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Type 1 Books
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Cover | Title - Author - Publisher | Comments | ISBN |
Repair Manuals | |||
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1958 Beetle Volkswagen Workshop Manual |
Factory manual | |
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Beetle Bentley Manual 1979 |
Factory manual | 0-8376-0096-0 |
Volkswagen Owner's Service Manual Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications |
Includes information for Beetle, Ghia, and Type 2 | ||
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications |
1957 Edition | |
Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications |
1961 Edition | ||
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications |
1962 Edition | |
Volkswagen Service Manual Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications |
Good general repair manual for Beetle and Karmann Ghia | ||
Volkswagen Owner's Service Manual Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications |
Good general repair manual for Beetle and Karmann Ghia | ||
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Volkswagen Owners Handbook Floyd Clymer Floyd Clymer Publications |
9th Revised edition 1967 and earlier Bug and Ghia |
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Fix your Volkswagen Larry Johnson |
Good light repair manual for Beetle and Type 3 | ||
Fix your Volkswagen Jud Purvis |
1968 edition. Good general repair manual utilizing VW factory Line drawings and pictures including many split window era pictures and drawings. |
Library of Congress number 62-9724 | |
VW 1300 & 1500 Technical Manual Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1967 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia | ||
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VW 1300 & 1500 Technical Manual Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1967 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia | |
VW 1300 & 1500 Technical Manual Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1967 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia | ||
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Volkswagen Workshop Manual Scientific Publications Scientific Publications |
Covering series 1100, 1200, 1200A, 1300, 1500. Great Australian technical manual, many exploded diagrams. | |
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VW Beetle from 1968 P. Harris Intereurope Ltd |
1200, 1300, 1500, 1600 engines, covers Beetle, Karmann Ghia, and Type 181 | 901610-35-6 |
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Volkswagen 1200 & 1200A Intereurope Ltd |
From 1954 | |
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Volkswagen 1200 & 1200A Intereurope Ltd |
1964-1967 | |
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VW Workshop Manual Scientific Publications Scientific Publications |
Covers Beetles up to January 1959 | |
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VW Workshop Manual Scientific Publications Scientific Publications |
Covers Beetles up to January 1960 | |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook David Vincent Clymer Publications |
Revised 12th edition, includes 1970 and earlier models | |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications |
Revised 10th edition, includes 1968 and earlier models | |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications |
Revised 6th edition, includes 1964 and earlier models | |
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VW Repair and Tune-up Guide Chilton Book Company |
All models including Super Beetle 1949-1971 | 0-8019-5624-2 |
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Beetle Owners Workshop Manual Autobook 750 Kenneth Ball |
1954-67 Beetle 1200, 1200A, 1300, 1500, KG 1200, 1300, 1500 |
0 85147 133 1 |
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Volkswagen Service Manual Bentley Publishers |
Model Years 1966-1969, Beetle and Karmann Ghia. The official manual. | 0-8376-0416-8 |
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VW 1200 Owner's Service Manual Gute Fahrt magazine Verlag Delius+ Klasing & Co 1965 German 2nd print |
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P. Olyslager Motor Manuals |
1961 Edition | |
All About the Volkswagen Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Publications |
Copyright 1958, this is one of the best period Volkswagen books
ever published. Elfrink knew the Volkswagen
market and history, he is a good writer, easy to understand and
includes many pictures. The first hundred and thirty or
so pages are about the stock mechanical aspects of the car. The last
sixty pages list monthly changes to the Beetle. There
are about ten pages on
industrial engines, then a detailed high performance
section which includes a Dietz dual carburetor setup, Judson supercharger,
and ink on the Okrasa kit. The last section in the book covers
VW and Porsche powered aircraft. Review by Lind |
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Souping the Volkswagen Ford Clymer Publications |
Published in 1959 | |
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All About the Volkswagen Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1961 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia Good detailed repair manual utilizing VW factory Line drawings and pictures including several split window era pictures and drawings. Of note is a detailed repair section on split case and tunnel transmissions. |
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All About the Volkswagen Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1962 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia | |
All About the Volkswagen Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1964 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia | ||
The Volkswagen Inside Out compiled by Klaus Peter Heim Delius, Klasing, and Co. |
#3, copyright 1961. Collection of articles from "Gute Fahrt" Magazine | 150 070 20 | |
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"Beetle Owner's Survival Manual" by Jim Tyler Osprey Publishing, 2000. 143 Pages. |
Maintenance manual, restoration, etc.. | 1-85532-972-7 |
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VW-K�fer By Peter Kurze Delius Klasing, Germany 2003 |
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K�fer-Zeiten Edwin Baaske Deluis Klasing, Germany 2004 |
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VW Er la�ft und la�ft und la�ft... By J�rgen Schlegelmilch Heel, Germany 2004 |
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Die K�fer-Chronik By Bernd Wiersch Deluius Klasing, Germany 2005 |
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Mythos VW K�fer By Patrick Lesueur Heel, 2001 France |
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VW K�fer & New Beetle Von der Autolegende aum Desingnobjekt Meyers Lexikonverlag, Germany 1999 |
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Der K�fer Eine Dokumentation IV Motor Buch Verlag Germany 1998 |
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Sofort Helfer VW 1200/1300/1500 Kafer Karmann Ghia by Dieter Korp |
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Sofort Helfer 1500 (bis July '66)/1600 Variant/Karmann Ghia by Dieter Korp |
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Volkswagen 1300, 1300A, 1500 From 1965 By Russek |
0901610097 | |
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Bentley Manual Super Beetle, Beetle, and Karmann Ghia 1970-79 |
0837600960 | |
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VW Beetle from 1968 1200, 1300, 1302, 1302S, 1600US Special,
Karmann-Ghia 181 Cross Country Jeep Intereurope Workshop Manual 157 |
Workshop Manual for Volkswagen Beetle 1200, 1300, 1500, 1600 c.c
Engine -- including Karman Ghia and Type 181, From 1968 Compiled and written by P. Harris intereurope December 1971 |
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Clymer VW Beetle 1961-79 Shop Manual |
Clymer Publications Copyright 1979 5th edition, 3rd printing |
0-89287-144-X |
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Clymer VW Beetle 1961-79 Shop Manual |
Clymer Publications Copyright 1982 15th printing |
0-89287-144-X |
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Haynes Beetle & Ghia |
Copyright 2006 #96008 |
1-85010-729-7 |
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Haynes Beetle 70-74 |
Copyright 1989 #159 |
1-85696-645-2 |
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Caring for Your Volkswagen George Botond-Bolics |
Tancsics-Publishing, Budapest, 1969 TN-1288-6971 g (68.3724) 311 Pages, 266 illustrations Hungarian language |
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VW Kafer 1968 - t�l |
Korrekt Nyomdaipari Kft. Budapest 200 Pages Hungarian language |
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VW Bog�r Jav�t�s, Karbantart�s |
Autodata jav�t�si k�zik�nyv Mar�ti - Godai K�nyvkiad� Budapest, 1994 257 Pages Hungarian language |
963 85209 3 0 |
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VW Kafer all Modelle Jetzt Mache ich ihn Schneller |
Gert Hack, Dieter Korp Motorbuch Verlag,,Stuttgart 222 Pages |
3-87943-046-2 (117987) |
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Nuevo Manual del Volkswagen Reparacion Mantenimiento | Groupo Editorial Sayrols | |
Picture/Reference/History | |||
Der KDF Wagen von A bis Z Volkswagenwerk Berlin |
Ahead of it's time for printing quality. Submitted by Carlos Guzman |
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Beyond Expectation "The Volkswagen Story" by K.B. Hopfinger Marshell Press Limited, 3d edition, 1956 English, hardbound, 182 pages |
Excellent early VW book with detailed historical documentation. Many B&W photos. | ||
Baja Bugs H.P. Books |
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VW Beetle Cabriolet Keith Seume Bay View Books |
Picture book | ||
The Volkswagen Beetle David Hodges |
Picture book | ||
Volkswagen Beetle | Picture book | ||
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Volkswagen Guide Bill Carroll Sports Car Press |
History and owner tips | |
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The Little Red Volks L.C. Barringer, E. Hollingworth Southport Press, Inc. 1963 |
Children's story | |
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Battle for the Beetle Karl Ludvigsen Bentley Publishers |
"The untold story of the post-war battle for Adolf Hitler's gian Volkswagen Factory and the Porsche-designed car that became an icon for generations around the globe." | 0-8376-0071-5 |
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Bug Phil Patton Simon & Schuster |
"The Strange Mutations of the World's Most Famous Automobile" |
0-7432-0242-2 |
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Beetle: Chronicles of the People's Car Robin Read, editor Haynes Publishing Group |
Black & White picture book | 0-85429-649-2 |
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Beetle: VW's Little Giant Publications International, Ltd. |
Photographic history of the Beetle | 0-7853-3152-2 |
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"My Bug: For everyone who owned, loved or shared a VW Beetle...true
tales of the car that defined a generation" edited by Michael J.
Rosen Artisan-a division of Workman Publishing Company, 1999). 159 Pages. |
Hundreds of stories & photos submitted by Beetle owners. | 1-57965-135-6 |
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"Think Small: the story of those Volkswagen Ads" by Frank Rowsome,
Jr. The Stephen Greene Press, 1970. 128 Pages. |
Features the famous DDB (Doyle, Dane, Bernbach) VW ad campaign that began in 1959; illustrated with 42 ads. | 0-8289-0120-1 |
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"The Beetle: Celebration of the World's Favorite Car" by Keith Seume Thunder Bay Press, 2001. 416 Pages. |
Largely a picture book with technical specifications of VW Beetle models from the 1934 NSU Volksauto Prototype (from the Automuseum Wolfsburg collection) to the 1998 New Beetle. Some historical information as well. | 1-57145-565-5 |
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Typen Compass VW Personenwagen seit 1945 Band 1 by Halwart Schrader Joachim Kuch |
3613021056 | |
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Typen Compass VW Personenwagen seit 1945 Band 2 by Halwart Schrader Joachim Kuch |
3613021862 | |
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VW Beetle by Jonathan Wood |
1-899870-26-1 | |
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VW Kafer & Co. Fotoalbum 1938-78 by Walter Richter & Oliver Zinnkann |
393551736X | |
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Die Edel-Kafer by Bernd Wiersch |
978-3-7688-1971-8 | |
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VW Kafer einschliesslich Karmann-Ghia by Jonathan Wood |
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VW Kafer Cabrio 1949-80 Schrader-Motor-Chronik Series |
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Air-cooled Volkswagens By Colin Burnham |
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Volkswagens of the World by Simon Glen |
1903706939 | |
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Volkswagen Model History by Joachim Kuch |
1859606458 | |
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Das Grosse VW-Cabrio-Buch by Lars Dohmann & Jost Niemeier |
German language | 3-89365-315-5 |
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Volkswagen Cephesi 1933-1949 by Sencer Uneri |
Turkish language | 978-605-125-174-5 |
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VW Beetle Convertible Karmann-Ghia / Rometsch 1949 - 1980 Author : Walter Zeichner Schiffer Publishing Ltd. English version 1989 |
0-88740-168-6 | |
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VW Beetle Type 1 & The New Generation by William Boddy |
Osprey Expert Histories 141 Pages |
1 85532 885 2 |
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VW BEETLE by Clive Prew Smithmark Publishers Inc. 1993 Printed in Hong Kong |
Large Size, History & Color Picture Book | 0-8317-9169-1 |
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Custom Beetle by Mike Key Osprey Automotive 1994 Printed in Great Britain |
Color Picture / Owner's Book | 1-85532-463-6 |
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The 1949-1959 VW Beetle: Authenticity Series Bob Wilson Beeman Jorgensen, Inc. |
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0-929758-03-X |
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VW Beetle : The Car of the 20th Century Richard Copping Veloce Publishing |
1-901295-86-9 | |
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The Beetle : A comprehensive illustrated history of the world's most
popular car Keith Seume Lowe & B. Hould Publishers |
0-681-21-9947 | |
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A Classic Volkswagen Models & Toys Collection Book by Cem Cobanli |
A Classic Volkswagen Collection Book 336 pages 16.5x27 cm |
978-605-65007-0-1 |
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VW Beetle Restoration Handbook by Editors of VW Trends HP Books |
1-55788-342-4 | |
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Thinking Small by Andrea Hiott |
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Pensar del Pequino by Andrea Hiott |
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Little Book of the Beetle by John Stroud First published in UK in 2010 |
978-1-907803-05-5 | |
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Super Beetle Handbook HP Books First edition Jan 2006 |
978-1-55788-483-1 | |
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VW Beetle Specifications Guide 1949-1967 by James Richardson The Crowood Press |
978-1-861269-40-9 | |
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Volkswagen Beetle and Derivatives A National Motor Museum Trust book Author: Hans Otto Neubauer Published by Dalton Watson Ltd. 1979 144 pgs. |
Good Historical Info | 0 901564 419 |
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Volkswagen Beetle, Type 1, The Traditional Beetle Author: William Boddy Published by Osprey Publication Ltd., 1982 135 pgs. |
Good Historical Info | 0 85045 439 5 |
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Volkswagen Cars 1936 - 1956 - Road Tests Author: R.M. Clarke Published by Brooklands Books 66 pgs. |
Good Historical Info | 0 906589 738 |
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The VW Story Author : Jerry Sloniger Published by Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1980 216 pgs. |
Good Historical Info | 0 85059 441 3 |
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The VW Beetle Author: Robin Fry Published by David & Charles, 1980 208 pgs. |
Good Historical Info | 0 7153 7859 7 |
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Volksy The Little Yellow Car 1965 Helen Wing, Illustrated by Mary Jane Chase | Children's story book | |
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A Volkswagen-Sztori 1978 Author: Martin Jozsef |
History of the Volkswagen Hungarian Language |
96309 1342 9 |
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Karosserie Hebmuller Athour: Dieter Gunther and Walter Wolf Publisher: Delius Klasing Vlg GmbH |
German text Book about the history of the German Hebmuller automobile from 1889 to 1952. Lots of black and white pictures although most of the car pictures are pre-VW Hebmullers. |
3-9805832-5-2 |
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Kdf Tpe 60L 1941 Author: Ondfej Brom Publisher: Dipozitiv, Printed 2018, 352 pages |
In English and Czech Three KdF postcards were included with the book. Beautiful oversized book on the history and restoration of a 1941 Kdf Beetle (body #20). |
978-80-905571-2-3 |
VW Beetle by Paul Wagner Chartwell Books, 1994 English, hardbound, 80 pages |
Oversized book with historical details and lots of color pictures. | 0-7858-0022-0 | |
Still a Few Bugs by Garland Rush Coleopter Books, 1984 English, softbound |
Children's picture book. | 0-9613488-0-1 | |
Beetle Mania by Paul Wagner Longmeadow Press, 1995 English, hardbound, 80 pages |
681-10340-X | ||
Beetle Mania by Alessandro Pasi Thomas Dunne Press, 2000 English, hardbound, 144 pages |
Good historical information with lots of pictures. | 0-312-26524-7 | |
A Car called Beetle by William Stobbs The Bodley Head Ltd, 1976 English, hardbound, 30 pages |
Children's picture book and story about a VW beetle that was stolen by jewel thieves. | 0 370 111144 3 | |
Beetle Love by Delius Klasing. Publisher: Thorsten Elbrigmann, 2018 English (also available in German), 208 pages |
Excellent oversized book (11 3/4" x 11 3/4") with photos of vintage and modern VW beetles, stories and treasures from all over the world. Excellent pictures with high quality stock paper. | 978-667-11390-0 |
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