Jim Clark Remembered, Graham Gauld — 1st Edition

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Jim Clark Remembered, Graham Gauld — 1st Edition

Name: Jim Clark Remembered, Graham Gauld — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6536
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Publication: Cambridge, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1975

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 143.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The volume’s binding remains exceptionally tight and square, with the original black cloth boards and striking yellow gilt spine tooling proving remarkably bright and entirely free from the shelf-wear typically encountered on 1970s motoring volumes. Internally, the text block is highly crisp and clean, demonstrating no significant signs of prior handling or prominent fading. The page edges exhibit only the very lightest touch of natural age-toning and faint scattered spotting, which remains strictly superficial and does not intrude upon the text margins. The accompanying original, price-unclipped dust jacket is similarly well-preserved, retaining sharp, vivid colours across its panels and spine, with only the most marginal rubbing to the extreme corners and head of the spine.

Catalogue Note: This is the true first edition, first printing of this celebrated motorsport biographical work, identified by the single 1975 publication statement upon the copyright page.

The text is greatly enhanced by an original foreword from three-time Formula One World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, acting as a poignant tribute from a contemporary and close friend. It is comprehensively illustrated throughout with a suite of black-and-white photographs documenting both the intimate, off-duty moments and the legendary on-track victories of its subject.

While later reprints and revised editions were issued well into the 1980s, the original 1975 printing in such bright, unclipped condition is becoming increasingly uncommon, avoiding the heavy handling wear and price-clipping that characterises much of the available market supply.

Penned by acclaimed motoring journalist and close confidant Graham Gauld, this deeply personal volume provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of one of motorsport's most naturally gifted and revered champions. Tracing Clark's extraordinary journey from a quiet Scottish borders sheep farmer to a two-time Formula One World Champion and Indianapolis 500 victor, the narrative looks beyond the mere statistics of his career. Through personal anecdotes and rare archive imagery, it captures the essence of a complex, brilliant, and famously modest man, standing as a definitive contemporary tribute to a racing legend whose legacy continues to echo through the sport long after his tragic loss at Hockenheim.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Graham Gauld

Book Publisher: Patrick Stephens Limited

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Sport & Games

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 143

Book Publication Year: 1975

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Cambridge, United Kingdom

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