The inclusion of details of publishers in this section does not constitute a recommendation by the MSMT. Please review the publishers carefully to ensure that they match your requirements and form your own views on their suitability for your needs.
Independent publisher of books on a rich variety of history and heritage, from local to international. Motoring subjects are many and varied from Alvis through Jowett to Yorkshire Motorsport, and from Aveling & Porter road rollers to Vincent HRD motorcycles.
Tel: 01453847800
BHP Publishing's goal is to produce high quality books on both car and motorcycle racing history. They are based in Fife and it is a matter of pride that all their books are designed and produced in Great Britain. So far, the majority of their publications have been biographies of drivers such as Steve South, Tom Pryce, Gerry Birrell, Jim Crawford and Roger Williamson. Other notable books have celebrated fifty years of the Formula Ford Festival and racing mechanic Derek Wild's autobiography.
Small publisher notable for books on the UK Kit Car and Specialist Sports Car companies with titles such as "Air Vice Marshal Don Bennett's Fairthorpe Cars", "Winds of Change: The Tornado Cars Story" and "Gilbern: A Dragon's Tale".
Tel: 01993775179
Official Publishers for British Motor Heritage Ltd and specialists in both reprints of manuals and collections of road tests and articles, including those from Road & Track.
Tel: 01932865051
US-based publishers of high-end automotive titles, often centred around motorsport. Subjects of recent books include several on Lotus, McLaren, Ferrari, Brabham, Porsche, Lamborghini and Healey.
Web: www.coteriepress.com
Publishers of motoring books on cars, commercial vehicles, buses and motorbikes. Subjects range from Allard and Bristol, through Ginetta and Jensen, to Vauxhall and Wooden-bodied vehicles.
Tel: 01672520320
Web: www.crowood.com
Publishers of a variety of motoring titles. Most recently "From Send to Syracuse The History of Connaught the Start of Britain's Grand Prix Dominance" by Duncan Rabagliati. Other titles have included "Morgan Maverick", Chris Lawrence's auto-biography and "Boy's Own Stuff! Early days at Silverstone and Snetterton", a photographic record.
Tel: 07773576010
Owner Bill Munro has published several books he has written about Taxis and more recently the Ferguson four wheel drive cars. Open to other automotive subjects and authors.
Tel: 07748782437
Publishers of motorsport titles. Recently published "Reid Railton - Man of Speed" by Karl Ludvigsen a multi-award winning book supported by the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust
Tel: 07769642373
Fonthill Media publishes high quality Military Interest, General & Local History, Aviation, Transport and Maritime books. Recent publications include the 2019 winner of the Michael Sedgwick Award, The All-British Marendaz Special by Graham Skillen.
Tel: 01453886959
Web: www.fonthill.media
Electric vehicles and green technology titles. Principal products are critiques and manuals for electric vehicles currently on the market.
Tel: 08438869586
Publishers of over a hundred motoring titles since 1999. The Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust supported "Wolseley - A very British Car" by Anders Clausager, a book that won several awards, and more recently, Freestone & Webb 1923-1958 The Story of a British Coachbuilder, and Herbert Austin's Heavy Twelve-Four.
Tel: 01409281990
The UK's largest dedicated history publisher, including many motoring titles. Giles Chapman, a trustee of the MSMT has written several books for their imprint including the series "Cars we loved in the 1950s" (and 1960s), another series "Lost Cars of the 40s & 50s" (and 70s) and "3 Million Miles in a Volvo and Other Curious Car Stories".
Tel: 01453883300
Publishers of Books and Magazines covering Aviation, Transport and Modelling. Most Transport titles are Bus-related but include others such as the Off-Road Survival Handbook
Tel: 01780755131
US-based publishers of library-orientated reference books. Recent titles include "American Cars 1953-1959", "Taming the Automobile - Early Regulation of Vehicles in America", "Wheels of Her Own - American Womwn and the Automobile 1893-1929" and "The Chandler Automobile".
Tel: 0018002532187
Publishers of motorsport titles in English, German and Italian, emphasis on rallying but also racing.
Tel: 004922039242570
Car, Motorbike and Cycling book publishers. Publishers of a number of books by the Late Graham Robson, a long-time Trustee of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust such as "Boreham: 40 Year Story of Ford's Motorsport Dream", "Talbot Sunbeam-Lotus", "Cars of the Rootes Group" and "The Mighty MGs - The Twin Cam, MGC, MGB V8 Stories".
Tel: 01926485278
Wholly-owned imprint of Fox Chapel Publishers International. Publishers of commercial vehicle and tractor titles covering all aspects, marque histories, manuals and practical use and personal experiences.
Tel: 07708508505
Web: www.oldpond.com
An independent publisher, motoring titles include "Morgan 100 Years" by Charles Morgan and Gregory Houston Bowden, "F1 Racing: The Ultimate Companion" and "F1 Confidential: Inside Stories from the World of Formula One".
Tel: 02077208643
Web: www.mombooks.com
Publishers of exclusive limited editions on the grand marques and motor racing
Tel: 02073713060
Web: www.palawan.co.uk
Publishers of a variety of history books including motoring titles such as "The Off-Road Survival Book" by John Carroll and "Discovering Lost Automobiles and Their Stories" by Michael Ware, former Curator of the National Motor Museum and Chairman Emeritus of The Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust.
Tel: 01226734222
Publishers of a wide range of motoring books, specialists in Jaguar related titles, founded and run by Paul Skilleter, a Trustee of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust
Tel: 01425612669
Publishers of several series of motoring books with an emphasis on competition cars
Tel: 01584781588
A small publisher founded in 2013, most books are on specials, kit, three-wheeler and micro cars by the founder, Chris Rees. The most recent publication is Encyclopaedia Britalicar, The Story of British Cars and Italian Design.
Publishers of a wide range of small books including many motoring titles. Past titles supported by the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust include "Proprietary Engines" by Nick Baldwin, a former founding trustee of the MSMT, along with the books "The Bean", "Registration Numbers" and "Road Signs".
Tel: 01865811332
Web: www.shirebooks.co.uk
Formed by David Beare to publish his own books, Stinkwheel have now widened their scope, publishing an English translation of Bernard Vermeylen's ADO16 book
Web: www.stinkwheel.co.uk
Publishers of bus, trolleybus and tram books
Tel: 01234790560
Web: www.strathwood.co.uk
Publishers principally of railway titles but willing to cover buses, trolleybuses and trams.
Tel: 0149708939
Unicorn has recently published "Louis Coatalen - Engineering Impresario of Humber, Sunbeam, Talbot and Darracq" by Oliver Heal, a book supported by the Michael Sedgwick Memorial TrustT
Tel: 01273812066
Publishers of a wide range of automotive books. An important gap in published history was filled by "The Book of the Standard Motor Company" by Graham Robson which was supported by the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust
Tel: 01305260068
Web: www.velocebooks.com
