T.T. PIONEERS: EARLY CAR RACING IN THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Robert Kelly
Published by The Manx Experience
in 1996
ISBN: 1873120613
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- TRANSPORT
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- ISLE OF MAN
- HISTORY
T.T. PIONEERS: EARLY CAR RACING IN THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Robert Kelly.
Stock no. 1829003
1st.
1996.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The automobile of today owes much to what happened on a small island between 1904 and 1922. The challenge came in racing over the most testing course imaginable. Adventurous, exciting and testing days: an era of risk-taking over rutted, muddy roads that exposed the host island to condemnation as 'The Isle of Manslaughter.' Without them, the modern car would never have developed as fast as it did. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos throughout. 173 pages. ISBN: 1873120613. Spine & corners bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction Pages
- The Argument
- 1904 Gordon Bennett Trials
- 1905 Gordon Bennett Trials
- 1905 Tourist Trophy Race
- 1906 Tourist Trophy Race
- 1907 Tourist Trophy Race
- 1908 Tourist Trophy Race
- 1914 Tourist Trophy Race
- 1922 Tourist Trophy Race
- 1929-1992 Homecoming Hopes
- Acknowledgements