[Abingdon] : Motor Racing Publications Limited 1949. Second Edition London: G.T. Foulis & Co., Ltd. 7 Milford Lane, Strand. W.C.2., 1950. First Edition London : E. Grant Richards. 1907. First Edition
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A Record of Motor Racing. 1894 -1908
Large 4to, xii, 322 pp, profusely illustrated with photogravures and tables in text, publisher’s cloth and original dust jacket, preserved in a mylar sleeve, a very fine copy.
An extraordinary work by a 22-year old, first published in 1909, which was deemed sufficiently important and accurate for this second edition to be published under the authority of the Royal Automobile Club.
Grand Prix Racing Facts and Figures.
8vo, x, 238 pp, profusely illustrated with photographs mostly taken by the author, original cloth, dust wrapper with a small piece missing from lower spine and a tear without loss to rear panel, in a protective sleeve.
Pekin to Paris. An Account of Prince Borghese’s Journey Across Two Continents in a Motor-car. Translated by L.P. de Castelvecchio With an Introduction by Prince Borghese. With One Hundred Illustrations.
Royal 8vo, 645pp, portrait frontis., 98 illustrations on 62 plates, folding map, publishers’s pictorial cloth a little rubbed, inevitable faint foxing on title-page and some leaves, otherwise a very good copy.
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