SPEED ADDICTS: GRAND PRIX RACING
Written by Mark Hughes
Published by Collins Willow
in 2005
ISBN: 0007212798
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SPEED ADDICTS: GRAND PRIX RACING
Written by Mark Hughes.
Stock no. 1825314
1st.
2005.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The complete and definitive illustrated book of Grand Prix motor racing. The history of the sport in the form of a human story about what makes the men in the cockpits want to race as they risk their lives in the unrelenting pursuit of excellence. Large format, oblong. Black cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour and b/w photos. 316 pages. ISBN: 0007212798. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A lovely copy.
Front cover
Contents
- "Racing is life. Everything else is just waiting"
- Bloody Heroes
- Get the Drift
- 1950s Timeline
- From Matadors to Test Pilots
- From Black-and-White to Colour
- How Do I Get Out of this Alive?
- Something in the Air
- 1960s Timeline
- War
- Slaves to the Rhythm
- 1980s Timeline
- Spiritual Thuggery
- Schuey Versus Newey
- 1990s-2000s Timeline
- Record-breakers or Ballbreakers?