THE CHEQUERED FLAG: 100 YEARS OF MOTOR RACING. Hardcover - 1995

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Revised reprint.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995 (1993)* Publisher: Ted Smart.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated laminated boards, white title to spine and gilt title to face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Matching dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £30.00. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Dark green glossy end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 355 pp. text. xlv pp. list of race results & index at rear.* Description: Motor racing was born in France. On 22 July 1894, twenty-one ?horseless? carriages chased each other from Paris to Rouen along the public road. Officially it was a reliability trial, but that did not stop drivers racing. Count Jules de Dion ?won?, driving his steam car at 11 mph, only to be disqualified for taking a stoker, literally, a ?chauffeur?, to keep the engine going. The evolution of international motor racing, with its themes of individual competition and the pursuit of engineering excellence, is one of the great stories of the twentieth century. The Chequered Flag tells the story in full, as the sport celebrates its centenary.* A FINE copy of the 1st.thus with absolutely minimal wear.*