Description

The MacMillan Co., New York, NY, 1957, Hardcover, 192 pages, [12] pages of illustrations, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 21 cm. First American Edition. EX-LIBRARY. Originally published in Great Britain in 1956. Good/ NO dust jacket. Library binding in red buckram with white spine lettering. Light scuffing and soiling to covers. Usual library markings, including bookplate, circulation pocket on front endpapers, stamps, stickers and library call numbers and other notations. Pages are otherwise lightly aged but unmarked. Traces the evolution and decline of the "litre" class in European Grand Prix motor racing from 1906 to 1956. Illustrated by the author, a respected motoring historian and model-maker, the book documents significant races, technological developments, and the shifting dominance of marques such as Fiat, Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, and Auto Union. A detailed account of the engineering and competitive spirit that shaped early motorsports.