The Grand Prix Car: 1906-1939.

POMEROY, Laurence. Illustrated by L. C. Cresswell.

$975.00

Item Number: 139223

London: Motor Racing Publications Limited, 1949.

First edition of Pomeroy’s classic Grand Prix racing reference book. Quarto, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated by L. C. Cresswell. In good condition.

Pomeroy's The Grand Prix Car: 1906-1939 is a book written in three distinct sections. The first of these gives a summarized history of Gran Prix racing in 1906-39; the second paints a broad picture of engineering development in this period by describing seventeen typical Gran Prix cars, with specification lists which make it possible to compare their common characteristics; the third section provides a continuous historical narrative of technical change and relates engineering factors to road performance.