The Lea-Francis Story Tapa dura - 1978

HarperCollins Distribution Servi, 01/03/1978 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 1.3989 in x 24.9810 in x 19.1854 in. Signed by author

Hardback. Very Good.

Batsford. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0713407859 . Signed and dated to verso of half title, slight browning to d\w in places, tear to rear cover near spine edge ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages .

London: B.T. Batsford, 1978. 144pp, index, 109 bw ills. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket wrinkled. The hisotry of Lea-Francis from 1895 to 1962 including the planning, building and performance of Lea-Francis machines on road and track.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Batsford, 1978. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. CARS Vintage CarsBarrie Price's comprehensive account of Lea-Francis ultimately presents a very accurate and realistic portrait of a car manufacturer that traded more on its racing prowess than its manufacturing competence. This is a fascinating insight into a famous marque with exceptional depth and a human touch.- Classic Car WeeklyFounded in 1895 under the aegis of R.H. Lea, the company originally built cycles and motorcycles but, by the 1920s, was established as a manufacturer of high quality sporting cars. From the 1930s to the 1960s, Lea-Francis specialized in medium-sized cars built with care and the best quality components. Successful in motorsports, ""Leaf"" was an innovative company, but a lack of regard for good business principles led to fluctuating fortunes throughout the company's long life. This text tells the story of the firm.Lea-Francis was a British motor manufacturing company that began by building bicycles.R. H. Lea and G. I.… Leer más

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1978. A beautiful copy. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NOT price-clipped (£5.50). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A complete engineering survey and history of this British auto maker from 1895 to the end in 1962. With 109 illustrations. First printing, with "First published 1978" so stated on the copyright page. Index. Bound in the original green boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "The history of Lea-Francis divides into three separate eras: the first (1895-1922) saw the concentration on quality cycles and motor cycles under the aegis of R H. Lea; the second (1922-35) was the period of considerable success in the field of expensive light and medium size performance cars; the third era, that of the… Leer más