THE ENDLESS QUEST FOR SPEED: THE AUTOCAR PORTFOLIO OF MOTOR RACING SECOND SERIES
Written by S.C.H. Davis
Illustrated by F. Gordon-Crosby
Published by Iliffe & Sons Limited
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THE ENDLESS QUEST FOR SPEED: THE AUTOCAR PORTFOLIO OF MOTOR RACING SECOND SERIES
Written by S.C.H. Davis.
Illustrated by F. Gordon-Crosby.
Stock no. 1327822
Circa.
1935.
Softcover.
Large format.
Almost very good condition.
Volume 2 only. A portfolio of 12 colour plates of scenes from past grand prix races. Beige cardwraps. Large format. All plates are present, 3 of them are detached from staples but fairly sure they were never attached in the first instance. Staples are rusty. Covers are grubby and edge worn.
Front cover
Contents
- 13. Percy Lambert covers 100 miles in one hour in 1913
- 14. K. Lee Guinness in the 600-mmile Isle of Man Race
- 15. Lautenschlager and Boillot during the 1914 Grand Prix
- 16. Jimmy Murphy's Duesenberg at Le Mans in 1921
- 17. K. Lee Guinness's famous 12-cylinder Sunbeam
- 18. Felice Nazzaro in the 1922 Grand Prix
- 19. Sir Henry Segrave winning the 1923 Tours Grand Prix
- 20. Ascari's Alfa Romeo in the 1924 Grand Prix
- 21. Parry Thomas and Eldridge at Brooklands
- 22. A Lorraine-Dietrich refilling at night at Le Mans
- 23. Historic crash in the Le Mans 24-hour Race
- 24. Materassi in the 1927 Targa Florio