1957 Hardback 3rd Revised edition (original dates from the mid 1930s)
Editor SCH Davis (The Bentley-Boy and 1927 Le Mans winner )
Authors: John Cooper (Cooper cars) Norman Freeman (Dunlop)Walter Heynes & William Lyons(Jaguar) Stirling Moss, Harry Munday (Coventry Climax) Duke of Richmond & Gordon (Goodwood) Rudolf Ulenhault (Mercedes) John Wyer (Aston Martin ) Harry Weslake, Ken Wharton etc etc.
Superb technical study of motor racing in the late 50s with chapters by various trade personalities and team chiefs, racing drivers, designers and engineers, each discussing their area of expertise and how it had developed up to the time of writing - which was the dawn of the 'British era' in F1 with the new rear-engined Cooper-Climax as the dominant car.
140 photos, 316 pages
Good condition, quite well read but complete with slightly worn cover cloth and dinged corners (see image).
No jacket.
