Emanating from a thrilling and glamorous tradition comes Racing Style, a photographic representation of the Goodwood Revival, a motor car race of vehicles from the 40s, 50s and 60s.
The Goodwood Revival relives the glory days of the legendary Goodwood Motor Circuit, Britain s leading racing venue between 1948 and 1966, and host to contemporary racing of all kinds including Formula One. Racing Style brings us back to the tracks, as they once were, offering all the romance and excitement of original motorcar racing.
This edition celebrates Goodwood through the years with engaging and unusual photos. On each luminous page, the reader is invited to peek at details of the era, from the cockpits of bugattis to the competitors and spectators who dress in period clothing. Racing Style artistically captures all these special memories in a timeless edition devoted to beauty and movement.
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Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Good+/VG- Brown stamped boards with some wear, superficial scratching seen in certain light conditions. Denting along fore edge of front/rear boards. Bumping and creasing to front joints, with small tear to upper front joint. Affects a portion of hinge. Wear and mild wrinkling to rear joints; lower rear joint with very tiny tear. Wear to text block edges. Internally clean and unmarked. DJ, VG- general wear, scratching, wear to same areas as described to book. Edgewear., corner wear. Yellowing to margins of underside of jacket. Due to weight and size of book international orders cannot be accepted. Shelf 2E. Seller Inventory # 2047
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: VG. Chocolate brown stamped cloth, BW pictorial dust jacket, unpaginated, profusely illus. in BW; weighs 5 lbs. Presents these thematic photographs by South African-born British photographer Koto Bolofo (b. 1959). "A photographic tribute to the Goodwood Revival, which relives the glory days of the legendary Goodwood Motor Circuit, Britain's leading racing venue between 1948 and 1966. Nowadays, the Revival hosts contemporary racing of all kinds including Formula One, and invites sport's biggest names -- both past and present -- to put on their 1950s clothes and enjoy a weekend of action-packed racing. Inspired by this thrilling and glamorous tradition, Koto Bolofo's magical photographs celebrate the Goodwood spirit, bringing to life a time when drivers wore short-sleeve shirts and cotton trousers, and roared around tracks in glorious four-wheel drifts." (dj) With an introduction by Lord March. Otherwise, minimal text. The photographs -- many of them covering double-page spreads -- do the talking. Seller Inventory # 149152
Seller: Antiquariat Willi Braunert, München, Germany
4°, hardcover, dustjacket. unpaginated Very fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3000. Seller Inventory # 27032
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Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-2843236819