Francis Beart. A Single Purpose
Sparkford, Haynes, 1978.
Small quarto, 208 pages with numerous illustrations.
Synthetic cloth; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly sunned, creased and torn with slight loss.
'Francis Beart ... prepared those wonderful apple-green Manx Nortons and AJS 7Rs that took the chequered-flag in so many of the great motorcycle races of the forties, fifties and early-sixties when the big single was dominant' (dustwrapper blurb). Provenance: Eddie Thomas, with his name written in ink on the front free endpaper. Thomas, who died in November 2017 at the age of 99, was a significant Australian motor racing identity, especially for his pioneering involvement with drag racing.
Item #100685
Price (AUD):
$150.00