PUBLISHING ACHIEVEMENTS

The Michael Sedgwick Trust has helped with a variety of publications including:

Armstrong Siddeley - The Post-War Cars by Robert Penn-Bradly
Automobiles Voisin by Pascal Courteault (English translation by Peter Hull)
A Zest for Life - The Story of Alexander Keiller by Lynda J Murray
Bean by Jonathan Wood
William Beardmore - Transport is the Thing by Ken Hurst
Britain's Motor Industry - The First 100 Years, editor Nick Georgano
Cars of the 1920s by Nick Baldwin
The Crystal Palace Racing Circuit by John Parfitt
The House of Gwynne by Ken Good
High Speed Diary - The Life and Times of Reginald Ellis Tongue by Reginald Tongue and Eric Dymock.
HRG - The sportsman's Ideal by Ian Dussek
The Humber Story 1868-1932 by A B Demaus and J C Tarring
Lanchester Volume One by C.S. Clark
Malvernia - The History of the Santler Car, published by the Michael Sedgwick Trust
MG Y-Type by John Lawson
Proprietary Engine Manufacturers by Nick Baldwin
Road Signs by Stuart Hands.
The Model Y Ford by Sam Roberts
The Singer Story by Kevin Atkinson
The Story of the Hampton Car by Trevor Picken
The Three-Wheelers Almanac by J C Graham (Australia)
Vauxhall 30-98 by Nic Portway

In Preparation

Austin 7 Works Racing Cars by Martin Eyre
Lanchester Volume Two by C S Clark
Petroleum Collectables by Mike Berry

Just Published

The House of Gwynne

(cars, pumps and aero engines 1849 - 1968) by Ken Good.
Published by Bookmarque £9.99
The Gwynne family business began in the 19th Century with the founding of the first Company for the manufacture of centrifugal pumps. A world-wide reputation for excellence developed. The First World War brought a request from Goverment to build Clerget rotary engines for the Sopwith Camel fleet; top secret reports on their success were received at the factory. After the war the redundant production plant needed a new use and thus the Alberts, then the lively Gwynne Eights and Tens joined the growing ranks of British made light cars. The book describes these products and the success and failures of the various Gwynne companies until the name dissapeared from the trading market in 1968.

High Speed Diary - The Life and Times of Reginald Ellis Tongue

Reggie Tongue was a fortunate young man in the 1930s able to indulge in his passion of competing with a wide variety of cars in several branches of motor sport. He will probably be best remembered for racing the ERA R11V and his 1939 4CL Maserati. He competed in many forms of competition, including the Alpine Trial, Le Mans, Shelsley Walsh, Brooklands and Donington. During the war he was a fighter pilot and later a test pilot for Rolls-Royce. After the war he drove a Mk 5 Jaguar in the 1951 Monte Carlo Rally and was one of the leading lights in the creation of Oulton Park.

Road Signs by Stuart Hands

Road signs are a specialist subject in which few people have taken an interest until recently but they are an important part of our motoring history and deserves to be more widely known. Stuart Hands covers a wide variety of signs including most of the warning signs as well as boundary signs and sign posts. Even though British governments have sought to regulate all aspects of traffic signage, some signs from bygone days can still be observed along Britain's highways today.

William Beardmore - Transport is the Thing by Ken Hurst

William Beardmore, the ambitious entrepreneur, summed up his peace time strategy after World War l with the simple sentence "Transport is the Thing". He planned on a large scale and built transport for land, sea and air, endlessly seeking partnerships and encouraging innovations. By expanding the business which began with his grandfather in 1815 Beardmore was destined to make a considerable impact on the history of Scottish engineering.

However, William Beardmore, the flawed visionary, lacked the technical knowledge to discriminate between genuine engineering advances and mechanical curiosities. Unable to delegate responsibility, serious mistakes were made. In the midst of a diminishing economy the Beardmore empire eventually collapsed. This book traces the growth of Beardmore's industrial empire, concentrating on its automotive achievements. It also includes the development of aero engines, motor cycles and airships. "Transport is the Thing" reveals the inside story of William Beardmore and the people who designed and built his pioneering products. This is a story of a remarkable man and his struggles and successes.

How We Helped in Their Publication

In some cases the Sedgwick Trust helped the publishers with a contribution towards the cost of publication. In others the Trust helped pay for an English translation of a worthy foreign language motoring book so that it could be appreciated by a wider audience. In another case photographs to illustrate an exceptional book were expensive to obtain from a commercial picture library. The Michael Sedgwick Trust paid the reproduction fees.

It is a condition of giving a grant for a publication that a suitably worded acknowledgment be given to the Michael Sedgwick Trust on the flyleaf of the book or in some other prominent position within the publication.

The Trust is happy to listen to any request fro help from an author, researcher or publisher.

The Michael Sedgwick Trust is able to give general advice on self-publishing. The following publisher, who is a motoring enthusiast and who specialises in short-run works on Genealogy is happy to work with an author to produce a limited number of a quality book: Tony Tingle, Wiltshire Associates, Hayes House, 6-8 Dyer Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2PF, United Kingdom. Tel: 44 (0) 1285 640485

Shorter Booklets

Realising that many aspects of research do not require a hardback book, the Michael Sedgwick Trust has entered into an agreement with Shire Publications of Princes Risborough (Shire Publications, Cromwell House, Church Street,Princess Risborough. Bucks. HP27 9AA). Shire publish softback books on over 400 different subjects including 60 different motoring titles. Now specialist manuscripts of 5,000 words with approximately 50 illustrations, can be considered for publication. Where the subject matter is such that only a limited print run is viable, the Michael Sedgwick Trust will contribute towards the cost.

Suggestions for other titles would be welcome. Selling at £3.50 Shire books offer exceptional value and besides being sold in many book shops, are to be found in nearly every museum shop in the country.