LAND SPEED RECORD
Written by Cyril Posthumus
Published by Osprey Publishing
in 1971
ISBN: 0850450373
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LAND SPEED RECORD
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1824595
1st.
1971.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A complete history of the record breaking cars from 39MPH to 600+ MPH. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0850450373. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and marked to rear panel.
LAND SPEED RECORD
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1817788
1st.
1971.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A complete history of the record breaking cars from 39MPH to 600+ MPH. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0850450373. Light browning to text block. Light damp staining & crinkling to top margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine with a couple of closed edge-tears, scuffed to rear panel.
Front cover
Contents
- 1. The beginnings
- 2. Road racers v. steam
- 3. America takes an interest
- 4. From road racers to 'Specials'
- 5. The endless quest for power
- 6. Sunbeams shine again
- 7. Parry Thomas and Babs
- 8. The age of monsters
- 9. America and Britain fight it out
- 10. The indefatigable Campbell
- 11. From sand to salt
- 12. The Eyston-Cobb duel
- 13. Exit the piston engine
- 14. Heartbreak corner
- 15. The great jet battle
- 16. Over 600 m.p.h.
- 17. The rocket age dawns
- 18. The unrecognised and the unlucky
- 19. The unconfirmed and the unsuccessful
- 20. The untried and the paper projects
- Where are they now?
- Graphic view of the rise in record-breaking speeds, 1898-1970
- Contrasts in specifications and costs