MOTOR RACING AND RECORD BREAKING

First edition of one of the best of all motor racing books. Here is the story of the sport from its earliest days in the 1930s, when the glamour and excitement touched new heights and a cavalcade of daredevil drivers in sleek, powerful cars, tested the bounds of speed and skill. Captain George Eyston, in his Rolls Royce Thunderbolt, was the first man to break the 300mph barrier, setting a land speed record of 312mph in 1937 and on two later occasions. Packed with superb photographs of early Bugattis, Maseratis, Alfas and drivers (Moll, Caracciola, Lord Howe, Sir Henry Birkin, Freddie Dixon, Varzi, Chivron, von Struck)

First Edition. 8vo. xii + 116pp. 132 photographs, illustrated pastedowns. Original owner's name to half title-page. Orange cloth, sl rubbed. Comes with an extensive index to text and illlustrations. A good copy.

Date

1935

Publisher

Batsford

Author

George Edward Thomas EYSTON & Barré LYNDON

£12.00 (Code: 79986)

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