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Fletcher, A.F. Rivers et al.
V.16 The Story of the B.R.M. Engine.
Publisher: Motor Racing Publications Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1954
Stock Code: 7049
FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto, pp. 25, [1]. 8 acetate diagram plates as called for, plus charts and illustrations within text. Publishers’ olive green cloth with orange titles to upper board; green pictorial endpapers; unclipped green pictorial dust-jacket. Cover cloth lightly sunned to edge; ownership inscription to ffep dated 1956 otherwise contents clean. Several small tears to jacket edge (up to approx 1-inch) with associated creasing but without loss. A Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. History of the technical advances in design leading to the development of the B.R.M. engine and a tribute to it’s contribution to British prestige in the field of engineering. Scarce in the fragile jacket. £40.00