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Shire Library no. 838. PB ISBN: 978 1 78442 220 2

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COVER IMAGE

Front cover: A 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Barker Tourer on the Croatian coast (iStock).Back cover: Hub cap from a Rolls-Royce Silver Spur (FieldsportsChannel TV/Flickr).

TITLE PAGE IMAGE

The Spirit of Ecstasy glides above a classic Rolls-Royce Grille. (Wikimedia Commons/Brian Snelson)

CONTENTS PAGE IMAGE

Rolls-Royce Phantoms were built in America as well as Britain and this one was bodied by Brewster for film star Tom Mix. The style was called the Playboy Roadster.

IMAGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

BMW, pages 7, 10, 41; Bonhams 1793 Ltd/Newspress, page 11; Coys Auctioneers/Newspress, pages 3, 44; Goodwood/Newspress, page 33 (bottom); H&H Classic Car Auctions/Newspress, pages 22 (bottom), 42 (top); Tony Hisgett/Wikimedia, page 13; Magic Car Pics, pages 14, 15 (both), 16 (top), 17, 18 (top), 19, 20, 21, 22 (both), 23, 24, 26, 27 (top), 29, 30, 32 (top), 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43 (top), 45, 46, 50, 51 (top), 53 (both); Mr Choppers/Wikimedia, page 27 (bottom); James Taylor Collection, page 43 (bottom); Newspress, pages 10 (top), 12, 16 (bottom); Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd, pages 5 (both), 8, 9 (both), 28, 31, 32 (bottom), 33 (top), 42 (bottom), 47, 48, 49 (top), 51 (bottom), 52 (top), 54, 56 (bottom), 57 (both), 58 (both), 59 (both), 60 (both), 61 (both); Jagvar/Wikimedia, page 52 (bottom); Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club, pages 4, 36 (both), 37; Silverstone Auctions Ltd, pages 49 (bottom), 56 (top); Terry Whalebone/Wikimedia, page 6.

Page numbers refer to print edition.