Auto Racing

London, England: Bookmarque Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 187051937X . B&W Illustrations; Signed, limited edition -- this is copy # 114 of 1000 copies. Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. Front cover of book has two small bumps which have left an indentation, but have not broken through to the cardboard underneath. Yellow paper covered boards have gilt lettering to the spine of the book. Text pages are clean & bright. Endpapers are a solid white color. Signed by the author Bernard Cowdrey on the title page with the limitation inked on the copyright page. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing. Bottom front flap joint of dust jacket has a two inch long semi-closed tear. Overall, a nice bright copy. "Following the success of his book Formula Junior Racing Cars... Bernard Cowdrey saw a need for a similar A-Z book on Grand Prix cars of 1961 to 1965, an era that would completely change the fortunes of British motor racing." ; Signed by Author . more information

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Tucson, AZ: AZTEX Corporation. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0894040057 . B&W Photographs; Spine ends & corners of book cover have extremely light bumping & rubbing. Black paper covered boards have silver gilt lettering to the spine and front cover of the book. Text pages are clean & bright (with the exception of a couple of finger marks here & there). Endpapers are a solid white color. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing. There are several beginning or small edge tears to the dust jacket edges (mostly to the spine ends and corners). The white dust jacket does have a bit of beginning ground-in dirt as well. Overall, a nice clean copy. "A gentle January breeze drifted in from the Halifax River and murmured along the hundred yards or so of porch on the south side of the Ormond Hotel. The porch formed a sort of promonade for guests of the sprawling frame, Victorian resort. A few strolled up and down the cyprus-planked veranda, but most sat in cane-bottomed rocking chairs, their attention focused on a newly-completed garage just up Granada Avenue toward the ocean. " Included is a foreword by Bill France, Sr the founder of NASCAR and with a salute by Bill Mitchell a former vice president of design at General Motors. . more information

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San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press. Very Good+. 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0891410759 . B&W Photographs; This edition is paperback. Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. There is some extremely light rubbing and edge wear to spine ends and edges of book cover. Text pages clean & bright. "This book, although it is concerned ostensibly with several different aspects of the most celebrated automobile race in the world, is personal in that it represents more than thirty years of reflection on and experience with what might be called the Indianapolis scene." . more information

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