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THE FIRST CENTURY book of Daimler-Benz portraits by Ken Dallison, a large format limited edition volume bound and boxed in celebration of the centenni

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THE FIRST CENTURY book of Daimler-Benz portraits by Ken Dallison, a large format limited edition volume bound and boxed in celebration of the centennial 1886-1986, signed by the artist and numbered 121/2000, produced by Harris Lewine for Mercedes-Benz of North America Inc., 50 colour portraits of significant motor cars and events, both road-going and racing, each alongside a relevant celebrity journalistic motoring tribute, 128 pages, 35 by 44cm. 'Jenks' wrote two of this book's tribute pages, the second entitled 'Six meters of paper and 1,000 miles of Italy', recounting his experiences alongside Stirling Moss whilst winning the 1955 Mille Miglia at 98.5mph.