Geoff Duke. In Pursuit of Perfection. Signed Limited 1st Edition. Hardback. 1988
Geoff Duke, In Pursuit of Perfection. First edition, first print hardback published by Osprey Publishing Limited in 1988. Signed by Geoff Duke on the Chapter page of'How It All Began' and numbered 54/500. In his easy style, Duke reveals what drove him in the pursuit of perfection and ultimately to the victor's laurels. He recounts his early years as an army dispatch rider, through his BSA years, his first Isle of Man wins on a Norton, and his even more successful years with Gilera. He continues on with his Manx triumphs, the key to racing Aston Martins, and his return to his first love, the motorcycle Grand Prix circuit. Duke also describes his intense involvement in the technical development of motorcycles. Hardback with dust jacket in very good condition.
The dust jacket has a small split at the top of the spine (photographed) otherwise very good. Inside this book is in very good condition. It will be packaged very carefully so that it gets to you in the same condition it left me. This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Books".
The seller is "mw6pop53" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.
- Ex Libris: No
- Personalised: Yes
- Inscribed: Yes
- Signed: Yes
- Subjects: Sports
- Personalise: No
- Genre: Sports
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition
- ISBN: 9780850458381
- Publication Year: 1988
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Book Title: In Pursuit of Perfection
- Item Height: 250mm
- Author: Geoff Duke
- Publisher: Octopus
- Topic: Motor Vehicles
- Item Width: 190mm
- Number of Pages: 196 Pages