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This book features extraordinary images of motor racing which give a unique insight into this most dangerous and exhilarating of sports. Motor Racing The Golden Age is a unique collection of over 275 images from the last century of racing. Following the design, format and idea of the successful Football: The Golden Age , this book celebrates all aspects of the motor racing world - the drivers, the fans, the race tracks, the cars, the crashes and pit-stops. It goes further to look at the history behind motor racing - the hill climbs, rallies through cities and even the land speed records. Motor Racing: The Golden Age remembers when the cars were fast, the drivers were furious and the photographers the bravest men on the track - a true golden age of both sport and photography.

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This oversize book is a treasure trove of photographs gleaned from a variety of archival sources, all having car racing as their subject matter. The golden age to which the title refers is the period during which the art of car-racing photography stood at its dynamic finest: from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1970s. The black-and-white images offered in this album give intriguing aerial views of racetracks, informal snaps of famous drivers in action or in repose, a fun shot of drivers recuperating postrace at a Monte Carlo cafe, and several that capture loss-of-control accidents. Fast-paced action and fearless personalities leap from these pages. Introduced with spirit and style by world-renowned driver Jackie Stewart, this is a gripping book for car and sports enthusiasts. --

This oversize book is a treasure trove of photographs gleaned from a variety of archival sources, all having car racing as their subject matter. The golden age to which the title refers is the period during which the art of car-racing photography stood at its dynamic finest: from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1970s. The black-and-white images offered in this album give intriguing aerial views of racetracks, informal snaps of famous drivers in action or in repose, a fun shot of drivers recuperating postrace at a Monte Carlo cafe, and several that capture loss-of-control accidents. Fast-paced action and fearless personalities leap from these pages. Introduced with spirit and style by world-renowned driver Jackie Stewart, this is a gripping book for car and sports enthusiasts.--Booklist Brad Hooper

This oversize book is a treasure trove of photographs gleaned from a variety of archival sources, all having car racing as their subject matter. The golden age to which the title refers is the period during which the art of car-racing photography stood at its dynamic finest: from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1970s. The black-and-white images offered in this album give intriguing aerial views of racetracks, informal snaps of famous drivers in action or in repose, a fun shot of drivers recuperating postrace at a Monte Carlo cafe, and several that capture loss-of-control accidents. Fast-paced action and fearless personalities leap from these pages. Introduced with spirit and style by world-renowned driver Jackie Stewart, this is a gripping book for car and sports enthusiasts. -- <b>Booklist</b> <b>Brad Hooper</b>

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John Tennant has designed and art directed magazines for over 25 years. During that time he has worked for, among others, The Sunday Times Magazine, the Observer Magazine and the Daily Mail. He launched and edited the Sunday Herald Magazine in Australia and was Creative Director of the Daily Express from 1996-2000. This book combines two of his passions: sport and photography.

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