Motor Racing and Record Breaking

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
B.T. Batsford Ltd, London.

BINDING
Orange cloth boards with blue lettering.

BOOK CONDITION
Boards are worn and faded at edges. Hinges a little weak but binding secure. Foxing and browning to block edges and outer leaves. Otherwise, printed pages and images remain mostly clear and little marked. 

DUST JACKET
In worn condition, with tearing, creasing and some pieces missing. General fading / discolouration and scratching. Price clipped. Preserved in removable book wrap.

EDITION
1935, first edition.

DESCRIPTION
A vivid account of the development of motor racing, and the parallel progress of speed record breaking. Illustrated throughout with 130 black and white photographs and a coloured frontispiece drawing by W. Gordon Crosby. 116 pp plus publishers list.