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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. LIGHT SHELF WEAR,CHIPPED JACKET,CLEAN INTERIOR,FIRM BINDING,COMPLETE RECORD OF 1968 SEASON.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The spine has been replaced. The boards are edge worn with scuffing and knocks along the edges. The binding is secure. Foxing on the early and late pages, not affecting text. Browned pages, this is due to age. No ink inscriptions or annotations. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Boards are edgeworn and taped.Internally clean.Well bound.Good copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This fine copy is bound in illustrated laminated boards, The dust wrapper is is also in fine condition and has been covered in clear removable protective film. The text block is unmarked, tight, white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The 1968 Formula One season was the 22nd season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing. It featured the 19th FIA World Championship, which commenced on 1 January 1968, and ended on 3 November after twelve races, and numerous non-championship races. Although they had failed to win the title in 1967, by the end of the season the Lotus 49 and the DFV engine were mature enough to make the Lotus team dominant again. For 1968 Lotus lost its exclusive right to use the DFV. McLaren built a new DFV-powered car and a new force appeared on the scene when Ken Tyrrell entered his own team using a Cosworth-powered car built by French aeronautics company Matra and driven by ex-BRM driver Jackie Stewart. Unsurprisingly the season-opening 1968 South African Grand Prix confirmed Lotus' superiority, with Jim Clark and Graham Hill finishing 1-2. It would be Clark's last win. On 7 April 1968 Clark, one of the most successful and popular drivers of all time, was killed at Hockenheim in West Germany at a non-championship Formula Two event. The Scotsman had gone off the track caused by what was believed to be a deflating rear tire; 90% of the Hockenheim circuit was made up of 2 long, slightly curving straights running through thick forests. And because there was no protection from the solid trees lining the circuit on both sides, Clark's Lotus smashed into a wall of trees, breaking the Scotsman's neck and killing him instantly; the car was totally destroyed. Ref OO 1. …