Author: DAVIS, S.C.H.
Title: The John Cobb Story.
Description: London: G.T.Foulis & Co.Ltd, nd. (c.1953). 1st edition. Biography of John Rhodes Cobb, who tragically died whilst attempting the World's Water Speed Record in 1952. Cobb was always interested in speed and in faster and faster motor cars."Brooklands was his background and many will remember the great Napier Railton hurtling round the track. Then at Salt Lake City where he took the 24-hour World's Record and finally the Land Speed Record". Pp.112, black & white portrait photo frontispiece + 13 further photo illustrations, newspaper cuttings concerning the death of the author and owner's name to front free endpaper, small edge tear to margin of pp.101/102 (not affecting text). Blue cloth, sunning to base of spine edge. Dustwrapper edges worn and chipped. Scarce. G+/Good.

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