ISBN: 9780790003023 - the golden era of new zealand motor racing (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Clean cream coloured cloth on boards with gilt titles. Sunning to spine and top edge of front cover and dustjacket. B/w illustrated eps. Nice clean contents. Generous b/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 389p Dj: one cm tear to bottom left front cover. 4vo-Quarto. Heavy book: 285 x215 mm /1.45 kg.…

Papered Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 29 cm, x, 389 pp, b&w photo illus, d/w. A lovely copy. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask regards postage.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with a pen inscription and a tiny hint of foxing to the closed page edges. The jacket has very minor light shelf wear. Motor Racing in New Zealand reached a peak during the years 1946 to 1976, the great years of Formula Libre, Formula Tasman and Formula 5000. It was truly a golden era. This book traces the development of motorsport through those years, beginning with the first true road race, run in 1933. Graham Vercoe tells the story of every race, and documents the rise and fall of every famous, and not so famous, name - cars such as Cooper, Bugatti, Lotus, and Maserati; drivers from the pioneering Ron Roycroft and George Smith to the legendary Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, Jack Brabham and Stirling Moss. Each race is described in detail - the drivers, the cars, the peculiarities of the track, and the running time of the race. For the true racing buff the engine type and chassis number of each car, lap times, weather and track conditions are all listed. …

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. 1st. Well illustrated history of motor racing in New Zealand from the 1930s to the 1970s. 389pp. VG clean copy in dust wrapper.