- CP Press Books

CP Press
2016
Book catalogue
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Contents
Motoring Books........................................................... 3
Railway Books.......................................................... 13
Travel & Exploration................................................... 16
Anthropology............................................................ 16
Military & Regimental................................................ 19
Global Sales Contacts................................................ 23
About CP Press
We are unusual in that the photography, authorship and publishing of all our
motoring titles is vested in the same person.
This has meant we have been able to photograph some very significant cars for
inclusion in our books including Jim Clark’s Lotus Cortina (550 VAR) for our Twin
Cam Lotus Cortina Book.
The prototype Jensen Interceptor is in our book on Jensen Interceptor and Sir
David Brown’s prototype Aston Martin Lagonda is in our Aston Martin DBS AM
V8 and PoW book.
In addition we also publish books on Railways, Regimental and Military History,
Travel and Exploration and Anthropology.
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Aston Martin DB4 • DB5 • DB6
In 1955 David Brown bought the Tickford
Coachbuilding Company and its site at
Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell.
The Aston Martin DB4 which was unveiled
at the 1958 London Motor Show was the
first car to be manufactured in the former
Salmons & Tickfords coachbuilding works.
It was followed by the Aston Martin DB5
in 1963 and the Aston Martin DB6 from
1965 to 1970.
Special-bodied cars such as the Aston
Martin DB4 Bertone Jet and the Aston
Martin DB4 GT Zagato are covered and
specifications, chassis numbers and
production figures are also given.
Colin Pitt
• 96 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 110 b/w colour illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9571940-3-8
• $24.95 / £14.99
Aston Martin DBS • DBS V8 • AM V8 • Pow
Cars from the six-cylinder Aston Martin
DBS through to the Aston Martin Vantage
Volante of 1989 are covered including the
two prototype DBS cars 266 IR and 266 2L.
The four door Aston Martin Lagonda cars
produced for just two years from 1974 to
1976 and of which there are only seven
examples are also covered. Sir David
Brown’s prototype MP230/1 (JPP 5G) is
also covered. It also includes the unique
Aston Martin DBS Shooting Brake.
Race versions including RHAM-001 and
Earl’s Court Show Cars from 1981 and
1986 are included as well as Prince of
Wales specification Aston Martin Vantage
Volantes.
Colin Pitt
• 146 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 198 colour & b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9571940-2-1
• $39.95 / £24.99
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Aston Martin DB7 • DB9 • DBS
The role of the Aston Martin DB7 was
stated by Walter Hayes: “The DB7 was
meant to be what DB’s have always been:
a user-friendly gentleman and lady’s car
with a soft ride, but one that would hang
on like a leech, would drive very elegantly
if you wanted to take your daughter to
school, but would go like a bat out of hell
if you felt like it. We were interested in
providing the ingredient that Aston has
always provided, which is elegance and
fulfilment on the road.”
The Aston Martin DB7 Zagato and its
convertible counterpart the Aston Martin
DBAR1 are also covered.
Colin Pitt
The Aston Martin DB9 was the first car to
come out of Gaydon, and was designed
by Henrik Fisker, while the DBS was styled
by Marek Reichmen.
• 112 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 130 colour & b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9571940-5-2
• $25.95 / £14.99
Aston Martin Vantage • Vantage N24 • Vantage S
Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage Roadster was
unveiled on the 29th November 2006 at
the Los Angeles Show. The new Aston
Martin Vantage Roadster had the same
running gear as the V8 Vantage coupe
including its 380bhp 4.3 litre V8 engine.
This book looks at the Vantage Coupe,
Vantage Roadster, Vantage race cars and
the Vantage N24, the Prodrive Rally GT
Vantage as well as the latest Aston Martin
Vantage S.
Colin Pitt
• 80 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 68 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9576664-3-6
• $25.95 / £14.99
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ASton martin Vanquish
This book looks at both the first
generation Aston Martin Vanquish
and Vanquish S as well as the second
generation Aston Martin Vanquish.
Colin Pitt
• 64 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 99 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-910241-21-9
• $25.95 / £14.99
ASton martin zagato
This book looks at the various Zagatobodied Aston Martins that have been
made over the years. From the 1960’s
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato through to
the Aston Martin DB7 Zagato and the DB
AR 1, the 1980’s Aston Martin Vantage
Zagato in both coupe and convertible
forms and the latest V12 Aston Martin
Zagato.
Colin Pitt
• 80 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 99 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-910241-35-6
• $39.95 / £24.99
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Bentley Continental
From the R Type Bentley Continental
of the 1950’s, including the prototype
OLG 490, through to the latest Bentley
Continental GT V8 this is the definitive
history of Bentley Continental cars.
Detailed chassis numbers and engine
numbers are given for all cars from
the R type through to Series 3 Bentley
Continental models including specialbodied cars from Franay, Graber, H.J.
Mulliner, Hooper, Park Ward and James
Young.
Detailed specifications and production
numbers make this a must for the Bentley
Continental enthusiast.
Colin Pitt
The latest facelifted Bentley Continental
GT models are also covered along with
the Bentley Continental Supersports.
• 140 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 213 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-910241-28-8
• $39.95 / £24.99
jaguar XK8 • XKR • XKR-S
As well as looking at the Jaguar XK180
project car this book looks at both
generations of this car.
Jaguar XK8’s and XKR’s, coupes and
convertibles are all covered along with
production figures and specifications.
The latest Jaguar XKR-S is also featured
in this book.
Colin Pitt
• 64 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 99 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9576664-1-2
• $25.95 / £14.99
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Jensen Interceptor
From the original 1950’s Interceptor to
the car first seen at the October 1966
Earl’s Court Motor Show and designed by
Touring of Milan the Jensen Interceptor
was an instant success.
Taken to Vignale of Turin for production,
fully trimmed and painted bodyshells were
delivered from Italy for assembly at West
Bromwich initially.
This book looks at all the variants
including the sole surviving prototype
Jensen P66, the Jensen Interceptor
prototype EXP/115 (HEA ID), the Jensen
Interceptor Coupe and the latest
reinventions of the Jensen Interceptor S
and the Jensen Interceptor R.
Colin Pitt
• 112 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 154 b/w and colour illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9571940-9-0
• $25.95 / £14.99
Twin cam lotus cortina
The Ford Lotus Cortina, designated the
Type 28, was produced from 1963 to
1970. This book looks at these cars
including Jim Clark’s Lotus Cortina (550
VAR) and other significant cars. It also
looks at the twincam engine used in the
Lotus Cortina.
The Lotus Cortina Mark II Series 1 and
the Lotus Cortina Mark II Series 2 are also
featured and the differences between
them illustrated.
Colin Pitt
• 86 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 82 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9571940-8-3
• $25.95 / £14.99
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Lotus Elise • Exige • Evora • Evora S
This book covers the Lotus Elise, Exige
and Exige S models and Lotus Evora and
Evora S models.
Specifications and facts and figures on
these models are also included.
Colin Pitt
• 70 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 86 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9576664-6-7
• $25.95 / £14.99
Lotus Twin Cam Engine
This book looks at the Lotus Twin Cam
Engine used in the Lotus Cortina and
Lotus Elan. Famous cars such as Jim
Clark’s Lotus Elan and Lotus Cortina
and the IWR Elan race car are covered
as well as Weber Carburettors, Dellorto
Carburettors and Stromberg Carburettors.
Colin Pitt
• 96 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 113 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-910241-22-6
• $25.95 / £14.99
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Mercedes Benz SL (1971-2001)
The W107 series SL enjoyed one of the
longest production runs of any SL running
from 1971 to 1989 and this was largely
due to its solid build quality. Cars ranged
from the Mercedes Benz 280 SL to the
Mercedes Benz 560 SL that was for the
American market.
These cars were superseded in 1990 by
the W129 series SL when its production
run finally came to an end.
This books looks at both the W107 series
SL and the W129 series SL.
Colin Pitt
• 72 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 84 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9571940-4-5
• $25.95 / £14.99
Mercedes Benz SL (2002-2014)
This book covers the W230 series SL and
its successor the W231 series SL. Also
included are road and race versions of the
Mercedes Benz SLR-McLaren.
AMG versions of the Mercedes Benz SL
such as the SL55 AMG and SL63 AMG
are also covered.
Colin Pitt
• 80 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 125 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9576664-4-3
• $25.95 / £14.99
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Porsche 928
The Porsche 928 ran from 1979 through
to 1995. This book looks at all the
variants including the Porsche 928 GT, the
Porsche 928 and 928S and the Porsche
928 GTS.
Colin Pitt
• 64 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 120 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9576664-9-8
• $25.95 / £14.99
Porsche 904 • 906 • 907 • 908 • 910 • 936 • 956 • 962
This book looks at the racing cars
produced by Porsche from the Porsche
904 through to the Porsche 962. There
are detailed race results, specifications
and superb period photography
throughout this book.
Colin Pitt
• 90 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 68 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9576664-8-1
• $25.95 / £14.99
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Porsche 911Rs & RSR • 964rs • 993RS • 996RS • 997RS • 991RS
From the original Porsche 911R through
to the Porsche 997 GT3 RS and 997 GT2
RS this book looks at all the RS versions.
The Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7RS and
Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0RS are covered
as well as the very latest 991 Series GT3
RS.
Colin Pitt
• 120 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 152 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-910241-29-5
• $29.95 / £17.99
Porsche 993
The Porsche 993 was designed by Tony
Hatter and launched in 1994 and the 993
cabriolet was launched shortly afterwards
at the March 1994 Geneva Motor Show.
By February 1995 the Porsche 993 RS
had arrived and it came with bucket-style
race seats and three-piece magnesium
eighteen inch wheels.
This book looks at all the variants with
detailed chassis numbers and production
figures being given.
Colin Pitt
• 100 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 111 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9571940-0-7
• $25.95 / £14.99
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Porsche 997
The Porsche 997 first appeared in
2004. in its first year 1464 Porsche 997
Carrera’s were produced along with 1917
Carrera S models.
This book looks at all the variants
including the 997 Targa and Targa 4S,
the 997 Turbo and Turbo S, Carrera and
Carrera 4S, 997 GT3 RS and 997 GT2 RS
along with the Porsche 997 GTS.
Colin Pitt
• 90 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• 143 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-0-9576664-2-9
• $25.95 / £14.99
Porsche 911 GT2 and Gt3
From the first Porsche 993 GT2 through
to the latest Porsche 991 GT3 this book
looks at all the GT2 and GT3 models that
Porsche produced.
Colin Pitt
• 82 pages paperback
• 255 x 195mm
• 106 b/w and colour illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-910241-08-0
• $25.95 / £14.99
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rover k-series engine
This book contains a history of the
engines from the intial forming of the
design team to its merits and downfalls
with solutions to the most common
failures. It is a comprehensive guide to
rebuilding failed engines.
Des Hammill
• 140 pages softback
• 255 x 195mm
• ISBN 978-1-910241-27-1
• $39.95 / £24.99
Guide to the great siberian railway
Comprehensive and detailed description
of Russia, Manchuria and the Great
Siberian Railway. This is one of the best
books on the subject.
A. I. Dmitriev-Mámonov
• 520 pages softback
• 250 x 170mm
• 374 b/w illustrations
• ISBN 978-1-910241-00-4
• $104.95 / £70.00
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The story of the cape to cairo railway and River route Vol 1
Covers the story of the Cape to Cairo
Scheme, Memoirs of the Cape to
Cairo Pioneers, Eras of Transport, The
Romance of the Route, Financial Aspects
of the Route, How Diamonds and Gold
influenced the Northern Extension of the
Route, as well as the life and work of Cecil
John Rhodes.
Leo Weinthal
• 727 pages paperback
• 290 x 200mm
• ISBN 978-1-910241-23-3
• $115.95 / £80.00
The story of the cape to cairo railway and river route vol 2
Covers the Southern Railway Section,
The Rhodesian Railways, The Great
Zambezi Bridge, The Victoria Falls, The
Kafue River Bridge, The Kafue River
Valley, The Northern Express, Bukama
to Stanleyville, The Congo Railways and
Steamer Services, The Lever Interests,
Kinshasa and Stanley Pool, Boma, The
Birth of the Nile, Jinja to Nimule, Lake
Albert to GondoKoro, Fighting Floating
Islands on the Nile, The Upper Nile Valley,
Uganda to the Sudan Frontier, The Great
Sudd Region, At Khartoum, The Railway
System of the Sudan, The Sudan Military
Railways, The Grandeur of Abu Simbel,
The Nile Delta, and the Suez Canal.
Leo Weinthal
• 510 pages paperback
• 290 x 200mm
• ISBN 978-1-910241-24-0
• $115.95 / £80.00
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The story of the cape to cairo railway and river route vol 3
Covers Alternative Routes in the Equatorial
Zone, The Ribs of the Iron Spine, The
Natives along the Route, Wild Game on
the Route, and The Trail of the Ancients
along the Route.
Leo Weinthal
• 454 pages paperback
• 290 x 200mm
• ISBN 978-1-910241-25-7
• $115.95 / £80.00
The story of the cape to cairo railway and river route vol 4
This is the illustrated synopsis of the Cape
to Cairo Railway and River Route.
Leo Weinthal
• 50 pages paperback
• 290 x 200mm
• ISBN 978-1-910241-26-4
• $59.95 / £40.00
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The north eastern railway
Looks at the inception of the Stockton
& Darlington Railway, the formation and
opening of the Stockton & Darlington
Railway, The Railway in Operation, The
Beginning of Railway Competition, The
Linking of the Two Seas by Railway, The
Progress of the East Coast Route, The
Fall of George Hudson and the Great
Amalgamation, The Struggle for the
Cleveland Ironstone District, and Five
Years of Railway Construction.
W. W. Tomlinson
• 820 pages paperback
• 260 x 190mm
• ISBN 978-1-910241-12-7
• $104.95 / £70.00
The Earl of Elgin’s mission to China and Japan Vol 1
Lord Elgin was a British Statesman sent to
the Far East from 1857 to 1859 to assert
British power after China had seized the
British vessel ‘Arrow’.
Laurence Oliphant
• 492 pages paperback
• 220 x 140mm
• ISBN 978-1-910241-30-1
• $64.95 / £45.00
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The Earl of Elgin’s mission to China and Japan Vol 2
Lord Elgin negotiated a Treaty favourable
to British interests but on returning to
England found the Chinese Emporer had
refused to ratify the Treaty. Elgin was
despatched to China again and the Treaty
eventually ratified.
Laurence Oliphant
• 492 pages paperback
• 220 x 140mm
• ISBN 978-1-910241-31-8
• $64.95 / £45.00
The Tinguian
Social religious and economic life of a Philippine tribe
A look at the social, religious and
economic life of a Philippine tribe
including birth, childhood, engagement
and marriage, death and burial,
ceremonies, warfare, hunting and fishing,
products of industry and music.
Fay-Cooper Cole
• 493 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-32-5
• $59.95 / £40.00
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The American occupation of the Philippines (1898 - 1912)
The book looks at Dewey and Aguinaldo,
Anderson and Aguinaldo, Merritt and
Aguinaldo, Otis and Aguinaldo, The
Wilcox-Sargent Trip, The Treaty of
Paris, The Iloilo Fiasco, Otis and the
War, MacArthur and the War, The Taft
Commission, Governor Taft, Governor
Wright, Governor Forbes, and the
Philippine Civil Service.
James H. Blount
• 664 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-33-2
• $74.95 / £50.00
The natives of africa
Covers the Tribes of South Africa, the
Tribes of Southern and Northern Rhodesia,
the Tribes of Nyasaland and Portuguese
East Africa, the Natives of the Congo
Basin, the Tribes of Angola, the Tribes of
Kenya of the Uganda Protectorate the
Tribes of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and
the Natives of Egypt and Nubia.
• 103 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-34-9
• $44.95 / £30.00
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The Grenadier guards Vol I
This is the history of the four active
battalions including the Reserve battalion.
By August 1915 there were four battalions
of Grenadiers on the Western Front.
Volume I takes the record of the four
battalions to the end of 1915.
Sir Frederick Ponsonby
• 378 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-15-8
• $59.95 / £40.00
The grenadier guards Volume II
Volume II takes the record of the four
battalions to the German Offensive of
March 1918.
Sir Frederick Ponsonby
• 383 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-16-5
• $59.95 / £40.00
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The grenadier guards Volume III
Volume III takes the record of the four
battalions to the armistice and onto the
division’s march into Germany.
Sir Frederick Ponsonby
• 352 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-17-2
• $59.95 / £40.00
Verner’s history and campaigns of the Rifle brigade
Vol 1 (1800 - 1809)
The Rifle Brigade was formed in 1800 by
detachments from various regiments as
the ‘Experimental Corps of Riflemen’ and
then the ‘Rifle Corps’.
The next nine years covered in this book
see the regiment serve in Copenhagen,
Germany, Mont Video, and the Peninsula.
Colonel Willoughby Verner
• 220 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-13-4
• $59.95 / £40.00
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Verner’s history and campaigns of the Rifle brigade
Vol 2 (1809 - 1813)
This book looks at the development of
rifle fire in the British Army between 1800
- 1815 and describes various European
Rifle Corps.
The main subject of this volume is The
Peninsula War.
Colonel Willoughby Verner
• 506 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-14-1
• $59.95 / £40.00
Coldstream guards 1914 - 1918 volume i
The Coldstream Guards had three
battalions in August 1914. The 1st
Battalion was in the 1st (Guards) Brigade,
1st Division. The 2nd and 3rd were in the
4th Guards Brigade, 2nd Division. When
war broke out a Reserve Battalion (the
4th) was formed.
Volume I takes the story to the end of the
Somme offensive.
Ross of Bladensburg
• 519 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-19-6
• $54.95 / £35.00
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Coldstream guards 1914 - 1918 volume iI
Volume II looks at the situation at the end
of 1916 after the Somme. It carries on to
the return of the Regiment to London in
March 1919.
Ross of Bladensburg
• 546 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-20-2
• $54.95 / £35.00
history of the royal irish rifles
In 1881 the 83rd (County of Dublin)
regiment linked to the 86th (Royal County
Down) Regiment of foot forming the 1st
and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Irish
Rifles. This is its history over the next 120
years.
Lieutenant-Colonel George
Brenton Laurie
• 540 pages paperback
• ISBN 978-1-910241-18-9
• $74.95 / £50.00
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