A Passion For Speed George Abecassis Book Signed Special Klemantaski Edition Hwm
HAND-SIGNED COLLECTORS MOTOR RACING BOOK. TITLE: A PASSION FOR SPEED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE ABECCIS - KLEMANTASKI EDITION. SIGNED BY: DAVID ABECASSIS (AUTHOR).
PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 2010 (1st KLEMANTASKI EDITION). HARDBACK PUBLISHED WITHOUT DUST JACKET, PRESENTED IN A SLIPCASE. SIZE & # OF PAGES. 23CM x 30.5CM - 412 PAGES. PJ PUBLISHING - DAVID ABECCASIS.
SUPERB FOR AGE, GREAT FOR YEAR 8 OUT OF 10 - THE BOOK WAS TAKEN OUT OF ORIGINAL PUBLISHER SHRINK WRAPPING FOR THE FIRST TIME TO GET INFO & TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE SLIPCASE SHOWS A FEW LIGHT MARKS.THIS RARE ITEM IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE BOOK TITLED "A PASSION FOR SPEED - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE ABECASSIS". HOWEVER THIS IS THE SPECIAL KLEMANTASKI EDTION WHICH HAS BEEN HAND-SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND COMES COMPLETE WITH A SLIPCASE! A PASSION FOR SPEED BY DAVID ABECASSIS WILL SURELY COME TO BE REGARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST RESEARCHED, MOST DETAILED, AND BEST ILLUSTRATED MOTOR RACING BIOGRAPHIES OF RECENT YEARS.
IT IS A PERSONAL STORY OF PASSION, STRUGGLE AND COURAGE IN THE CONSTANT SHADOW OF DEATH, THE TALE OF MOTOR RACING WHEN THE MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE - THE STORY OF A MAN WHO SHOWED NO FEAR, ON THE TRACK, IN THE AIR AS A WW2 BOMBER PILOT, OR AS A POW. HIGHLY EVOCATIVE OF THE PERIOD FROM THE 1930S TO THE 1950S, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE ABECASSIS ARE BROUGHT VIVIDLY TO LIFE NOT ONLY BY UNPARALLELED ACCESS TO THE FAMILY ARCHIVES AND INTERVIEWS WITH ALL THE SURVIVING FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES OF GEORGE, BUT ALSO BY A PHOTOGRAPHIC FEAST. NO EXPENSE HAS BEEN SPARED TO BRING THE READER THE VERY BEST IN MOTOR RACING PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE MASTERS OF THE ART - 50 IMAGES BY KLEMANTASKI, 50 BY GEOFFREY GODDARD, 30 BY GUY GRIFFITHS, AND MANY OTHERS BY RODOLFO MAILANDER AND OTHER FINE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE DAY.
GEORGE ABECASSIS WAS ONE OF THE LAST OF THE AMATEUR DRIVERS WHOSE EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION TO THE SPORT MADE HIM A SEMI-PROFESSIONAL, AND WHOSE SUCCESSES AND EFFORTS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR MADE HIM A HOUSEHOLD NAME. HIS ACCOMPLISHED AND COURAGEOUS DRIVING OF HIS OWN CARS, SUCH AS ALTAS AND BUGATTIS, AND IN THE ASTON MARTIN, HWM AND AUSTIN HEALEY TEAMS, MADE HIM AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN BRITISH RACING IN ITS OWN RIGHT. DELIVERED AND HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CARE.
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