The Stainless Steel Carrot: An Auto Racing Odyssey -- Revisited
Language: English
Published by Brown Fox Books, Carpinteria, California, 2012
- Hardcover
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Carpinteria, California: Brown Fox Books, 2012. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($46.00). Condition of both book and jacket would be FINE but for a tiny bump to the bottom corner of the cover only -- NO pages are affected, i.e NO page creases. Square and tight. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom, if ever read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. We have only this one copy, but it is available now and ready to ship today from Henderson, Nevada. 2012. Second Edition with "a new 45-page chapter catching up with many of the people who made the BRE team successful. including John Morton, the team's number one driver who went on to race professionally for close to 40 years. This expanded edition includes 32 gloss pages with more than 150 photos -- many in color" -- quotes from the dust jacket. Bound in the original silver-stamped black leatherette, Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "The exploits of the BRE race team from 1970-72 were well chronicled in Sylvia Wilkinsons now legendary book from the period, The Stainless Steel Carrot. Long out of print and still highly sought after, Sylvia finally succumbed to pleas from fans of that era to reprint the book. She has done that, and consistent with her pursuit of excellence, Sylvia has updated the book to include: An additional 46 page chapter that catches up with the BRE team members today, finding out what they think now of the BRE then, and knowing what they know now, asking how they feel today about the era and how motorsports has changed. Numerous pages of additional photos, with quality captions, documenting John Mortons career after BRE The book, of course, contains the original text and photos plus the additions above, including more than 150 photos! (a nice mix of both color and black&white). The Stainless Steel Carrot shares, without prejudice, the trials and tribulations of the eras top race team." GoodReads rating: 4.27 stars. Second Edition, Expanded, w/150 photos. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 368pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…
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- Title
- The Stainless Steel Carrot: An Auto Racing Odyssey -- Revisited
- Author
- Wilkinson, Sylvia
- Publisher
- Brown Fox Books, Carpinteria, California
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Near Fine condition
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1888978155
- ISBN 13
- 9781888978155
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Edition
- Second Edition, Expanded, w/150 photos.
- Seller catalogs
- Cars / Automobiles / Motorcycles
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About the Author
She received a number of literary awards including the Sir Walter Raleigh Award twice -- in 1968 for A Killing Frost, and in 1978 for Shadow of the Mountain, a Eugene Saxton Grant, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the UNC Greensboro Alumnae Service Award, and a Mademoiselle Merit Award for Literature. She has published over two-dozen books ranging from novels for adults, non-fiction works and juvenile titles with automotive themes. She was a Motorsports Correspondent for AutoWeek and is currently a World Book Encyclopedia contributor on auto racing. She was an auto racing timer and scorer for many years for numerous drivers including Paul Newman, Al Unser Sr., Bobby Rahal and Keke Rosberg. In her spare time she rescues possums. Really.
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About Books [Genny and Michael Winne, proprietors, formerly of Parsippany, New Jersey) has been selling rare and out of print books since 1985. Besides book fairs and mail order catalogue, long-time collectors and dealers will remember our lengthy For Sale ads in the Antiquarian Bookman and similar magazines. Our inventory of more than 40,000 volumes is especially strong in the specialities listed, but contains fine books in a variety of other fields as well. Because most of our books are stored in protective boxes, rather than on shelves, they cannot be viewed as a whole. If you want to examine specific titles, please provide 24 hours notice and we will make them available for your inspection. Phone calls to (702) 750-2722 are welcome, but please only between the hours of 8am and 10pm, west coast time. Our phone is a landline that cannot receive texts.…
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