Lot 542

[RACING]. Scrapbook of Yachts, Submarines, and Automobiles,...

Estimate: $200 - $300

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[RACING]. Scrapbook of Yachts, Submarines, and Automobiles, Including an Early Land-Speed Record Breaker. [England: ca. 1930s]. 4to scrapbook with numerous newspaper clippings, and six original photographs of vehicles. Original wrappers (?The Ludgate File?). Scrapbook approximately 350 x 210 mm. Photos vary in size from 180 x 191 mm to 69 x 100 mm. Scrapbook worn, chipped, torn, many newspaper clippings toned, worn, photos rubbed, toned. Photos of: ?Campbell?s Bluebird IV Daytona Beach, Florida? showing Sir Malcolm Campbell standing in front of his speed record-breaking race car; three photos of the ?fantail? cruiser: one of the hull superstructure, two of it in the water; a photo of a spring (presumably associated with the ?fantail? cruiser), a small photo of a ship?s hull (again, presumably of the ?fantail? cruiser). Laid-in are two transparencies of a small boat and its ?wave impact?.