The following sportscar books are a must, if you can afford them:
"Time & 2 Seats" - Janos Wimpffen - GET IT GET IT GET IT.
The 2 volume History of Le Mans with photos of almost every car to have taken part.
The following are worth searching out second hand:
"Endurance Racing" - Ian Briggs; lots of photos of unusual machinery (Veskanda, Ceekar), covers the Group C and IMSA very well.
As many Le Mans 24 Hour yearbooks you can get.
The following should be quite cheap second hand:
"Directory of World Sportscars" - Michael Cotton (Group C, IMSA)
"Directory of Classic Sports-Racing Cars" - Mike Lawrence (50s)
"Directory of Sports Prototypes and GT Cars" - Anthony Pritchard (60s) (these 3 are part of a series by Aston Publications, they go through makes in an A-Z style, quite comprehensive but with odd omissions, e.g. no Isolia in the Cotton one).
The 5 Ken Wells books covering Le Mans, 1986-90.
For reference:
"La Sport e suoi Artigiani" - Curami - even for non-Italophones the photos are mint. Italian sportscars of the 1950s.
"Red Arrows" - Gianni Marzotto - Ferraris in the Mille Miglia.
The various Brooklands reprints covering Le Mans, the Targa and Mille Miglia.
Still available new - and at a bargain price (£49!) - "The French Sports Car Revolution" - Anthony Blight (late 1930s).
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