Bentley Car Books - History and Models

100 Years of Bentley (reissue)

Produced in conjunction with the Bentley Drivers Club and the W.O. Bentley Memorial Foundation, "100 Years of Bentley" is a lavish celebration of one of the most recognised and revered car brands in history, from its earliest models right up the modern day cars.
A six-times winner in the gruelling Le Mans 24-hour race, Bentley is also the brand behind iconic cars such as the 41/2-Litre 'Blower', the R-type Continental, and modern classics such as the Continental GT and Mulsanne.

Featuring more than 200 pictures, many from the club's archives and some never seen in print before, this beautiful book details the whole history of Bentley. From W.O. Bentley's early days as a railway engineer along with his first attempts at modifying French DFP cars, to the company's early racing exploits, including its victories in the early Le Mans races.

Covering the Bentley brand's revival in the 1980s and renewed impetus when it was acquired by the Volkswagen group, the story is brought up to date with the awesome new Bentleys built for the 21st century and the new era of electrification just around the corner.

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Bentley Motors 1945-1964 (Nostalgia Road)

The winged 'B' emblem, the hallmark of Bentley Motors, is synonymous with those grand cars which in the 1920s and 30s dominated Brooklands and Le Mans. Malcolm Bobbitt recalls Bentley development in the late 1930s and early 1940s which led to the introduction in 1946 of the Mark VI, a fine car embodying the luxuries and qualities of its predecessors.

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Bentley - Fifty Years of the Marque

Since it was first published in 1969, "Bentley: Fifty Years of the Marque" by Johnnie Green has been the foundation of any Bentley enthusiast's library. To meet demand, the book went through several re-printings.

However, much further information has come to light about the featured cars. Dalton Watson commissioned three leading Bentley experts to completely rewrite the captions and substantially recompile the index.The same quality of picture reproduction, printing and binding that has become the hallmark of Dalton Watson have been retained.

A new edition of a classic with completely revised captions. Hundreds of alterations have been made since the last edition was printed!

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The Bentley Story

Walter Owen Bentley's huge, snarling race cars aggressively dominated motor racing for years. Revered and feared; driven in the 1920s by hard-partying young men known as the Bentley Boys, Bentleys beat all-comers, winning the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race five years out of six; made the cradle of British motor racing, Brooklands, their own and developed into the world's most admired sporting motorcars.
Bought by Rolls-Royce in 1931 after running into financial trouble, Bentley languished in semi-obscurity for half a century as Rolls-Royce focused on its own marque. Ironically, when Rolls-Royce hit financial problems in the 1990s, Bentley emerged from the wilderness, its glories revived with mighty turbo-charged luxury super cars and saved the company from going under. Bentley reclaimed its performance luxury driving identity.

This book tells the whole Betley story.

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Bentley Motors - On the Road Magazines

A book which beautifully reproduces the rare promotional magazines that Bentley Motors (1931) Limited published in the late 1930s called "On the Road". There were 13 issues of the magazine and it was designed for current and prospective owners. It was heavily illustrated and features Derby Bentleys in use by current owners with fashionable backdrops.

After an immense amount of research, noted Derby specialist, Bernard King has been able to identify most of the cars. The magazine is very hard to find and very few people have complete sets. It may be noted that the comparable Rolls-Royce Bulletin of the time is rare but is available.

This Bentley book will be of great interest and value to collectors and enthusiasts, particularly when coupled with the identification of the cars and the provision of many tables and indices.

Two volumes hardbound with dust jacket and slip case. Page count: Volume I 416, Volume II 142.

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Bentley - L'avenir pour défi

Although it had saved the automotive branch of Rolls-Royce from bankruptcy several times, the prestigious Bentley brand was deliberately neglected by its buyer.
Since its takeover by the Volkswagen group, with the presentation of five new models and a victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2003), the Bentley brand has definitively emerged from oblivion, but also from the shadow of Rolls-Royce.

The author proposes to examine this exciting automobile saga, technical, artistic, financial and power struggles, full of twists and turns, which takes place over fifty years, which will have seen Bentley go from almost total oblivion to victory, and today, present the fastest prestigious range in the world but also, the new automobile carriage chosen by Her Gracious Britannic Majesty, and delivered in two copies.
The illustration, particularly neat, includes many unpublished documents, obtained in particular with the support of the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Fundation, of course, but also, those unwavering, of Bentley Motors.

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Bentley - Luxus, Leidenschaft und Tradition seit 1919

As one of the most respected car brands in the world, Bentley is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2019. The brand stands for legendary cars and modern classics.
Rounded off by the Bentleys of the 21st century and the era of electrification, Andrew Noakes tells the entire story of the brand, which faded after financial difficulties and rescue by Rolls-Royce and experienced a new upswing under the Volkswagen umbrella since 1998.
It includes the founder W.O. Bentley's beginnings as a railway engineer, his first attempts to modify French DFP cars, and his early racing successes.

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