PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 2014 (1st EDITION). 2 VOLUME, LEATHERBOUND PUBLISHED WITHOUT DUSTJACKETS PRESENTED IN A LEATHER SLIPCASE. SIZE & # OF PAGES: 28. CM x 28CM x 7.5CM (SLIPCASE) – 836 PAGES COMBINED. YES – OF 1000 UN-NUMBERED EXAMPLES. PARKSIDE PUBLICATIONS SEATTLE – SIMON MOORE. VERY GOOD FOR AGE, GREAT FOR YEAR 8 OUT OF 10 – DUE TO AGE & STORAGE THERE ARE SOME LIGHT INDENTATIONS TO TOP EDGE OF THE FAUX-LEATHER COVER OF THE SLIP CASE AND A PIN HEAD SIZE WHITE DOT ON THE ENTRANCE TO THE CASE / FRONT EDGE. THE BOOKS THEMSELVES ARE AS NEW, ESSENTIALLY UNREAD. MOST SELLERS WOULD NOT DESCRIBE THIS IN SUCH DETAIL. THIS BOOK IS TWO VOLUMES WITH A SLIPCASE. EDITED AND DESIGNED BY MALCOLM S. THE THIRD BOOK IN SIMON MOORES ALFA ROMEO TRILOGY. SIMONS FIRST BOOK, THE IMMORTAL 2.9, COVERED THE FAMOUS 8C2900 MODELS OF THE LATE 1930S AND WON THE COVETED CUGNOT AWARD FROM THE SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIANS AS THE BEST AUTOMOTIVE BOOK OF 1986. THE 2.9 BOOK HAS SINCE BEEN COMPLETELY REWRITTEN AND A REVISED EDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN 2008. BOTH BOOKS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. SIMON STARTED THIS NEW BOOK WITH THE INTENTION OF COVERING JUST THE SINGLE SEATERS FROM 1931 TO 1940. HOWEVER, HE DISCOVERED SO MANY PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 1923 TO 1930 ERA THAT HE DECIDED TO COVER THOSE YEARS AS WELL. THE PUBLISHER THEN PERSUADED HIM TO EXPAND THE BOOK FURTHER TO COVER THE EXPLOITS OF THE TIPO 158/9 UP UNTIL ALFAS RETIREMENT FROM GRAND PRIX RACING IN 1951. THE PREWAR RACING HISTORY OF THE 158 CARS IN THE VOITURETTE CATEGORY IS COVERED IN DETAIL. THE POSTWAR PERIOD IS COVERED WITH A HUGE NUMBER OF PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS AND TECHNICAL NOTES RATHER THAN COVERING EACH RACE IN DETAIL WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN COVERED IN SEVERAL BOOKS. EACH CAR IS GIVEN A CHAPTER OF ITS OWN. THE CARS TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE USA (THREE RAN AT INDIANAPOLIS), BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. SOME RETAINED THEIR ORIGINAL ENGINES, DRIVE TRAIN AND SUSPENSION, BUT MANY WERE GIVEN ALTERNATIVE MOTIVE POWER ONE EVEN ACQUIRED A FORD V8 FOR DRAG RACING IN CALIFORNIA! — – – ——————————————- -. DELIVERED AND HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CARE. PLEASE VISIT OUR SHOP FOR MANY MORE MOTOR RACING & AUTOMOBILIA ITEMS. The item “THE MAGNIFICENT MONOPOSTOS ALFA ROMEO GRAND PRIX CARS BOOK SIMON MOORE P2 P3 8C” is in sale since Wednesday, June 16, 2021. This item is in the category “Books, Comics & Magazines\Books”. The seller is “cotswoldroadandrace” and is located in Bourton-on-the-Water. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Book Title: The Magnificent Monopostos
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Topic: Transport
- Format: Leather Bound
- Author: Simon Moore
- Publication Year: 2014
- Language: English
- Publisher: Parkside Publications
- Country: United Kingdom
- Subjects: Transport
- Brand: Alfa Romeo
- Special Attributes: Leather-bound
