The Magic of a Name.

£125 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

A history of how the Rolls Royce company came to be, and how its name is forever engraved on the mind. 8vo (22 x 15 cm); black and white collotype illustrations throughout, some minor spots or finger-soiling, otherwise very good internal condition; publisher's red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, original dust-jacket with a few small tears, notably the top upper joint and the top edge of the upper panel, some soiling and evidence of wear, ink stain to upper panel, spine faded and worn, housed in a solander case of modern quarter red morocco over red cloth board lined in gilt, spine in 6 compartments one-line gilt-panelled border, gilt ribs, gilt lettering, lightly abraded to rear panel, some very slight general signs of wear to extremities else good condition; 159pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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