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THREE VOLUME SET, IN DUSTWRAPPERS.

BODDY, W. ~ The Story of Brooklands. The World’s First Motor Course.

FIRST UK PRINTINGS. Grenville Publishing Company, Ltd., London: 1948-1950.

8vos., 3 vols; publisher's textured blue boards, lettreed in gilt to spines; in the unclipped pictorial dustwrappers (12/6 to front flaps) in yellow, green, and blue, respectively, each featuring photographs from the course; THE BOOKS with a little toning to text blocks, spots to edges and the odd corner crease; Foyles sticker to front paste down of Vol I; very good copies overall; THE DUSTWRAPPERS with some overall shelf wear and rubbing; creasing and nicking to spine tips and edges; occasionally reinforced with archival tape to the versos; still a very good, bright set. All of the wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival covers. FIRST UK EDITIONS. Scarce to find with the wrappers so bright.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good
JACKET: Very Good

£275

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