Steering-wheel papers

Cottenham, The Earl of.

Verlag: London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1932

Beschreibung

Cottenham, The Earl of. Steering-wheel papers. First edition. London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1932. Hardback, Good, no dustjacket. Blue cloth, bumped to corners, a little faded to spine, with white lettering to spine. Binding firm, slightly cocked forward. Small ownership signature to ffep. Foxing to half-title. ix, 243pp. Occasional foxing spots, otherwise contents clean and bright. This collection of newspaper articles and B.B.C. talks contains many helpful hints to the motorist, together with a fair proportion of matter of interest only to the historian. It seems rather late in the day, for example, to publish a talk broadcast in 1924 or a speech on the Road Traffic Bill made in 1929. Possibly the author believes that his views mature with age, for an article reprinted in this book which appeared in a daily newspaper on the morning of the Motor Show of 1929 is stated in a footnote to have been written in 1926. One of the more up--to-date B.B.C talks, describing the Motor Show of 1931, has a footnote saying that it 'was given at a time of national emergency and crisis, when a Socialist Government had been in power for two years.' Political propaganda seems rather out of place in a book of this sort, and is apt to make the reader suspect a patronising attitude even in the pages of genuinely useful advice which this book contains (Police Journal review). Mark Everard Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham (29 May 1903 19 July 1943) was an English peer, baronet, motor racing driver, member of the House of Lords, and MI5 officer. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1727185513493

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Steering-wheel papers

Verlag: London: Cassell and Company, Limited

Erscheinungsdatum: 1932

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition