1961 Monaco Grand Prix Program [and related ephemera]

[Nice], 1961. Very good. Booklet: octavo size, 60 pp. plus printed wraps; see below for details on all items, all items in French. The Monaco Grand Prix has been a fixture of racing for decades: "Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world" (n.b., from Wiki).

We offer a small archive from the 1961 race, including: (i) the formal program for the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix auto race; (ii) the race day program [a trifold] which includes a map of the race course; and (iii) five typewritten sheets which show, among other information, the drivers qualifying times for the F1 race (truncated) and the Jr. race.

A wonderful glimpse into the Monaco Grand Prix race from over sixty years ago.

___DESCRIPTION: Item (i) a booklet staple-bound with cardstock wraps,a graphic design in red and blue of a racecar on the front wrap, colour advertisement ("Total") on the back wrap, the inner covers of both wraps also with colour advertisements, wonderful vintage black-and-white photographs of the Royal Family, places (including one of the first Grand Prix in 1929), and the drivers throughout interspersed with black-and-white advertisements; octavo size (9 3/8" by 6 1/8"), unpaginated with thirty leaves. Item (ii) the program for May 13, 1961, being a trifold, a map of the course covering two panels on one side, information (in French) on the other pages. Item (iii) consisting of five typewritten sheets, the first with autograph annotations in blue ink, the five sheets showing different details of the race (e.g., "Ordre des Departs" and "Classement Final"). Please note that all items are in French only.

___CONDITION: The booklet very good or better, the stapled binding still strong, with light rubbing and a bit of edgewear to the cardstock wraps, the interior pages clean, free of prior owner markings; the trifold a solid very good, clean (albeit with some light toning), without tears, some overall creasing and one horizontal fold, light edgewear; the typewritten sheets very good overall, one of the five sheets being larger than the rest with a fair amount of wear at the bottom edge and a short closed tear along a fold at the top, the rest of the sheets with light wear; the entire archive without prior owner markings.

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