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This website details our wide range of specialist book publications that Mortons Media publish.

We create these books by drawing upon the wealth of experience, skill and insight that only a major magazine publisher can offer - backed up by Europe's largest motorcycle image archive.

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Just published: TractorData: Fordson Major: Order now >>
Out now: Jaguar - 75 Years: More details >>
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TractorData: Fordson Major

132 Pages | Peter D Simpson | Order on-line £6.99

The Fordson Major Years - 1945 - 1964. Much has been written over the years on the Fordson Major tractor, but there has not been a definitive or near definitive book produced on the subject such as this for nearly 20 years.

The tractor enthusiast market has developed beyond all expectations from those very infant years, not really taking hold until the mid to late 1990s. Since the introduction of the Fordson Major tractors back in 1945, no other tractor or skid unit has been used for more purposes and by other manufacturers around the world than Ford's Major tractor and skid unit. Famous derivatives such as County, Roadless, Doe, Bray, Chaseside, Matbro, Muir Hill and many more are all mentioned in their own sections as well as the derivatives for overseas markets.

Due to the immense and diverse range of conversions based on the Fordson Major with some being one-offs while others were built in small numbers for specific purposes, not all will be covered as machines and records no longer exist, but due to the preservation movement, many have been saved for future generations. Tractor Data - The Fordson Major Years 1945 - 1964 will be something every enthusiast will want to buy and keep for future reference and be the first bookazine in the new Tractor Data series compiled by Peter D. Simpson in conjunction with Mortons Media.

• Also available in WH Smith stores

Jaguar - 75 Years

132 Pages | Written by François Prins | Order on-line £7.99

Jaguar: Celebrating 75 years of motoring passion.

The name Jaguar first came to prominence just before WWII when a new luxury sporting saloon from a small British manufacturer was unveiled at the Mayfair Hotel in London. However, the man behind the name had long had a vision that he would build an enterprise which would achieve worldwide recognition.
That man was William Lyons who started out making sidecars in Blackpool in the 1920s. By 1939 he had already established a specialist business that made exciting sporting motor cars. After the war he was to take the world by storm with a stunning series of sports cars from the XK 120 of 1948 to the E-Type in 1961.
In between came the Le Mans-winning C-and D-Types, which were unlike anything that Italy or Germany could produce, and which cemented Jaguar’s worldwide image as a manufacturer of successful sports cars.

* 132 page perfect bound A4 book
* The history of the Jaguar brand
* Stunning imagary and detailed facts
* In-depth articles on Jaguary from 1935 SS Jaguar Saloon to the 2010 XJ

• Also available in W H Smith
• Order secure on-line £7.99

Great Western Railway 175 Years

132 Pages | Robin Jones | Order on-line £7.99

175 Glorious years!

This comprehensive 132 page full colour, perfect bound 'bookazine' will be on sale from 5th July and celebrates the 175th anniversary of the founding of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Great Western Railway. Often dubbed God’s Wonderful Railway, editor Robin Jones celebrates all 175 years of the railway’s history in this new and exciting publication.
Feature articles include –
• Brunel and the broad gauge • The legendary exploit of City of Truro, the Castles and Kings, the Western Region and dieselisation • The end of British Railway’s steam and it’s rebirth as part of the preservation movement • Great traditions carried on by award-winning train operator First Great Western today • The superb re-enactment of ‘The Bristolian’ from Paddington to Bristol in April

• Also available in W H Smith

British Steam: Castles & Kings

132 Pages | Keith Langston | Order on-line £7.99

The year 2010 marks the 175th anniversary of the Great Western Railway. This publication pays homage to Charles Benjamin Collett who was certainly the GWR’s most prolific Chief Mechanical Engineer. Collett presided over the introduction of 15 new locomotive classes and eight rebuilds or additions to other designs, an incredible combined total of some 2589 steam locomotives.

An industry leader, historians have rightly commented that the GWR was in fact the most charismatic railway company always striving to provide its customers with the very best in comfort and punctuality, whilst doing so with panache and style. Its locomotive fleet was noted for its striking distinctive liveries, embracing a generous, but nevertheless tasteful use of copper embellishments.

The GWR and then BR/WR put both Castle and King class locomotives to good use and the types became loved and respected by railwaymen and enthusiasts alike.Thanks to the UK rail preservation movement in conjunction with private locomotive owners and organisations like the Great Western Society the charismatic Castle and exquisite King class designs can still be admired, with thankfully examples often to be seen in steam and even hauling trains on the national railway network. There are eight Castle class and three King class locomotives in preservation.

This British Steam GWR 175 special edition contains all the relevant facts and figures appertaining to Colletts four-cylinder 4-6-0 Castle & King class locomotives. In addition there are over 130 photographic images, the majority of which are published for the first time.

• Also available in WH Smith stores

British Steam: North of the Border

132 Pages | Keith Langston | Order on-line £7.99

The meticulous attention to detail and photographic prowess of David Anderson is well known by railway enthusiasts nationwide and this superb collection of archive images, all taken long before the digital age, will further enhance his reputation. There are no washed out ‘dodgy focus’ images in this collection only pristine sharp and in many cases unique pictures of Scotland’s steam railways at work. David travelled extensively throughout his native country during a period of the steam era he describes as the Golden Decade, 1955 to 1965.

• Order on-line today: £7.99 - inc p&p UK/Eire
• Also available in WH Smith stores

Encyclopaedia of classic motorcycles (Hardback book)

• Hardback 12" x 10" book - 420 pages
IN STOCK NOW! - Order on-line

This book is the culmination of hours of painstaking work by author Richard Rosenthal who has, over a number of years, developed a passion for old motorcycles.

The Encyclopaedia of Classic Motorcycles will become the definitive guide to classic motorcycles, from the very earliest attempts to motorise pedal cycles to the latest technology seen in more modern-day machinery.
It lists in alphabetical order all the machines you are ever likely to see from the dawn of two-wheeled power right up to the mid 1980’s.

• Visit our micro site for more details, introduction from the editor and the A-Z list of motorcycles marques covered in this title.

• This book is only available on-line, from our selected bike shows or from the VMCC