MOTO GUZZI: THE RACING STORY

by Walker, Mick

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Book description: Crowood Press, Marlborough, 2005.. 192 pp, large 8vo (9 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1861267355 Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs and drawings. "The story began when a Genoese shipping magnate donated the funds for his son and his business part. ner, Carlo Guzzi, to develop their first motorcycle. In these early days a works was established in the northern village of Mandello del Lario on the shores of Lake Como, and from it came some of the most astounding achievements in motorcycle rac. i n g history. The sheer breadth of design configuration of these bikes is incredible: horizontal singles, parallel twins, V-twins in both in-line and transverse layouts, 3-cylinders, 4-cylinders in both horizontal and in-line form, and, of course,. t he most amazing of all and still unmatched as the king of the Golden Age of Racing in the 1950s, the V8. This is also a story of personalities, including not only the founding fathers, but riders such as Stanley Woods, Ombono Tenni, Fergus Ande. rso n, Bruno Ruffo, Bill Lomas, Keith Campbell and Arthur Wheeler, plus engineers including Carlo Guzzi himself, Giulio Cesare Carcano, Umberto Todero, Antonio Micucci, Lino Tonti and John Wittner...." Bump to bottom corner of both boards, small sl. ight bu mp to bottom corner of approx. first 25 pages. Dust jacket has minor wear and very light wrinkling at top of spine and flap-folds, moderate wrinkling at bottom of flap-folds, minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good.

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