Mike Couper (16 results)

Hardback. Condition: Used - Good. Spine, binding and cover all fine. Contents clean, no inscription but tanning evenly throughout. Dustcover present, but fairly damaged and is a bonus. 180 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Hardcover published by The Sportsmans Book Club 1957, b/w photographs, VG TANNING TO PAGES in VG dust-jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. A good copy, lacking d/w. Some browning to page edges as is usual in this edition. A first-hand account of the early post-war Monte Carlo Rally drives. With a foreword by Raymond Baxter. 180pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Binding tight in and acceptable dust jacket. Light wear to the edges. Minor wear and tanning. Several small tears to the jacket. Some chips to the jacket. Black and white maps and photographs throughout. Clothbound in maroon with the title in gold gilt to the spine. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This book is an account, without technicalities, of Rallies to Monte Carlo that the author (Mike Couper) had participated in. The book also recalls the time and effort spent by the crew around him while also having fun along the way. Not only this but the books acts as a small tribute to all that have helped Couper over his long lived career of over 16 years from 1939 to 1955. The hardback book of 180 pages is in very good condition especially due to its' age but has no jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This book is an account, without technicalities, of Rallies to Monte Carlo that the author (Mike Couper) had participated in. The book also recalls the time and effort spent by the crew around him while also having fun along the way. Not only this but the books acts as a small tribute to all that have helped Couper over his long lived career of over 16 years from 1939 to 1955. The hardback book of 180 pages is in very good condition especially due to its' age but has no jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tan boards with black titling, very light soiling, no jacket, slight foxing to map endpapers, otherwise clean and square, no inscriptions. Lavishly illustrated in colour and b&w, 196pp. Author Mike Couper had raced at Brooklands between 1929¿1938 and in 1939 began his stint as a Monte Carlo rally driver. He was in the motor trade throughout his rallying years and before, starting in 1933 selling Bentley, Rolls-Royce, British Leyland and others (the firm still exists and many old rally mementos are on display in their showroom). In his Foreword ex-Spitfire pilot, longtime TV presenter and writer, and the BBC¿s motoring correspondent from 1950 to 1966 Raymond Baxter (d. 2006) who did the Monte 12 times, describes Couper as ¿happily married,¿ a ¿gentleman¿ and someone ¿whom a London cabby automatically calls ¿sir'." (Bill Wolf speedreaders.info).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First published 1956 stated. 6 x 8 3/4 Book; binding firm, mild bumping to bottom corners else boards straight and clean; minor soiling to top edge else text free of marks, appears barely read. Price clipped dust jacket has mild bumping and chipping with small paper loss to mostly spine and flap fold ends, three 1/4" and one 3/4" closed tears to top cover edges. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine. 1957. Sportsmans Book Club. Hard Cover. 8.5x5.5. 180pp. 34 b/w photos. Boards are clean and sharp with no spine lean, contents age-toned but clean and unmarked throughout. Dust Jacket is bright and unmarked.

Condition: Very Good. 8vo. pp 196. Very slight nicks at rear of dust jacket. Very good in very good complete dust wrapper. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Couper, Mike. Rallying to Monte Carlo / with a foreword by Raymond Baxter. London: The Sportsman's Book Club, 1957. Hardback, no dustjacket, VG. Red cloth; binding strong and tight. ix, 180pp., one section of b/w plates. Pages tanned to edges but contents clean and bright. "This book is an account, without technicalities, of rallies to Monte Carlo that I have done" (from the Preface). Mike Couper had raced at Brooklands between 1929 and 1938 and in 1939 began his stint as a Monte Carlo rally driver. He was in the motor trade throughout his rallying years and before, starting in 1933 selling Bentley, Rolls-Royce, British Leyland and others. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Rallying in style. Protected dustwrapper has small edge chip to rear pane,.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dustjacket present but torn and missing large sections, front sleeve clipped, boards very good and internally good.

8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and front endpaper map; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. 196 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional colour and black and white plates throughout. Front endpaper features a map of western europe, lightly foxed. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in brown cloth with blue titles on the spine. Lightly smudged and worn around the edges. Illustrated dustjacket in good condition with yellow and black titles.Worn around the edges with some chips and tears. Smudged on the back of the jacket. Some sticker residue on the front of the jacket. 1ST EDITION. PC. VG/G+. Book.