CORMIER, Georges and CORDAY, Michel (pref.). Le Raid Pékin P - Lot 26

CORMIER, Georges and CORDAY, Michel (pref.). Le Raid Pékin Paris. 4000 lieues en Automobile. Published in Paris by Librairie Ch. Delagrave CIRCA 1907. In quarto / In-4 bradel. Red half cloth. Smooth spine with title and author's name in gilt. 282 pages, 160 black out-of-text photographs, map of the Chinese empire, preface by Michel Cormay, author's introduction, table of contents, table of illustrations. Covers and spine rubbed, corners and edges dulled. Uncommon work in which Georges Cormier (1869 - 1955) tells the story of the Raid Pékin-Paris, the famous race considered the first great automobile raid, of which he was one of the 5 participants, his team having finished second in 64 days, aboard the Dion-Bouton automobile. Binding in satisfactory condition. Interior intact.