The Story of a World Champion:JOCHEN RINDT.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG-.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj. [Book is out-of-print,as publisher ceased trading in the 1980's.] Bright,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj - subject's portrait photograph to front,and trackside racing-car scene to rear panel along with Rindt's white-lettered facsimile printed signature,with some negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners as both top+bottom edges of dw/dj are aged sellotape strengthened. Both inner flaps of dw/dj were once sellotaped to pastedowns,but now are free and have left residual ghosting of sellotape to pastedowns and both free endpapers.Top edges with some slight ageing/ toning,fore-edges similar with some sporadic foxing/ spotting to same; contents generally bright,tight and clean - text body near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and the aforementioned affected,plain white endpapers (with sellotape marks).UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-207pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Jackie Stewart with his facsimile signature towards foot of same,32 chapters,38 contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the book and the text,a Motor Racing World Champions list to rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, separate contents+illus lists/tables,Nina Rindt's facsimile letter/tribute,and dedication.
1970 was unique in one tragic respect in the field of Grand Prix racing.It was the first year in which the World Champion did not live to see his victory.Jochen Rindt was killed while practising for the Italian Grand Prix in September,at which time although he had won five Grand Prix races in the 1970 season his victory was still unconfirmed; it was not until the US Grand Prix was won by Emerson Fittipaldi that it was certain that no other driver could surpass his 45 points.And so knowledge of his winning the prize for which through so many set-backs he had struggled for seven years eluded him.
Born in 1942 of wealthy parents,Jochen Rindt was brought up in Austria,taking up motor racing seriously when he was 21.After some years with Coopers,and a year with Brabham he joined Lotus in 1969,to gain victory for them in 1970.With his rebellious temperament and love of the high life,he became hero-worshipped by the crowds,and his presence gave motor racing a panache and excitement it had lacked for some years.
Jochen Rindt had begun work on this book with Heinz Pruller some time before his death,and after the tragedy it was complete with the help and support of Nina Rindt, Jochen's beautiful Finnish wife, who writes of it 'I am sure this book will be the most true story about Jochen and his life.'
Heinz Pruller,the author of this book was a close friend of Jochen and they had actually started work on it before the tragic death of Jochen at Monza.
Heinz Pruller is a well-known motor-racing journalist and radio and television commentator, both in his native Austria and on the international motor-racing scene.
Book is out-of-print,as publisher ceased trading in the 1980's.
William Kimber himself,worked for Hutchinson for about 17 years before founding "William Kimber & Co" in 1950.It specialized in aviation, war memoirs, autobiographies and motor-racing titles until 1973 when "Haunted Cornwall" took off and the Ghost Stories became another specialty. The company was bought by Thorsons in 1988,and therefore ceased publishing under that name.
William Kimber was purchased by Thorsons in 1988 and therefore ceased publishing under that name.Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989.William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990,and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers.The name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since that,making all previously published titles by them, out-of-print,under that name.
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