Mays Raymond (53 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth over boards w/ gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated jacket black on white has rubbed edges and corners w/ no paper loss. For additional description and/or photos please inquire. Contact number available at Homepage. B & W Drawings & Photos / Jacket design Vic Berris (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 1950 1st edition. 128pp. Good/Poor. Blue cloth boards, slightly bent, minor rubbing to edges/spine, minor patchy fading/browning. Contents clean and tight but for minor browning mainly yo endpapers. DW quite worn with some loss. B&W photos throughout. Some adverts. A comprehensive guide to British motor cars in production in 1950/51, with photographs of each. Sadly, few companies still exist and few cars are now produced in the UK. Includes adverts for British Aluminium, Langley Alloys, Tecalemit, Mond Nickel and Hiduminium etc. Scare in DW.…

Blue Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 306pp [roughly circular discoloration to front cover - ringstain?] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B&w plates (illustrator).

Paperback (G+) scruffy copy, gutter cracked; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1963). 8vo. 1st edition. Ownership signature to front pastedown. Toning and slight soiling to textblock edges with slight soiling to bottom edge bleeding slightly into f.f.e.p. and 1st few pages. Light wear, slight discoloration, and soiling along edges, forecorners, and slightly creased spine ends of gently rubbed boards. Faint, uneven toning to dust jacket verso. Slight bumping, wear, and faint toning to edges, forecorners, and spine ends of gently rubbed d.j. with slight bubbling to laminate along front joint. VG/VG. Author.…

Softbound. Condition: Very Good(2). Rare publication. Illustrated by: .

Sm octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to some gutters; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. Publisher's hardback in very good condition: firm and square, strong joints, just mildly rubbed. Complete with original dustjacket: slightly edge-worn and a little darkened, even so still showing well. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.…

Condition: Good. Softcover. 4to (26cm by 20cm), 48pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original colour-printed card wrappers. The contents are a little thumbed and tanned; overall, this book is in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Wear, tears, chipping and creasing to the corners and edges. Loss at the top and bottom of the spine. Internal Condition: A small and neat inscription on the front endpaper. The endpapers are slightly grubby, otherwise clean. Author/Editor: Mays, Raymond. Publisher: G. T. Foulis & Co Ltd. Year: 1952. Edition: Reprint. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 310. Keywords: motorsport, sport, motor-car racing. The book for sale is the one in the photo.…

Softbound. Condition: Very Good(2). A factual and well written record of the enthusiasm, the men, the money and the machines that have made up the mystique of the BRM. Illustrated by: .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Pan Paperback Edition / First Print (brought up to date for this edition). Paprback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 252pp. B/w photographs and illustrations. Not library copy, no creasing to spine, no inscriptions. (74/2).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very good clean copy with only one small mark to the first page. The jacket is in a protective sleeve. Raymond Mays and Peter Roberts' B.R.M. (1962) records the development of British Racing Motors from its formation after the Second World War through the early 1960s. The book describes the organisation of the team, the design and testing of its racing cars, and the events and personnel involved in its early Grand Prix campaigns. It includes period photographs and technical information.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Mays, Raymond and Peter Roberts. BRM. Brought up to date for this edition. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1964. First Pan edition. Paperback, VG. Illustrated card covers with light shelfwear, slightly grubby in places. Reading crease along the spine. Binding strong and tight. 253pp. + publisher notices; two sections of b/w plates. Pages lightly tanned, contents clean and bright. "The story of the world's most controversial, most viciously attacked racing car on its long career through crisis and failure to triumphant success" (from the cover description). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Inside story of the famous British Formula One team by it's founding father, Raymond Mays (himself a successful racing driver in the 20s,30s and 40s) The Initial car powered by a fiendishly complex supercharged 16 cylinder engine was enormously controversial and never performed to it's potential in top level events, almost sank the team but it was rescued by the wealthy Owen family who's industrial complex supported the following (more successful) designs culminating in the 1962 V8 powered car which won the world championship in the hands of Graham Hill - which is the point at which this book was published. 240 pages plus many black and white photographs.Paperback in very good condition but the glue in the bindings on these paperbacks tend to dry out and pages can and do come loose when the book is opened.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third Edition. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and worn, more pronounced to top and bottom of spine. Wrapper is now in a clear removable protective sleeve. Not price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrated. Bright and clean internally with very little wear. There are two small tape marks to front and rear end papers but no damage. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.…

Condition: Good. 1962. First Published. 240 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Excellent condition. Internal Condition: Slightly spotted on top edge, otherwise excellent condition. Author/Editor: Mays, Raymond; Roberts, Peter. Publisher: Cassell. Year: 1962. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 240. Keywords: Motor Racing, Silverstone, Grand Prix, BRM. The book for sale is the one in the photo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. reprint. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and sticker to ffep.

First edition, octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 240pp, illus, VG (some foxing & tanning to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some soiling to edges, 1cm closed tear to front upper edge).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. The BRM story told by two men at its very heart. From failure to the ultimate prize of the World Championship. The dustwrapper has loose fitted protection.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Printed Pages - 240. Illustrated - Black and White Photographs. Sellers Note - This is a heavy book 2Kgs therefore, the postal cost will be higher and tracked and signed for will be necessary. Please email for quote.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. Country & Sporting Publications, London, UK. Undated but c.1950. Soft cover magazine format. 48 pp. 260v215 mm (10¼"x8½") approx. Many B&W photos with colour on the covers. Contributors: Bob Gerard, Stirling Moss, Dennis May, Sydney Allard, Peter Clark. Condition: very good. Please see the photos of the actual item to assess its condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. SECOND PRINTING. CHIP & CLOSED TEARS TO AN UNCLIPPED DJ, FORE-EDGE BOTTOM DAMP STAIN, NOT AFFECTING TEXT.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Price Clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 135 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: Near Fine (no foxing, no darkening)/VG (price clipped). 1st/First Edition; 3rd/Third Printing. Beautifully illustrated with b/w photos throughout. "This book is produced in complete conformity with the authorized [war] economy standards."All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.97-192. Publisher's card wraps. Toned to edges, covers lightly rubbed. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Good clean firm interior, no usage marks or inscriptions but please note scattered foxing to prelim pages, contains numerous black and white photos, very good-plus clean firm boards; d/jacket has light shelf wear, rubs to top and lower edge but no nicks or tears and good appearance overall for the age, not price-clipped.…

Hardbound. Condition: Fine(1). The story of the B.R.M. First edition. With d/j Illustrated by: .

Condition: Used - Good. Good paperback. New edition. First Pan printing (Pan T10), brought up to date. B&W illustrations. Pages yellowed; cover a little worn, with crease in spine.