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Fletcher Motoring Books

Fastest on Earth

Fastest on Earth

£275.00 GBP
£275.00 GBP
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Illustrated dust jacket depicting Thunderbolt land speed record car. Rear jacket panel carries photograph of Eyston at Bonneville after his 357.5 mph record of 16 September 1938. Laid in: handwritten letter from Captain Eyston on personal headed notepaper (Sleepers Hill House, Winchester), dated 11 November 1966, addressed "Dear Mr. Barron" and signed "George Eyston."

  • Author: Eyston, Captain G.E.T.
  • Publisher: John Miles, Publisher Ltd.
  • Place: London
  • Year: 1939
  • Edition: First edition
  • Physical: Octavo; illustrated pictorial dust jacket; 75 half-tone illustrations
  • Inscription: signed "George Eyston"
  • Condition: Good — dust jacket with edge wear; letter in good condition
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