Stirling Moss

The Stirling Moss Scrapbook 1929-1954 tells the story of the formative years of one of the greatest racing drivers of all time. Moss's meteoric rise through the junior ranks with the little F3 500s, the big break with a borrowed XK120, the highs and lows with HWM when he took on the best in their more powerful Ferraris and shook the big names, the great drives and successes with Jaguar in the TT and at Le Mans, missing a Monte Carlo Rally win at the first attempt by mere seconds, the frustrating years when he put patriotism first and soldiered on with inadequate machinery and, finally, 1954 - the year when everything fell into place on the international stage.

The Stirling Moss Scrapbook 1955 is packed with intriguing detail, superb illustrations and a plethora of period cuttings from around the world. Throughout his career he created his personal scrapbooks, several volumes per year, and he kept a diary and photo albums, too. This book dips into his personal records and is spiced throughout with treasures to delight and fascinate. These are supplemented by period comments and many of his anecdotes. Moss has a fund of stories and is refreshingly non-PC

Motor racing is perhaps the most visually exciting of all sports, but recent safety precautions deny photographers access to the track itself [a "track pass"]. For many years this was not the case and one of the very best of the "old school" of motor racing photographers, Geoff Goddard, produced many breathtaking shots. Track Pass records the greats from Fangio to Stewart and others in over 300 stunning black and white photographs. AUTHOR: Geoff Goddard has been a full-time motor racing photographer since 1951 and is widely respected throughout the motoring world. Doug Nye is one of the world's leading authorities on motor racing and has a host of titles to his name. 253 b/w photos