The Last Eye Witness (Collector's Edition)

Written by Doug Nye and built around more than 160 images by celebrated photographer Maurice Louis Branger, this award-winning volume captures the drama, danger and atmosphere of competition between 1902 and 1914. Reproduced from Branger’s original glass plate negatives, the photographs offer a rare and extraordinarily vivid view of the earliest years of organised motor racing.

Winner of the 2024 Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year Award in the category for motor sporting books with no price limit, this Collector’s Edition takes the presentation to an exceptional level.

Limited to just 10 copies per year worldwide, each book is signed by Doug Nye and hand-bound in white leather, with silver-gilt page edges, dedicated endpapers, marker ribbon and foil blocking to the front and spine. It is presented in a cloth-trimmed slipcase featuring one of Branger’s evocative period images.

• Collector’s Edition limited to just 10 copies per year worldwide
• Winner of the 2024 Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year Award
• Over 160 photographs reproduced from original glass plate negatives
• Covers pioneering motor racing from 1902 to 1914
• Includes events such as the 1902 Paris–Vienna race and the 1914 Grand Prix revival
• Hand-bound in white leather
• Silver-gilt page edges, dedicated endpapers and marker ribbon
• Foil blocked on the front cover and spine
• Presented in a cloth-trimmed slipcase featuring period photography
• Combines fine-art presentation with authoritative motorsport history

Rich in atmosphere, historical importance and visual beauty, The Last Eye Witness is as much an art book as a motor racing history. It is an exceptional collector’s volume for serious motorsport enthusiasts, photography collectors and admirers of the earliest years of automotive competition.