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London; Motor Racing Publications Ltd., 1954., 1954. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto, pp. 25, [1]. 8 acetate diagram plates as called for, plus charts and illustrations within text. Publishers' olive green cloth with orange titles to upper board; green pictorial endpapers; unclipped green pictorial dust-jacket. Cover cloth lightly sunned to edge; ownership inscription to ffep dated 1956 otherwise contents clean. Several small tears to jacket edge (up to approx 1-inch) with associated creasing but without loss. A Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. History of the technical advances in design leading to the development of the B.R.M. engine and a tribute to it's contribution to British prestige in the field of engineering. Scarce in the fragile jacket.
V.16 The Story of the B.R.M. Engine by A.F. Rivers Fletcher - 1954
by A.F. Rivers Fletcher
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V.16 The Story of the B.R.M. Engine
by A.F. Rivers Fletcher
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Motor Racing Publications Ltd, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 25 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Colour illustrated plastic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding is shaky. Occasional thumb-marking present. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Dark rubbed mark to rear board.
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- Publisher Motor Racing Publications Ltd
- Date Published 1954
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V.16 The Story of the B.R.M. Engine.
by Fletcher, A.F. Rivers et al
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V.16 The Story of the B.R.M. Engine
by Fletcher A.F. Rivers and Others
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Rothley, Leicestershire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom: Motor Racing Publications Ltd, 1954. The technical story of the B.R.M. engine. First chapter is titled 'The B.R.M. project' written by Rivers Fletcher. This section has 8 film overlays which detail the V.16 engine construction. The second chapter is entitled 'The Background, Layout and Performance of the B.R.M engine' written by Laurence Pomeroy. The book itself is in very good condition.The dust jacket is in used condition with edgewear, creasing, small chips and some neatly repaired closed tears.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Used. 28 Pages + Overlays.
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