ISBN: 9780711033320 - racing colours: british racing green: v.1 (11 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. The jacket and boards are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 2008. 178pp. "In this dramatic first volume, leading experts of British motor racing reveal the amazing stories behind their successes and failures, the great classic endurance races and Grand Prix contests in which they dominated - or faced disaster. Motor racing, which has no equal in the ecstasy of victory and agony of defeat, comes vividly to life in these colorful pages." Small (0.5cm) closed tear to top of unclipped jacket spine and some rubbing to lower edge of jacket's rear cover. Both book and jacket are otherwise in excellent condition. All contents are tight and clean. There are no inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE: Heavyish book so a little extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 176 pages. The great cars, drivers and races from the top motor-sporting nations form th e theme of this spectacular new series of magnificently illustrated volumes. Eac h country boasts its bloodlines, companies, engineers, executives and enthusiast s whose powerful competitive spirit and dauntless courage drives them to dominat e in motor racing.In this dramatic first volume, leading experts of Briti sh motor racing reveal the amazing stories behind their successes and failures, the great classic endurance races and Grand Prix contests in which they dominate d - or faced disaster. Motor racing, which has no equal in the ecstasy of victor y and agony of defeat, comes vividly to life in the colorful pages of these magn ificent books.It took Britain a few years to get to grips with first-rank motor racing. Apart from Sunbeam's Grand Prix success in the 1920s, it had to b e content with the dramatic exploits of Bentley at Le Mans and in the next decad e with victories by MG, Austin, ERA, Aston Martin, Riley and Lagonda as well as star drivers Tim Birkin, Malcolm Campbell and Richard Seaman.Only after W orld War II, as David Venables so dramatically portrays, did Britain get the han g of Formula 1 racing. Once it did, there was no stopping British cars and drive rs. Momentous breakthroughs came in the 1950s with Connaught, Vanwall and BRM, f ollowed by the rear-engined revolution led by Cooper and Lotus. Engines from Cov entry Climax and then Cosworth sat behind great champions including Stirling Mos s, Mike Hawthorn, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, John Surtees and Jackie Stewart. Meanw hile Jaguar and Aston Martin flew the Union Jack with pride at Le Mans. A reborn Donington joined Goodwood, Silverstone and Brands Hatch as the UK's classic tra.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Pristine hardback copy in Fine jacket. Large, quarto sized book. BOOKS SENT IN DURABLE CARD MAILING BOXES.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. In very good condition with a very good dust jacket. Quick despatch and secure packaging from leading UK motoring book specialist.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over green boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 10¼" x 10" (1.5 kg); pp 176; Index; Bibliography; In the Racing Colours series; Includes: Race track plans; Colour profiles; Photographs, black-and-white and colour, within the text, with some full page; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #200331 ||.…

hardcover. Condizione: Fine.