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WATKINS, SUSAN - Foreword by Sir Frank Williams : BERNIE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF BERNIE ECCLESTONE

UK.YEOVIL,SOMERSET.HAYNES PUBLISHING,December 2010.

ISBN 9780857330338.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+tan lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and pristine; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate pale grey speckled endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-432pp [paginated] includes foreword by Sir Frank Williams,author's introduction,Pts I+II comprising 18 chapters,32pp contemporary biographical, autobiographical b/w+colour photographs,in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp1055, pp1767,pp2567 and pp3367 respectively, acknowledgements,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table. This is the story of a working-class man born with an almost infallible Midas touch. His genius for making money took him from a quiet upbringing in rural Suffolk to the world's stage.And he made the world his stage,taking the greatest show on earth - the Formula 1 World Championship - to almost every part of the globe. As a child,Bernie Ecclestone get up at five in the morning to deliver newspapers on two separate rounds,then collected cakes to resell at a profit in the school playground.In his early twenties he could swagger through London's tough cauldron of used car sales,Warren Street,where his swift,smart sales technique earned him the respect of the street's shrewdest dealers along with the nickname 'the Whippet'. This man,the ultimate risk-taker,learned how to combine his mastery of negotiation and political manoeuvre with his love of motor racing,shaping Formula 1 into the world's richest sport - and making himself one of Britain's richest citizens.His journey to power is a business story that ranks among the most amazing of modern times,the story of a charismatic man who would never give up,no matter what,and became one of the UK's most successful - and controversial - businessmen. This thoughtful biography by Susan Watkins,who has known Bernie as a friend for thirty years,paints a full picture of the complex billionaire who once told her 'I've hurt people'.As a Formula 1 insider, with privileged access to senior figures in the sport,she examines every aspect of Bernie's life and brings a wealth of insight and detail to a character still making headlines at the age of eighty. Please contact seller,because of the book's unpackaged weight (just under 1Kg), for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. q52.BIOGRAPHY.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 9780857330338.Ecclestone_Formula 1 World Championship_motor racing.Brands Hatch_ Nurburgring_Silverstone.FOCA_FICA.Lotus_ McLaren_Ferrari_Williams.Michael Schumacher _Jochen Rindt_Niki Lauda_Lewis Hamilton. Books new,used,signed,rare.

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