Fisson P (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Translated from the Fench by Mervyn Savill, 191 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 20 x 13.5 cm. 188pp. Illustrated. Blue boards in dust jacket. Several pieces out of jacket. Stamp on front free endpaper. Some toning to the edges of the cloth. Originally published in France as Les Princes du Tumulte. Presumed first British edition with "First published in Great Britain, 1951" on copyright apge.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First English Language Edition. 188pp, bw ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket with several tears with tape repairs to reverse of jacket, price clipped, sticker shadow to front. Small bookseller label on front pastedown, light foxing. A "documentary novel" of Grand Prix motor racing following the Gordini team of Simcas during a recent summer. The fictional hero, Jean-Pierre L'Archange competes at Monte Carlo, Aix and Berne against rivals such as Sommer, Bira, Farin and Fangio. Originally published in French in 1950. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. blue cloth, silver lettering, 188 pp, cloth soiled, spine sunned, fore edge foxed, top and bottom edges soiled Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

In 16°, brossura originale, esemplare con doppia sovracoperta: la prima illustrata a 4 colori da Serge Cruez, La seconda, molto bella graficamente e sempre a 4 colori, reca al retro 8 ritratti di piloti: Ascari, Rosier, Fangio, Wimille, Bira, Chiron, De Grafferend e Sommer. Pp. 252 + 4 n.n., sono aggiunte 13 tavole fotografiche in nero tratte dal repertorio fotografico della collezione M.L. Rosenthal. Romanzo dalla trama veridica che si trasforma in un reportage romanzato dove verità e fantasia si mescolano e personaggi solo immaginati si relazionano con meccanici e piloti realmente esistiti come, oltre agli altri, Amedeo Gordini: Le Sorcier.…