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GRAND PRIX RACERS: PORTRAITS OF SPEED By Xavier Chimits Cenna
US $29.99
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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Hardcover
- Publication Name
- Motorbooks
- ISBN-10
- 0760334307
- ISBN
- 9780760334300
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
0760334307
ISBN-13
9780760334300
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63135641
Product Key Features
Book Title
Grand Prix Racers : Portraits of Speed
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Motor Sports, Automotive / History, Subjects & Themes / Sports, Automotive / Pictorial
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Sports & Recreation, Photography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
57.7 Oz
Item Length
11.8 in
Item Width
10.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-001070
Reviews
“How do they do it at the price? ..this superbly produced picturebook from the Cahier father-and-son team is a bargain in anyone’s language.� - Octane “The Cahier images are worth the price of the book alone and Chimit’s profiles are icing on the cake. A book for the library of any diehard grand prix racing aficionado.� - Jeff Allison, Prancing Horse, "How do they do it at the price? ..this superbly produced picturebook from the Cahier father-and-son team is a bargain in anyone's language." -Octane "The Cahier images are worth the price of the book alone and Chimit's profiles are icing on the cake. A book for the library of any diehard grand prix racing aficionado." - Jeff Allison,Prancing Horse , "What a spellbinding book this is! We could not put it down. This is a grand book which is a must even if you are not necessarily an F1 fan bout like to see what makes its characters tick." -Jaguar Magazine "Featuring portraits of 72 of F1's greatest drivers, from the 1950s to the present day, the book is a memorable journey through the camera lens." BurtonMail, "How do they do it at the price? ..this superbly produced picturebook from the Cahier father-and-son team is a bargain in anyone's language." - Octane "The Cahier images are worth the price of the book alone and Chimit's profiles are icing on the cake. A book for the library of any diehard grand prix racing aficionado." - Jeff Allison, Prancing Horse , "What a spellbinding book this is! We could not put it down. This is a grand book which is a must even if you are not necessarily an F1 fan bout like to see what makes its characters tick." - Jaguar Magazine "Featuring portraits of 72 of F1's greatest drivers, from the 1950s to the present day, the book is a memorable journey through the camera lens." Burton Mail, “What a spellbinding book this is! We could not put it down. This is a grand book which is a must even if you are not necessarily an F1 fan bout like to see what makes its characters tick.� - Jaguar Magazine “Featuring portraits of 72 of F1’s greatest drivers, from the 1950s to the present day, the book is a memorable journey through the camera lens.� – Burton Mail, "What a spellbinding book this is! We could not put it down. This is a grand book which is a must even if you are not necessarily an F1 fan bout like to see what makes its characters tick." - Jaguar Magazine "Featuring portraits of 72 of F1's greatest drivers, from the 1950s to the present day, the book is a memorable journey through the camera lens." - Burton Mail
Dewey Edition
22
Photographed by
Cahier, Paul-Henri, Cahier, Bernard
Dewey Decimal
779/.979672
Synopsis
Intimate portraits of 72 of Grand Prix racing's greatest drivers from the sports' greatest photographers, the father and son team of Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier., The heroes of Grand Prix racing--Fangio, Jim Clark, Phil Hill, Bruce McLaren, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, and Michael Schumacher, to name but a few--are familiar to F1 fans. But would their faces and feats be so well known if not for the extraordinary efforts of the photographers who have captured their images in legendary fashion'..This book gives readers a look at Grand Prix racing's top drivers by way of its top photographers, the father and son team of Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier. Bernard Cahier began shooting F1 in 1952. In the late 1960s, he was joined by his son. Their images, reproduced here in all their brilliance, capture some of the most memorable, even legendary, moments in the history of Grand Prix racing...These incomparable photographs comprise intimate portraits of seventy-two of the sports' greatest drivers from the 1950s through today. Beautifully printed in rich black and white, the pictures treat readers to an encounter with the legendary racers of the Grand Prix that is at once remarkably fresh and historically rich., The heroes of Grand Prix racing--Fangio, Jim Clark, Phil Hill, Bruce McLaren, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, and Michael Schumacher, to name but a few--are familiar to F1 fans. But would their faces and feats be so well known if not for the extraordinary efforts of the photographers who have captured their images in legendary fashion? This book gives readers a look at Grand Prix racing's top drivers by way of its top photographers, the father and son team of Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier. Bernard Cahier began shooting F1 in 1952. In the late 1960s, he was joined by his son. Their images, reproduced here in all their brilliance, capture some of the most memorable, even legendary, moments in the history of Grand Prix racing. These incomparable photographs comprise intimate portraits of seventy-two of the sports' greatest drivers from the 1950s through today. Beautifully printed in rich black and white, the pictures treat readers to an encounter with the legendary racers of the Grand Prix that is at once remarkably fresh and historically rich.
LC Classification Number
GV1029.12
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