Jack Brabham's Motor Racing Book signed by 20 Formula 1 drivers and personalities in 1961, the fly leaf signed and dedicated by Jack Brabham, the next
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Jack Brabham's Motor Racing Book signed by 20 Formula 1 drivers and personalities in 1961, the fly leaf signed and dedicated by Jack Brabham, the next by Roy Salvadori and Graham Hill, also signed by Wolfgang 'Taffy' von Trips, Jo Bonnier, John Surtees, Henry Taylor, Jack Brabham (again), Les Leston, Masten Gregory, Ian Burgess, Innes Ireland, Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Tim Parnell, Dan Gurney, the frontispiece by Louis Chiron (also dated Monza 61), Reg Parnell, Jack Lewis, Paul Fr?re, Henry Taylor, John Cooper, the last 'star of the future' photo page by Graham Hill (again); 124-page hardback, Frederick Muller, London 1960, good condition, dust-jacket, with a letter of provenance (2) The Grand Prix motor racing signatures in this excellent volume were all personally obtained by co-signatory Roy Salvadori who was married to the recipient's Godmother's daughter. It is possible that they all date from the 1961 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where von Trips lost his life along with twelve spectators, after colliding with Jim Clark on the second lap and triggering F1's worst ever accident.