Bluebird and the Dead Lake: How Donald Campbell Broke the World Land Speed Record
by Pearson, John
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- ISBN 10
- 1854108360
- ISBN 13
- 9781854108364
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2002 (1965).* Publisher: Arum Press.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers showing Bluebird on the sands. No bumps or rubs, shelf wear or reading creases to spine, no creases to boards, spine or hinge. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: One block of 4pp b/w photos at centre. * Pages: 195 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Product Description:- The classic account of how Donald Campbell broke the World Land Speed record. In 1964, in Australia's remote outback, on the dazzling saltpan of Lake Eyre, Donald Campbell set out to drive his Bluebird car at over 400 miles an hour ? faster than any man in history. Things went wrong from the start: unseasonal rains, a sodden lake bed in which every high-speed run slewed dangerously deep ruts, money running short, and even an aboriginal curse. But with enourmous courage, as death shimmered on the horizon ahead of him, the lonely and isolated Campbell tried to hold his nerve until he broke the record?..* This is a FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. fnl. with no visible faults.*
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- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
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- Title
- Bluebird and the Dead Lake: How Donald Campbell Broke the World Land Speed Record
- Author
- Pearson, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 1854108360
- ISBN 13
- 9781854108364
- Publisher
- Aurum Press
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 196
- Date Published
- 2002-05-25
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