The Grand Prix Car: Volume One

London: Temple Press, August 1955. First edition. Revised Edition. Second impression. Hardcover. Full red cloth, with silver spine lettering. Good. A clean, sound copy with no dust jacket. Shelfwear to corners, some soiling, but internally unmarked and binding tight. Quarto, 267 pages. Profusely illustrated by L. C. Cresswell. Index, black and white photographs, cutaway diagrams, engineering charts, and multiple folding technical plates. "The Grand Prix Car Volume One" is Laurence Pomeroy's landmark technical chronicle of motor racing from 1906 to 1939. This revised edition deepens the analysis found in the original 1949 work, offering meticulous engineering insights into iconic pre-war racing cars Mercedes, Auto Union, Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Delage, and others. Pomeroy's engineering acumen is matched by Cresswell's astonishingly precise illustrations, making this volume a foundational reference for historians, restorers, and engineers.