Whyte had much "inside" information at his disposal when writing his history of SS and Jaguar cars in racing and other competition events, to the great benefit of those books, what can I say about this Autobiography, Predominantly of Aston...

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Page 55, July 1984

Book reviews

"Adventure with Fate" by Harald Penrose, OBE, CEng, FRAeS etc, 394 pp, 9 in x 6 in. (Airlife Publications Ltd, 7 St John's Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 11E. £14.95.) Here is the book I have waited a long time for! — Harald Penrose's aviation autobiography. He was Westland's Chief Test-Pilot, but was much more besides, so that he knew almost everyone of importance in the developing years of...

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Page 48, June 1984

Book reviews

"The Bassett-Lowke Story" by Roland Fuller. 352 pp. 12 in x 8 in (New Cavendish Books, 23 Craven Hill, London W2. £18.50). This book is far more about model locomotives, railways, ship-models and miniature constructional items, etc, than about the world of model cars. Nevertheless, I think it will be warmly welcomed by all who remember the famous Bassett-Lowke model shop at 257 High Holborn (...