Prince Chula Siam (65 results)

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, second edition. Grey cloth lettered black to the spine, no jacket. Cloth lightly soiled, the binding remains tight and the contents clean and unmarked. Illustrated, 112pp.

Condition: Fair. 1948. Fourth edition. 183 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces strongly tanned and sunned. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Rear surface detached.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 4th Edition. Fourth edition. 184pp, plus some black and white plate illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Boards worn, faded around edges, rounded on corners and spine ends and very slightly cocked. Text block edges softened and spotted. Internally some mild tanning and spotting on few and last few pages. Previous owner's name neatly inked on front free endpaper. In a worn, torn and chapped dust jacket (not price clipped) with loss of lower half of backstrip and some toning. A classic motorsport biography by Prince Chula of Siam, manager of the White Mouse Stable racing team, of the racing life and career of the author's cousin, Price Birabongse (known as Prince Bira or B. Bira), focusing on the racing seasons in Europe in 1937 and 1938. Based in Hammersmith, London, the White Mouse team was founded as a dedicated platform to manage and promote B. Bira's racing career. 1937-1939 marked the height of B Bira's career - including wins at the Monaco Voiturette GP, Brooklands and Nürburgring: his performance resulted in three consecutive years of being awarded the British Racing Drivers' Club Road Racing Gold Star. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Classic reprint. Green leatherette boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Boards are generally in good order. No particular bumping to corners. Some edgewear. Spine is intact and bright with just a little mild bumping to ends. Foxing to the page edges. Some slight foxing to endpages. Textblock is in good condition, clean and tight. 112 pp + index. Green glazed paper dust jacket with yellow lettering to spine and front. Dj is in a good condition albeit with some mild creasing to the edges. Spine area is slightly faded. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 460g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 035464:13f) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 460 G. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. First edition. 176pp with sections of monochrome photo illustrations. Blue cloth, backstrip titled in yellow. Backstrip moderately faded, and a little inwards-curled at foot; single minor little spot-stain on front cover. No dust jacket. Fore-edge of text-block faintly toned and very sparsely spotted; fore-edges of a few leaves just a little unevenly cut, nothing too disfiguring. Clean and tight. Very Good copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Two seasons racing with B.BIRA 1939 and 1946. The protected dustwrapper has a couple of small tears to the bottom edge, see scan.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 4th Edition. Good tight copy, light wear & marks, remains of dust wrapper present, worn, torn & marked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. The dustwrapper is rubbed with discolouring, sticker pull to back, heavy edgewear with chips, rips and creasing's, has a clear protective cover. The red boards are lightly rubbed with some small white stains to back, signs of shelf wear, with some bumping to corners and spine ends with fading, with clear black lettering to the spine. Tanning and mild foxing to page edges, rips and crease to inside cover and FFEP to hinge, chip to bottom corner to page 53. The binding is firm. The pages appear clean and crease free with some tanning. This book has 176 pages. All in all a nice example of this book.…

Condition: Good. 1947. No Edition Stated. 175 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The clipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, tears and chips. Light tanning to spine and edges. Heavy loss to all parts of the dust jacket.…

good clean condition hardback. adhesion marks on front and rear paste-downs from protective covering. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information].

Hard Back. Classic Reprint. Being an account of one season of B Bira the racing motorist Bound in green faux leather with silver title to front board and spine matching green dustjacket price unclipped and in good condition with minor wear Pages throughout clean and bright with some black and white photographs pp 180. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd. the boards are scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings. one inscription. pages remain intact and legible. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards slightly bowed, betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Cloth. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Written to hold the memories of B Biras first year as a racing motorist under his cousins management Bound in cream cloth Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs Overall this book is in very good condition The pages are clean and bright and the boards are undamaged with little to no fading pp 112nbsp. book.…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good(2). Blue and yellow, the racing colours of the Siamese Automobile Racing Club, describes Bira s racing experiences, his triumphs and his failures, during the two seasons 1939 and 1946. Illustrated by: .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. good +. Second edition. Prince Chula was a prominent motor racing team owner in the 1930's. He managed the White Mouse Racing Team and directed and funded his cousin Prince Bira. Tight binding. Red coverboards. Black and white photos. Dust jacket is not clipped and has chips, tears and soiling. Some foxing to page edges. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 176 pp.…

FOURTH EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 183pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, sl fading to board edges, light to moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeplight tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Printed for private circulation only. Rare first edition. Well illustrated' 135 pages. For mt full ABE motoring listing, [lease see RobinPeake/MotoringLiterature/ABEBOOKS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Classic Reprint (first edition 1937, second edition 1946). Hardback copy in faux green leather boards with silver gilt lettering to front and spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 176pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (47/5).…

Condition: Good. Second edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), 176pp. 26 plates. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. Light foxing to the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (a little rubbed, light chafing of the edges). The dustwrapper gives the author's name as "Prince Chula of Thailand".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. All books outside UK sent airmail and all books tracked. PayPal accepted. All dust wrappers are film protected. Illustrated ( all plates present as listed). Re- issue with new foreword. Original brown cloth, black titling in pictorial dust wrapper. Very slightly edge worn, nicked, marked and price clipped. Spine slightly darkened.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Hardback. With dust jacket. Inscriptions on inside cover.

Cloth. No Jacket. Printed for Private Circulation Only. An account of one season of B Bira the racing motorist Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering oon the spine and on the front cover this book was printed only for private circulation Richly illustrated throughout with black and white photography This book is in good condition The pages are clean and bright throughout The cover is slightly faded with some wear pp 219nbsp. book.…

3rd edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 112pp., b/w plates, Chula's first book, an account of his cousin, Prince Bira's first season of motor racing in Europe in 1935.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has insignificant edgewear and is a touch faded. A little mottling to the boards. Pages a touch age-toned with scattered spotting, more so to the start and end; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with yellow titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 6" (0.8 kg); pp 175; Publishing date unstated, dated from references. Includes: List of race events; Black & white photographs on individual leaves; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199473 ||.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. G T Foulis, London, UK. 1st edition 1947. Hardcover. 176 pp. 220x145 mm (8¾"x5¾") approx. B&W photps. Condition: very good without dust jacket. The spine ia slightly faded. Please see the photos of the actual item to assess its condition.

Full Leather. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 2nd Edition. This as new, unmarked copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. It has subsequently professionally bound in half bound in tan half calf with raised bands to five compartments with the title to the second and the author to the fourth, there are blue leather sides. The text block is tight white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Chula Chakrabongse; 28 March 1908 - 30 December 1963), was a member of the family of the Chakri Dynasty of Thailand and of the House of Chakkraphong. He was the only child of Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath and his Ukrainian wife Ekaterina Desnitskaya, later Mom Catherine Na Phitsanulok). He was a grandson of King Chulalongkorn. When Prince Chula's cousin Prince Birabongse Bhanudej ("B. Bira") went to England in 1927, Chula was supervising a racing team called White Mouse Racing.[5] Prince Bira decided to drive for him. In 1936 Chula's White Mouse team purchased an ERA for Bira, and he quickly became one of the leading exponents of this class of international racing. Bira's partnership with Chula ended in late 1948. Prince Chula was the author of thirteen books, including a history of the Chakri Dynasty, a biography about the race-car driver Richard Seaman and an autobiography. One notable book Prince Chula wrote in 1935, "Wheels At Speed," recorded his cousin Bira's first try as a race-car driver. The book was originally intended as a book for only friends and family, but after a few copies went public, interest in the book, increased. Publishers G. T. Foulis re-issued the book ten years after it was first written. MG aficionados will enjoy Wheels at Speed. Ref KKK 7.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The protected dustwrapper has a chip tp the head of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Special Edition. Printed for Private Circulation only. Illustrated. 215 pages. The Prince Bira designed Dustwrapper has a 1" closed tear to top of rear panel. Loose fitting d/w protection. Rare first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fairly good condition for year.