Ralph de Palma: Gentleman Champion Tapa dura - 2005

Golden Age Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 097291448X . Signed Limited Edition: No 208 of 1500 copies; some edgewear to DJ with a bit of wear at tips of edges; 3 small, slight scratch marks to rear DJ ; 384 pages; Signed by Author .

Golden Age Books, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very large, sturdy, heavy book due to glossy photos, smooth dark blue covers, very bright lettering on spine, a color-illustration of auto race in shades of blue inside covers and adjacent end papers, 374 stiffer, heavy glossy pages. Profusely illustrated, some in color and full-page. No entries on pages to show the limited edition number. DJ glossy beneath mylar with a colorful illustration of race car speeding on front, spine and back, a photo of driver at top back. DJ and book, both As New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oceanside, CA: Golden Age Books, 2005. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Copy number 2 of a first edition limited to 1,500 copies signed by Doyle on a special limitation page. The life of Ralphe De Palma is one of significant accomplishment. He had a long racing career that spanned what has been called the Golden Age of American racing. He won automobile races in three different decades and nine different brands, from Fiat to Miller. He also won on every surface: dirt, the boards, and the bricks of Indianapolis. He was best on the one-mile dirt tracks, the unique American contribution to racing venues. 374 pages with many black & white photographs, races, racing results, bibliography and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket, housed within the publisher's slipcase. An as new copy.