Grand Prix Racing 1906-1914

The first trade edition of this uncommon history of Grand Prix racing from 1906-1914, in the original vanishingly scarce slipcase. The first trade edition. Also published as a limited edition in the same year.In the publisher's original cloth with the vanishingly scarce pictorial slipcase.Illustrated throughout with numerous monochrome vignettes, full page and double page illustrations.The work was written by T. A. S. O. Mathieson and provide in depth history of the Grand Prix racing from 1906 to 1914 and the Grand Prix De L' Automobile Clube de France. This informative work discusses the origins of the Grand Prix and the years after, depicting the cars and racers. In the publisher's original cloth with the original slipcase. Externally lovely with only slight fading to the spine and slight marks. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. The slipcase is generally smart with a closed tear to the spine joints with tape repairs and sunning to the extremities. Near Fine.