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Clark, Jim.
At the Wheel.
Publisher:
Date of Publication: 1964
Stock Code: 11673
First Edition. Octavo, pp., 208. Monochrome photographic frontispiece and 8 double-sided photographic plates. Publisher’s racing green cloth with gilt titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket; teal upper edges. Slight soiling and foxing to page block edges. Two tears to the lower panel of dust-jacket has been repaired to verso with clear tape. Overall a very good copy in a good jacket. Champion Formula One racing driver Jim Clark’s autobiography, telling his rise to fame from the son of Scottish farmer to winning the World Championship. When Clark was killed in a racing accident in 1968, he had won more Grand Prix races and achieved more Grand Prix pole positions than any other driver. Clark is often voted England’s greatest racing driver, and for good reason. From the library of British Racing Driver Julian Sutton, who had raced against Clark. £200.00