Lot 356
The Schneider Trophy & Rolls-Royce.
Five very good hardback volumes in their d.j.s : The Schneider Trophy Races, by R. Barker; Schneider Trophy Aircraft 1913-1931, by D. N. James; The Schneider Trophy, by D. Mondey; Schneider Trophy Racers, by R. S. Hirsch; and The Schneider Trophy Story, by E. Eves; together with another v.g. hardback in d.j. Speed in the Air by D. W. Wragg; The Schneider Trophy issues of The Aeroplane, Sept. 11th, 1929 & Flight, Sept. 6th, 1929, and two Jubilee (1981) paperbacks. The lot also includes a three-volume 8vo hardback set in d.j.s of Rolls-Royce: The Growth of a Firm; The Years of Endeavour; and The Merlin at War, by I. Lloyd, all First Eds, 1978, good, but pages slightly wrinkled by damp. (13)
