Lot 75
'312' - A Rare Promotional 8vo Booklet
issued by George Eyston to celebrate the 1937, 312mph World Land Speed Record in 'Thunderbolt' on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 19th November 1937, and the World's 12-Hour Record at 163mph in the Rolls-Royce Kestrel engined 'Speed of the Wind', also in 1937. The faux brown suede cover houses ten hard card sheets, with 14 tipped-in monochrome photographs showing the salt flat site and preparations, and a colour centre-spread print depicting 'Thunderbolt' at speed, the original by Peter Crosby. The pages a little loose, the spine missing, and the cover rubbed, otherwise good.
