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EDWARDS, ROBERT - Foreword by Martin Brundle : MANAGING A LEGEND: STIRLING MOSS,KEN GREGORY AND THE BRITISH RACING PARTNERSHIP

UK.SPARKFORD,YEOVIL,DEVON.G T FOULIS & COMPANY,1997.

ISBN 9780854299881.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but an unused brown+white illustrated bookplate,by John Sutcliffe - exclusively for the National Trust - pasted to top,right-hand corner of ffe,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj,with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - though some light superficial scoring/ indentations,but without too adversely affecting the bds beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain British Racing green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,8-368pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with dedication to it's recto,acknowledgements,illustrations list/table,foreword by Martin Brundle, author's note,author's preface,a prologue and 19 chapters,48pp contemporary b/w photographs in 6 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp64/73,pp104/112,pp144/152,pp216/225,pp256/265 and pp296/305 respectively,an epilogue,appendices(I+II), a biblio and an index,plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages. In late 1958,over an extremely expensive, unexpected and pleasant lunch,a young man was offered an extraordinary deal by a firm of financiers.It was simple.They would buy and equip a team of Formula One racing cars,and he would manage that team.The cars would be be known not by the manufacturer's,nor the team manager's name,but by the owners',who would, significantly,keep all the trophies.This is what happened. . . In a sport not wanting for extraordinary stories,the life and times of Ken Gregory offer a new insight into what has often been called the 'Golden Age' of motor racing. Gregory,from his early days in the forces in the last moments of the second world war,rose to become one of the pivotal characters of the sport in the 1950's and 1960's; he was a racing driver of no mean ability,played a key role in the development of both the Brands Hatch circuit and the British Racing and Sports Car Club,managed the affairs of Stirling Moss and Peter Collins,and was a founder of the organisation which became the first ever commercially sponsored Formula 1 team,the British Racing Partnership. Here,you will read about the birth of modern motor racing and its development into a form which is recognizable today, complete with its share of Byzantine politics. You will meet some extraordinay characters in these pages; not only the Moss family,but Peter Collins,Innes Ireland,Stuart Lewis-Evans,Ivor Bueb, Chris Bristow,Harry Schell and many others. From the early days of the 500 movement, through a few brave British efforts,some of them little more than garage-built specials,to a dependence upon foreign cars which taught much,to ultimate success,this is the story,through Ken Gregory's eyes,of the 'Golden Age' of motor racing. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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