MEYNELL, Laurence.

Title The Hon. C. S. Rolls. (Charles Stewart Rolls). “Men of Speed” Series.
Publisher London Newnes Educational Publishing.
Date 1955
Book ID 38030
First Edition  

Description

Illustrated limp cloth in blue, white and black. 48 pp., b/w illustrations from photographs. In very good condition, neat school stamp to title page. Biography of Charles Stewart Rolls (1877 – 1910) founder, with Henry Royce, of Rolls-Royce. Third son of Lord and Lady Llangattock, Charles Stewart was a motoring and aviation pioneer. He died at the age of only 32 when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke. Blue Coat Secondary Girls’ School, Hereford.
Price: £6.00

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