The Endless Quest for Speed ( 1st Series ) The Autocar Portfolio of Motor Racing

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The Endless Quest for Speed
( 1st Series )
The Autocar Portfolio of Motor Racing
published by Iliffe
folder containing 2 pages of text and 12 lithographic colour prints with small caption by the renowned artist F. Gordon Crosby.
Each print measures 12" x 10" and is suitable for framing.
These illustrations originally appeared in the Autocar magazine during the late 1920's but were then reissued by Iliffe as a set.
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No.1 Jenatzy Beating World's Speed Record in 1899,
No.2 Charrons First Success with Wheel-steerd Panhard in1898,
No.3 Fournier with Mors No. 4 in Paris-Berlin Race 1901 ,
No.4 Charles Jarrott with the famous "70" Panhard in 1902 ,
No.5 Thery winning the Gordon Bennett Race in 1905 ,
No. 6 Szisz's Renault in the First Grand Prix 1906,
No.7 Felice Nazzaro winning the Targa Florio 1907,
No. 8 S.F. Edge driving the Napier for 24 hours 1907,
No.9 Sir Algernon Guiness's famous "200" Darracq in 1908,
No.10 Lautenschlager's Mercedes in the 1908 Grand Prix,
No.11 Bablot's 3-litre Delage and Boillot's Peugeot in 1911,
No. 12 Boillot's 7 1/2 litre Peugeot and Bruce Brown's Fiat in 1912 French Grand Prix.
see my 2nd Series listing too