Road Star Hat Trick, Being An Account of Two Seasons of ‘B. Bira ‘the Racing Motorist in 1937 and 1938

Fourth edition.  184pp, plus some black and white plate illustrations.  Blue cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering on the spine.  8vo.  Boards worn, faded around edges, rounded on corners and spine ends and very slightly cocked.  Text block edges softened and spotted.  Internally some mild tanning and spotting on few and last few pages.  Previous owner’s name neatly inked on front free endpaper.  In a worn, torn and chapped dust jacket (not price clipped) with loss of lower half of backstrip and some toning.  

A classic motorsport biography by Prince Chula of Siam, manager of the White Mouse Stable racing team, of the racing life and career of the author’s cousin, Price Birabongse (known as Prince Bira or B. Bira), focusing on the racing seasons in Europe in 1937 and 1938.  Based in Hammersmith, London, the White Mouse team was founded as a dedicated platform to manage and promote B. Bira’s racing career.  1937-1939 marked the height of B Bira’s career – including wins at the Monaco Voiturette GP, Brooklands and Nürburgring: his performance resulted in three consecutive years of being awarded the British Racing Drivers’ Club Road Racing Gold Star.