Hays Rex (43 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. The MacMillan Co., New York, NY, 1957, Hardcover, 192 pages, [12] pages of illustrations, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 21 cm. First American Edition. EX-LIBRARY. Originally published in Great Britain in 1956. Good/ NO dust jacket. Library binding in red buckram with white spine lettering. Light scuffing and soiling to covers. Usual library markings, including bookplate, circulation pocket on front endpapers, stamps, stickers and library call numbers and other notations. Pages are otherwise lightly aged but unmarked. Traces the evolution and decline of the "litre" class in European Grand Prix motor racing from 1906 to 1956. Illustrated by the author, a respected motoring historian and model-maker, the book documents significant races, technological developments, and the shifting dominance of marques such as Fiat, Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, and Auto Union. A detailed account of the engineering and competitive spirit that shaped early motorsports.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, clean dj - from a private collection -.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First. The great races from 1906 to 1956 with 61 photos and 43 scale diagrams of cars. Fine copy with owners stamp on in side front cover and pencil marks on ffep.Good DJ with tears on spine and sunning on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 165pp, well-illustrated, hardcover, 8vo, bound in black cloth, gilt lettered, dust jacket very good and unclipped, book in very good condition with no markings or annotations, Macgibbon and Kee, London, 1958.

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Condition: Good. 1957. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Some illustrations carefully coloured. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1957. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Otherwise good overall readers copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. DJ has some edgewear, and minor discoloration to back cover. Book in great shape, spine and binding good, no marks, lightly read.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good copy with clean pages in chipped, stained dust jacket. First American edition. Writing in ink to front of dust jacket. Sm4to. Published in New York, 1957. 192 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Dust jacket, lightly edgeworn, small closed tear to top of spine, spot of chipping on front, lightly age-toned, unclipped; maroon cloth covered boards, corners sharp, lightly age-toned pages, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight. ; 8.10 x 5.12 x .12; 166 pages.

Hardbound. Condition: Fine(1). Previous owner stamp on inside cover. No d/j Illustrated by: .

Condition: Good. Boards have little wear. Content is clean with light toning. DJ has edge wear and loss to spine. Toning with some marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition, American issue. 8vo, 192 pages, red cloth 50 years of Grand Prix racing. With 61 photographs, and 43 scale diagrams ( by the author) of the cars.

first edition hardcover octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardbound. Condition: Fine(1). The authors own story of model making and motor racing. With d/j Illustrated by: .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Signed by previous owner. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small creases and edge worn. Slight tape marks on the first and last pages. Now protected in cellophane. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

HB. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean black cloth on boards, gilt title and light rubbed patches to front cover. Edges: foxing. Eps: light foxings. Just a few pages with light foxings. B/w illustrations and line drawings. One page with dog-eared to bottom fore corner. Binding is As New. 165p Dj: faint dusting of a little soiling, moderate rubbed wear and light few only foxings. Spine & flaps spines: head & foot with wear, small splits and chips. Price-cut to front flap foot.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by former owner A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are a bit marked and worn. Internally clean (a little foxing) and tightly bound. The ffep is missing. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hays was the Gerald Wingrove of his day, the master scratch-model maker who's creations were habitually used by motor clubs as trophies at the time - hence the title. The most famous now is probably the POMEROY MEMORIAL fought for every spring in a unique event at Silverstone. This book tells the tale of each model from ERA to Bentley, how it was built, and what the original car stood for, did and how it related to the trophy he created in it's likeness. Most unusual book and hard to describe satisfactorily! Very good condition book and jacket with some edge and corner wear and a small hole on the back cover/spine/hinge area , 165 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Unusual book about the master scratch-builder of model racing cars, Rex Hays who's work was used widely in the 1950s and 60s for motor club trophies and award. He also built slot cars and other such devices. This book goes through the process of desiging and building as well as the reason for the model and what became of it, using the following cars/awards as exmples of 'how it's done' : ERA Clun Trophy (ERA). Joe Fry Trophy (Freikasierwagen) , Two Bentley le Mans winners (1927 and 1930), Jaguar D Type presented to HRH Prince Charles, St John Horsfall Trophy (Aston Martin .Present for the former King of Iraq (Mercedes SSK) etc etc. Very good book and jacket but the jacket does have a bit of staining from tpe that had been put on the back and has leeched through a little.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Apart from the history of Gran Prix racing the author has provided 31 scale drawings, see scab for example. In addition to24 pages of photographs. Protected dustwrapper.

London, Macgibbon & Kee, 1958. 165 pp. Ills. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good. [135670].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st edn. ~Dustwrapper slightly edge-worn but unfaded and protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. No ownership marks. Light foxing to page edges. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Size: 175pp. Many plates and text illus.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded with small tape remnant to the bottom of the upper panel. Ex-School Library: Lending card evidence to the first blank; Library stamp to the last blank page; The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.8 kg); pp 165; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Black & white drawings; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #196909 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rex Hays (illustrator). 1st. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Two closed tears to front cover, and slight wear at edges but bright. Internal Condition: Clean and bright. Author/Editor: . Publisher: Cassell London. Year: 1964. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 74. Keywords: Motor Racing, Motor Sport, Grand Prix, Formula 1, Rex Hays. The book for sale is the one in the photo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Macgibbon & Kee, London, UK. 1st edition, 1958. Hardcover. 165 pp. 220x145 mm (8.75"x5.75") approx. B&W photos plus line drawings of the cars by Rex Hays. Condition: very good in very good unclipped dust jacket There is some foxing to the page edges. Please see the photos of the actual item to assess its condition.