Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
AMARG: America’s Military Aircraft Boneyard
by Nicholas A. Veronico, Ron Strong
An excellent pictorial survey of the history of a one-of-a-kind storage facility and the procedures used in mothballing, recommissioning, or destruction.
Facel Véga, Le Grand Tourisme à la française 1939–1964
by Chambrette, Bel, Renou and Revoy
This book does not only cover the Vega, one of the 20th century’s glamour cars, but all the products and activities of the entire Facel company.
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33: The Development and Racing History
by Peter Collins and Ed McDonough
Tipo 33s won the World Sports Car Championship twice, making the dominant Ferraris and Porsches mighty nervous. This book is the first to record their development and competition history.
Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Posters
by William W. Crouse
The GP of Monaco is distinguished by many features, not least its longevity. This excellent book tells both its story and, for the first time ever, that of the artists and race posters capturing it.
Automobili Lamborghini
by Decio Giulio Riccardo Carugati
No matter what you think of them, Lamborghinis are distinctive in design and philosophy. If you have one or want one, this book offers immersion into the culture.
Flying the Colors: The Unseen Treasures of Nineteenth-Century American Marine Art
by Alan Granby & Janice Hyland
A lusciously rich look at an important era in American ships, illustrated with many artworks from private collections you’d never see on your own, and printed and bound in a book that has few equals.
Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry
by Marián Suman-Hreblay
What, you didn’t know there was a Zzipper? With whom Crestmobile merged? If the German Bambi is connected to the Spanish? What S.B. stands for? All is answered here.
Figureheads of the Royal Navy
by David M. Pulvertaft
The open sea is a massive force and notoriously superstitious sailors sought to appease it by mounting an offering on the stems of their ships. Thus was born what would evolve into the nautical figurehead, here examined on 350 years of British warships.
Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle
by Lodovico Pignatti Morano
The bikes and components Cino Cinelli began manufacturing in the 1940s were innovative and supremely well made, and some achieved cult status. They’re still being made, and to even higher standards—but have you heard of them?
The Roycean: From Manchester to Crewe, via Derby – Vol. 3
The Roycean, now in its third year, is an annual journal containing scholarly articles by a number of contributors on arcane but fascinating aspects of the history of Rolls-Royce and (Derby- and Crewe-built) Bentley motorcars up to the 1960s.
The Illustrated Buyer’s Guide to DeLorean Automobiles
by James V. Espey
This gullwinged wonder built in Ireland for, mainly, the US market by an iconic GM engineer had everything going for it, and then it all fell apart. This book can save your buying experience from falling apart!
Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne: Art. Work. Life.
by Paul Kasmin
Have your own “Alice in Wonderland” moment with this intimate look at the artists’ home and studio that are brimming with nature-inspired sculptural pieces that look familiar but really aren’t.
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