Scarce with such attributes

Carter, Bruce & Briggs, Raymond (Illus.) ~ Nuvolari And The Alfa Romeo : With A H/W Letter From Raymond Briggs Referring to An Alfa Romeo

Hamish Hamilton, London : 1968

The First UK printing published by Hamish Hamilton, London in 1968. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a little pushing at the spine ends and a tiny amount of rubbing to the corners. The WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped and is in Very Good+ condition. Some rubbing to the corners, spine and folds. Light edge-wear with a few small closed tears with two small tape repairs to the upper edge on the verso. Some rubbed areas in places. Slight fading of the colouring to the spine. The wraparound wrapper artwork remains very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Loosely inserted is a H/W letter ( on Fungus The Bogeyman headed notepaper) dated ’22.2.87’ from the illustrator: 'To Peter Marshall, Thanks for your interesting letter. No one has ever asked for those old books before! Herewith 2 of them. I went over to somewhere in Kent ( don’t ask me where) to draw the exact model of Alfa in the book. Someone was having it done up at cost of untold thousands. Actually sat in it !, All best, Raymond Briggs, 1987”' The recipient was an architect, an Italian car collector and an Alfa Romeo specialist / historian. A very good copy of the first title in the 'The true accounts of great events in human achievement' series. Profuse full colour and B/W illustrations throughout. An early Briggs title and very scarce with such attributes.