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Bryan Apps
Hardcover
208 pages
243 photos
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Raymond Mays’ Magnificent Obsession
$78.00
This biography of Raymond Mays includes complete histories of ERA and BRM, including race summaries, a foreword by Mays himself. Personal letters addressed to the author from Alfred Owen, David Brown, Tony Rudd, Rivers Fletcher, Bob Gerard, Ken Richardson, Juan Fangio, and many others add intimacy to the story. Illustrated with over 100 of the author’s color paintings.
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| Weight | 0.998 kg |
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| Dimensions | 26 × 21.6 × 2.54 cm |
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