All But My Life: Face To Face With Ken W. Purdy.
by Moss, Stirling with Ken W. Purdy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: William Kember, 1963. First edition of the racing legend's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Sir Stirling Moss was a British former Formula One racing driver. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several categories of competition and has been described as "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship". In a seven-year span between 1955 and 1961 Moss finished as championship runner-up four times and third the other three.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138012
- Title
- All But My Life: Face To Face With Ken W. Purdy.
- Author
- Moss, Stirling with Ken W. Purdy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Kember
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- All But My Life First Edition, Stirling Moss First Edition Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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