Jim Clark at the Wheel: The world motor racing champion's own story by Jim Clark. 1964, First Edition, first printing.

Jim Clark at the Wheel: The world motor racing champion's own story by Jim Clark.

Publisher: Arthur Barker Limited, London, 1964, First Edition, first printing.

Good hardback with jacket, some compression and fading to spine ends, tape marks inside covers and end-papers, foxing to end-papers and page edges, binding firm, no inscriptions. Price-clipped jacket is faded, marked and chipped with some loss and tears, tape marks to flaps. 208 pages, illustrated.

Jim Clark is a legend in Formula 1 and motor racing in general and this autobiography is written four years before his untimely death and just after winning the first of his two world championships - the youngest driver to do so at the time. Despite his success he comes across as an ordinary down-to-earth person that just happens to have an amazing ability to drive any car in a quick and controlled way. His description of the races is completely matter-of-fact and he doesn't try to elaborate or glamorise events. Because of this it shows a real insight into a racers mind and the risks he was willing to take. He also takes time to explain his side of the tragic events surrounding his crash with Wolfgang von Trips, which obviously had a major effect on his early racing career.

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