Bentley Old Number One Book Lb2332 1929 Le Mans 24 Hours Birkin Barnato Kidston

by Clare Hay

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img{max-width:100%} COLLECTOR'S MOTOR RACING BOOK TITLE: BENTLEY "OLD NUMBER ONE" PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 1999 (1st EDITION) LANGUAGE: ENGLISH COVER TYPE: HARDBOUND PUBLISHED WITH DUST JACKET SIZE & # OF PAGES: 20.5CM x 23.5CM - 96 PAGES PUBLISHER & AUTHOR: NUMBER ONE PRESS - MICHAEL HAY CONDITION: SUPER FOR AGE, GREAT FOR YEAR 7.5 OUT OF 10 - DUE TO AGE & STORAGE THE DUSTJACKET SHOWS SOME SURFACE GLAZING WEAR AND LIGHT CREASES AROUND THE EDGES; THEREFORE WE HAVE NOW FITTED IT WITH A SPECIALIST REMOVABLE SLEEVE (FITTED AFTER IMAGES WERE TAKEN). Detailed Item Description: BROOKLANDS, BELFAST, ULSTER, LE MANS: THE NAMES ARE A LITANY OF THE GREAT MOTOR RACING CIRCUITS OF THE 1920s AND 1930s, DOMINATED IN THAT PERIOD BY THE BIG GREEN BENTLEYS FROM CRICKLEWOOD. BENTLEYS PRODUCED CHARISMATIC CARS FOR CHARASMATIC DRIVERS: WOOLF BARNATO, TIM BIRKIN, DUDLEY BENJAFIELD, GLEN KIDSTON, JACK AND CLIVE DUNFEE, SAMMY DAVIS, CYTIL PAUL. AND OF THE CARS FIELDED BY BENTLEY MOTORS, ONE STANDS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST: "OLD NUMBER ONE" --------------------------------------------- MAIN CONTENTS INCLUDE: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION THE CONCEPTION THE 1929 RACING SEASON THE 1930 RACING SEASON BROOKLANDS - VICTORY & DISASTER HUBBARD VS Middlebridge Scimitar INDEX ---------------------------------------------- DELIVERED AND HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CARE WILL CONSIDER REASONABLE OFFERS AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS - WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS PLEASE VISIT OUR SH

• Publisher: Number One Press
• Year: 1929
• Condition: Very Good

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