Classic Editions
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With all the attention to detail you would expect from Porter Press, these cloth-bound books are presented in a dust jacket and printed on high quality paper to reflect the magnificent illustrations in each volume.JaguarSport XJR-15
This title has been shortlisted for the 2024 Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year Award, in the category Best Debut Author. A person...
View full detailsDesign & Desire, by Keith Helfet
When Keith Helfet embarked upon an ambitious project to create a new body shape for a secondhand Triumph Spitfire using little more than foam offcu...
View full detailsSS Jaguar 100 - The remarkable history of 18008
Available now New book tells the story of ‘Old Number 8’ Launched in 1935, the rakish SS Jaguar 100 was a landmark model for the company that had b...
View full details9600 HP - The Story of the World's Oldest E-type
by Philip Porter The fascinating story behind 9600 HP, the prototype E-type that stars in the new Netflix series Man vs Bee This Classic Edition i...
View full detailsOriginal Jaguar E-type
Restorers’ and enthusiasts’ guideto 3.8, 4.2 and V12 The first 300 copies bought from Porter Press will be signed by Malcolm McKay by Malcolm McKay...
View full detailsThe All-American Hero and Jaguar’s Racing E-types
Briggs Cunningham’s Le Mans Dream, US road racing and the legendary Jaguar E-type By Phillip Bingham First seen by the wider world at the 1961 Gene...
View full detailsJaguar D-type - The story of XKD 526
The Jaguar D-type helped to establish the Coventry marque’s place in Le Mans 24 Hours folklore, thanks to three successive victories between 1955 a...
View full detailsJaguar XK 120 Supersonic by Ghia
In this, the first in Porter Press’s new ‘Coachbuilt Cars’ series, author Richard Heseltine has untangled the Ghia Jaguar XK 120 Supersonic’s comp...
View full detailsJaguar C-type - The autobiography of XKC 051
A story of the celebrated lightweight Jaguar C-type, chassis number XKC 051, that Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt drove to victory in the 1953 Le Man...
View full detailsThe XK Files: 120, by Jennifer Barker (children's book)
A magical children's story about a boy, his grandpa and a classic car - a Jaguar XK 120 By Jennifer Barker Whilst at a holiday cottage in Cornwa...
View full detailsJaguar Lightweight E-type - Signed by Brian Redman
Great Cars Series No1. By Philip Porter - copies specially signed by Brian Redman Only 2 copies signed by Brian Redman remaining The first in...
View full detailsJaguar Lightweight E-type - Signed by Brian Johnson of AC/DC
Special Signed Edition - Great Cars Series No1 The first in the acclaimed ‘Great Cars’ series, telling the story of the car that took part in this...
View full detailsUltimate E-type – the Competition Cars - Signed by Peter Sutcliffe
SOLD OUT Twice named Book of the Year, at the British Sports Book Awards 2012 and the Octane International Motoring Awards 2011. Signed by racing ...
View full detailsUltimate E-type - The Competition Cars (Classic Edition)
Lightweight Es are the ultimate E-types, and this is the ultimate book on these charismatic cars. This is the full story of the competition E-t...
View full detailsJaguar Scrapbook
SOLD OUT This Jaguar book skillfully presents an eclectic mix of historical narrative, personal interviews, big Jaguar names and original source ma...
View full detailsE-type Definitive History - (Second Edition)
Out of stock This is an updated edition of a classic book that was first published in 1989 and remained in print for 20 years. The E-type was, an...
View full detailsOriginal Jaguar XK - The Restorer's Guide
Reprinted third edition of this perennial best-seller. After five reprints, this book has established itself as the XK bible. More than 50 XKs hav...
View full detailsE-type Jaguar DIY Restoration & Maintenance
A Complete DIY restoration of an E-type Jaguar An expert could not have written this book. Experts start with knowledge and experience, and so in...
View full detailsJohn Egan - Saving Jaguar
John Egan arrived at Jaguar Cars in April 1980, newly appointed as Chief Executive. The company's very survival was in grave doubt. In fact, the s...
View full detailsJaguar D-type - The autobiography of XKD 504
The story of one of the most historically interesting of all Jaguar D-types – a car that has raced more than any other D-type. By Philip Porter &am...
View full detailsJaguar Design - A Story of Style
People * Process * Projects One ingredient is common to every Jaguar – style. Arguably a greater proportion of people have more passion f...
View full detailsJaguar XK DIY Restoration & Maintenance
Complete DIY restoration of an early Jaguar XK 120 An absolute sensation when first seen in 1948, in the midst of post-war austerity, the Jaguar X...
View full detailsJaguar XK 120 - The remarkable history of JWK 651
The story of one of the six alloy-bodied XK 120s that were prepared by Jaguar in 1950 for racing and rallying. This XK 120, known as JWK 651 b...
View full detailsJaguar Lightweight E-type - The autobiography of 49 FXN
The eighth book in the Great Cars Series This exhaustive book tells the story of the 1963 Lightweight Jaguar E-type that was famously given an ae...
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