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THE CHEQUERED FLAG: 100 YEARS OF MOTOR RACING

by Ivan Rendall

Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st. 1993

Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. A unique, year by year reference of 100 years of international motor racing. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Foreword by Nigel Mansell. 400 pages including index.

Small mark to front board. Joints show signs of wear but tight and not split. Top edge of text block has a few small foxspots. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly faded to spine.

ISBN: 0297832204
Stock no. 629518

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • CHAPTER ONE 1894-1905: Pioneers, Sportsmen & Mr Gordon Bennett
  • CHAPTER TWO 1906-1914: Grand Prix, Brooklands & Building the Brickyard
  • CHAPTER THREE 1915-1918: Engines, Aeroplanes & Dirt Track Champions
  • CHAPTER FOUR 1919-1925: Superchargers, Single-seaters & Roaring Boards
  • CHAPTER FIVE 1926-1933: Red Cars, Blue Cars & the Wall Street Crash
  • CHAPTER SIX 1934-1941: Stock Cars, Silver Arrows & Vorsprung Durch Technik
  • CHAPTER SEVEN 1942-1949: Closedown, Rebirth & the Casaulties of War
  • CHAPTER EIGHT 1950-1958: Little Cars, Big Cars & World Champions
  • CHAPTER NINE 1959-1967: Evolution, Revolution & Engines in the Back
  • CHAPTER TEN 1968-1976: Cosworth, Wings & Freedom for All
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN 1977-1988: Turbos, Television & Plastic Roller-Skates
  • CHAPTER TWELVE 1989-1993: Safety, Sponsorship & the Price of Victory
  • Results
  • Glossary

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