"The Land Speed Record 1898-1999" in five 140-pages volumes:
1898-1919
39 reports telling how the first Land Speed Record of 39.24 mph was set in 1898 by Count de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud. By 1919 the record had been officially pushed up to 124.10 mph by Jenatzy, Rolls, Vanderbilt, Serpollet, Ford, Rigolly, Marriott, Oldfield, Duray, Hornsted & other courageous souls.
1920-1929
This book contains 73 articles which tell how the Land Speed Record crossed the Atlantic during the Twenties & how fearless drivers such as Milton, Guinness, Thomas, Eldridge, Campbell, Keech, Lockhart & Segrave pushed it up to over 230 mph in machines like Babs, Blue Bird, Black Hawk & Golden Arrow.
1930-1939
30 contemporary reports are contained in this book which tell how the Record was raised from 231.36 mph in 1930 to 368.85 mph in 1939. Featured are articles on Kaye Don's Silver Bullet, Sir Malcolm Campbell's Blue Birds, George Eyston's Thunderbolt & John Cobb's Railton.
1940-1962
A portfolio of 48 reports on how the Land Speed Record was raised from 369 mph to 394 mph by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil Special. Also featured are record attempts by Donald Campbell in Bluebird, Mickey Thompson in Challenger I & Craig Breedlove in Spirit of America.
1963-1999
Cobb's 1947 record of 394 mph still stood in 1963. It was soon to be broken by Donald Campbell in the wheel-driven Proteus Bluebird. Then entered Goldenrod, Blue Flame, Spirit of America, Green Monster and, finally, Andrew Green in Thrust SSC, which saw the record standing at 763 mph.
+ hundreds of contemporary reports, photos, drawings, results tables and technical specs taken form magazines, newspapers and books
- quality of some, especially oldest reports is low
- price: 13,95 pounds per volume, total 69,75 pounds
