Description: SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S BOOK OF FAMOUS MOTORISTS EDITED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL WRITTEN BY RONALD S. LYONS BLACKIE AND SON 1937 1st edition. 23 x 17 cm. 176 pp + b/w photo plates. HB/DJ “This racily written work covers the more sensational side of motoring history since the first appearance of cars on the roads until the present time. All the most celebrated figures in the motoring world appear in its pages; races, hill-climbs, hairbreadth escapes and tragedies all are described vividly and dramatically, while such essential technicalities as the young enthusiast insists upon are supplied with an expert's touch. It has 32 pages of illustrations from photographs”. CONTENTS FOREWORD BY SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL PIONEERS ON FOUR WHEELS THE LONDON TO BRIGHTON RUN THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF S. F. EDGE JARROTT OF THE NINE LIVES FUN WITH THE FAMOUS THE RACE TO DEATH! WHEN ROLLS MET ROYCE BROOKLANDS—ON RACE DAY A DAY WITH SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL TYRES FOR RECORD BREAKERS BRITAIN'S FREAK HILL CLIMB MOTORISTS WHO CRASHED! THRILLS ON BRITISH CIRCUITS DESPERATE RACERS ABROAD SPORTS CARS FOR SPORTSMEN EYSTON, RECORD BREAKER IN BABIES AND BIG CARS THESE CARS HAVE FAMOUS NAMES INDEX SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S BOOK OF FAMOUS MOTORISTS EDITED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL WRITTEN BY RONALD S. LYONS BLACKIE AND SON 1937 First edition. “This racily written work covers the more sensational side of motoring history since the first appearance of cars on the roads until the present time. All the most celebrated figures in the motoring world appear in its pages; races, hill-climbs, hairbreadth escapes and tragedies all are described vividly and dramatically, while such essential technicalities as the young enthusiast insists upon are supplied with an expert's touch. It has 32 pages of illustrations from photographs”. CONTENTS FOREWORD BY SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL PIONEERS ON FOUR WHEELS THE LONDON TO BRIGHTON RUN THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF S. F. EDGE JARROTT OF THE NINE LIVES FUN WITH THE FAMOUS THE RACE TO DEATH! WHEN ROLLS MET ROYCE BROOKLANDS—ON RACE DAY A DAY WITH SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL TYRES FOR RECORD BREAKERS BRITAIN'S FREAK HILL CLIMB MOTORISTS WHO CRASHED! THRILLS ON BRITISH CIRCUITS DESPERATE RACERS ABROAD SPORTS CARS FOR SPORTSMEN EYSTON, RECORD BREAKER IN BABIES AND BIG CARS THESE CARS HAVE FAMOUS NAMES INDEX 23 x 17 cm. 176 pp + b/w photo plates. Very good condition. Dust jacket worn and creased, with some loss and extensive archival tape repairs. Some light foxing to the page edges. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
Price: 13.99 GBP
Location: Carlisle
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Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Transport
Original/Facsimile: Original
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Year Printed: 1937
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