im on the look out for a lotus esprit s3 1986ish genuine lotus workshop manual ? any ideas or any for sale ?

Have you asked these guys?
http://www.lotus-books.com/html/esprit.html

Not sure how genuine you need or why.
They usually sell a decent copy at least.

Worth contacting them perhaps?

that seems great has any one purchased anything from them ?

me

do you know if the manuals are new prints or second hand ? sounds all good to me

Why not drop him an email and ask, there's an email contact address in the ordering section.

He seems to have a mixture of new and reprints. I'm not sure whether he sells secondhand.

The book I got was as advertised; a new b/w reprint with a colour cover. Lotus Seven: Restoration/Preparation/Maintenance by Tony Weale.

I don't know how he does it but mine is a well made, A4 size softback book. It looks properly published to me. If it was in a bookshop I'd say it was a new original copy.

let us know how you get on.
Dave