Rallying to Monte Carlo

Couper, Mike. With a Foreword by Raymond Baxter

Published by Ian Allan Ltd, London, 1956

About this Item

Tan boards with black titling, very light soiling, no jacket, slight foxing to map endpapers, otherwise clean and square, no inscriptions. Lavishly illustrated in colour and b&w, 196pp. Author Mike Couper had raced at Brooklands between 1929¿1938 and in 1939 began his stint as a Monte Carlo rally driver. He was in the motor trade throughout his rallying years and before, starting in 1933 selling Bentley, Rolls-Royce, British Leyland and others (the firm still exists and many old rally mementos are on display in their showroom). In his Foreword ex-Spitfire pilot, longtime TV presenter and writer, and the BBC¿s motoring correspondent from 1950 to 1966 Raymond Baxter (d. 2006) who did the Monte 12 times, describes Couper as ¿happily married,¿ a ¿gentleman¿ and someone ¿whom a London cabby automatically calls ¿sir'." (Bill Wolf speedreaders.info).

Seller Inventory # 001326

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rallying to Monte Carlo
• Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket