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Below you'll find a selective bibliography of titles which deserve a place in the collection of anyone who is interested in the fortunes of and/or models produced by BMC and its successors.

The emphasis here is firmly on books which provide authoritative accounts of either the company itself, the people who helped to shape it, or the development and production history of the models covered. Thus, such items as road test compilations, technical/maintenance manuals, sales brochures, periodicals and other ephemera are not included.

Please note that some titles may appear under more than one category.

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General interest

R  Title  Author Year ISBN no.
Click to read review The Cars of BMC Graham Robson 1987
1999		 0-947981-14-4
1-899870-41-5
Click to write review British Leyland Motor Corporation: Growth,
Constitution, Factories, Products		   1969  
Click to read review The Leyland Papers Graham Turner 1971 0-413-28020-9
Click to read review British Leyland: The Truth About the Cars Jeff Daniels 1980 0-85045-392-5
Click to read review Back From the Brink: An Apocalyptic Experience Michael Edwardes 1983
1984		 0-00-217074-4
0-330-28273-5
Click to write review Innovation and Management Control: Labour
Relations at BL Cars		 Paul Willman/Graham Winch 1985 0-52126-802-8
Click to write review Obituary for Austin Rover Karel Williams/John Williams 1987 0-56605-271-7
Click to read review The Breakdown of Austin Rover Karel Williams/John Williams/
Colin Haslam		 1987 0-85496-515-7
Click to read review Rover: The First Ninety Years - 1904-1994 Eric Dymock 1993 0-9518750-1-9
Click to read review Transforming Rover: Renewal Against the Odds -
1981-1994		 Alan Pilkington 1996 0-9513762-3-3
Click to read review Making Cars at Cowley: From Morris to Rover G Bardsley/S Laing 1999 0-7509-2097-1
Click to write review The Changing Faces of Cowley Works - Book One Carole Newbigging/Shatford/Williams ???? 1-89953-628-0
Click to write review We ain't going away! The Battle for Longbridge Carl Chinn/Stephen Dyson 2000 1-85858-174-5
Click to read review End of the Road: BMW and Rover - a Brand Too Far Andrew Lorenz/Chris Brady 2000 0-273653-00-8
Click to read review Men and Motors of 'The Austin' Barney Sharratt 2000 1-85960-671-7

Biographies/Autobiographies

R  Title  Author Year ISBN no.
Click to write review Lord Austin: The Man Z E Lambert/R J Wyatt 1968 0-283-35258-2
Click to write review Wheels to Fortune: The Life and Times of
Viscount Nuffield		 James Leasor 1954
2000		 n/a
0-75510-047-6
Click to write review The Life of Lord Nuffield PWS Andrews/Elizabeth Brunner 1955 0-63104-790-5
Click to write review William Morris, Viscount Nuffield RJ Overy 1976 0-900362-84-7
Click to write review Nuffield: A Biography Martin Adeney 1993 0-70905-123-9
Click to read review Auto-Architect: The Autobiography of Gerald Palmer Gerald Palmer 1998 0-9519423-6-0
Click to write review Alec Issigonis Andrew Nahum 1982 0-85072-172-5
Click to write review Donald Healey: My World of Cars Peter Garnier/Brian Healey 1989 0-85260-212-0
Click to write review Sir William Lyons: The Official Biography Philip Porter/Paul Skilleter 2001 1-85960-840-X
Click to read review The Paymaster: Geoffrey Robinson, Maxwell
and New Labour		 Tom Bower 2001 0-74320-689-4

Leyland Australia

R  Title  Author Year ISBN no.
Click to write review Mini Minor Down Under Pedr Davis 1989 0-947079-10-6
Click to write review Leyland P76: The Definitive Guide to Australia's
Most Controversial Car		 Hal Molony 2002 n/a

Motorsport

R  Title  Author Year ISBN no.
Click to read review The BMC/BL Competitions Department Bill Price 1998 1-859604-39-0
Click to write review Works Rally Mechanic: Tales of the BMC/BL Works
Rally Department 1955-1979		 Brian Moylan 1998 1-874105-97-9
Click to write review Works Wonders: Rallying and Racing with BMC,
Rootes and Chrysler		 Marcus Chambers 1995 0-947981-94-2
Click to write review Jaguar: The Sporting Heritage Paul Skilleter 2000 1-85227-889-7

Related topics

R  Title  Author Year ISBN no.
Click to write review British Car Factories from 1896 Paul Collins / Michael Stratton 1993 1-874105-04-9
Click to write review A-Z of British Coachbuilders: 1919-1960 Nick Walker 1997 1-870979-93-1
Click to read review Carbodies: The Complete Story Bill Munro 1998 1-86126-127-6
Click to write review Motoring in the 30s Graham Robson 1979 0-85059-365-4
Click to write review Roads to Oblivion: Triumphs and Tragedies of
British Car Makers, 1946-56		 Christopher Balfour 1996 1-870979-82-6
Click to read review Britain's Motor Industry: The First Hundred Years Nick Georgano/Nick Baldwin/
Anders Clausager/Jonathan Wood		 1995 1-85429-923-8

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