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Pre-owned in very good condition. Book is complete with all pages present. Interior pages are clean and exceptionally well preserved and appear to have seen very little use. Hardcover remains in good condition with minor exterior handling wear visible in photos. Binding is intact.
Book contains a large blue-ink signature by British racing driver Jack Sears on the page containing his personal Cobra recollections. Signature has not been independently authenticated. Please review all photos, including close-up photographs of the signature, for exact condition and appearance.
Cobra: The First 40 Years by Trevor Legate, published by Motorbooks in 2006.
A substantial illustrated history of the legendary AC/Shelby Cobra, covering the development, competition history and legacy of one of the most recognizable sports and racing cars ever produced.
What makes this particular copy especially collectible is the large Jack Sears signature in blue ink appearing directly beneath Sears’ contribution to the book.
Jack Sears was closely connected to Cobra racing history and states on this very page that he raced all three Cobra Coupe variants — Shelby Daytona, Willment and AC — as well as the Cobra roadster. His signature therefore appears directly with his own recollections of racing the Cobra rather than simply on a blank page.
The autograph has not been independently authenticated, and the book is being offered with the signature exactly as photographed.
The book itself is exceptionally clean inside and appears to have received very little use.
Details
* Title: Cobra: The First 40 Years
* Author: Trevor Legate
* Signed by: Jack Sears
* Signature: Large blue-ink signature
* Signature location: Jack Sears contribution/recollections page
* Publisher: Motorbooks / MBI Publishing Company
* Publication year: 2006
* Format: Hardcover
* Language: English
* ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-2423-3
* ISBN-10: 0-7603-2423-9
* Printed in Singapore
* Subject: AC Cobra / Shelby Cobra
* Topics: Automotive history, motorsport, racing
* Illustrated throughout
* Collectible Cobra/Shelby motorsport book
* Signature has not been independently authenticated
* Complete with all pages present
