Description: COLLECTORS MOTOR RACING BOOKTITLE: THE JOHN COBB STORYPUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 1953 (1st EDITION)LANGUAGE: ENGLISHCOVER TYPE: HARDBOUND PUBLISHED WITH DUST JACKETSIZE & # OF PAGES: 14.5CM x 22CM - 112 PAGESPUBLISHER & AUTHOR: FOULIS - S.C.H. DAVISCONDITION: SUPER FOR AGE, GREAT FOR YEAR, 8 OUT OF 10 - THIS EXAMPLE HAS A VERY CLEAN DUSTJACKET WHICH IS NOT SO COMMON WITH THIS PUBLICATION. AROUND THE EDGES ARE A FEW LIGHT CREASES AS EXPECTED. HOWEVER IT HAS NOW BEEN FITTED WITH A SPECIALIST REMOVABLE SLEEVE (FITTED IN THE IMAGES; HENSE SOME GLARE)Detailed Item Description:THE TRAGIC DEATH OF JOHN RHODES COBB WHILST ATTEMPTING THE WORLD'S WATER SPEED RECORD WAS THE END OF A LIFE DEVOTED AND GIVEN IN THE PURSUIT OF SPEED. FROM HIS EARLY BOYHOOD HE HAD BEEN FASCINATED BY SPEED AND, ALTHOUGH AS HE CAME TO MANHOOD HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN, HIS REAL INTEREST WAS ALWAYS IN CARS-FASTER AND FASTER MOTOR-CARS. BROOKLANDS WAS HIS BACKGROUND AND MANY WILL REMEMBER THE GREAT NAPIER RAILTON HURTLING ROUND THE TRACK.THEN AT SALT LAKE CITY WHERE HE TOOK THE 24-HOUR WORLD'S RECORD AND FINALLY THE LAND SPEED RECORD.MANY WHO DID NOT KNOW HIM THOUGHT HIM TO BE INARTICULATE AND TACITURN, BUT WHEN HE WAS CALLED UPON TO VOICE AN OPINION OR GIVE ADVICE ON CARS AND RACING, THEN HE COULD AND DID SPEAK WITH GREAT AUTHORITY.THIS IS THE GREAT STORY OF A GREAT MAN BY THE ONE BEST ABLE TO TELL IT FROM HIS OWN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAN AND HIS CARS.----------------------------------------------DELIVERED AND HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CAREWILL CONSIDER REASONABLE OFFERS AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS - WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMSPLEASE VISIT OUR SHOP FOR MANY MORE MOTOR RACING & AUTOMOBILIA ITEMSSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave
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Sport: Motor Sport
Type: Book
Period: 1950s
Motor Sport Type: Formula One
