Archive for Items Categorized 'British', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
The Man Who Built the Best Car in the World
by Brian Sewell, illustrated by Stefan Marjoram
The slender book, splendidly illustrated, offers the briefest of glimpses of the man behind the car, Henry Royce, whose high standards for everything he encountered propelled him into greatness and also into sickness.
British Buses 1967
by Jim Blake
Is an interest in buses a “purely British phenomenon”? The author doesn’t think so—and offers piles of photos to show us what we might be missing.
Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental
by André Blaize
Introduced in 1930, the P II Continental was a supremely capable and stylish car. Only 279 were made and every one is covered in these excellent books.
The Complete Bentley
by Eric Dymock
By the time of this book’s writing, 101 models had been built over some 90 years and they’re all in this lavishly illustrated book.
The Roycean: From Manchester to Crewe, via Derby, No. 6
by Tom Clarke, Will Morrison eds.
The Roycean, now in its sixth 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 Early Days
by Davide Bassoli
Focusing on the launch year of the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud/Bentley S Series this unusual book takes the reader back to 1955 to experience the car as a contemporary would have. People who like to “play” with books are in for a surprise!
Bentley – The Book
This book is a guided tour to all things Bentley, to introduce people to the marque’s history and brand values—and to make them lust after a Bentley, be it in the form of a car or a sofa or a handbag . . . or even “just “ a haircut at a very special London barber.
The Silver Ghost: A Supernatural Car
by Jonathan Harley
This is the Rolls-Royce model that made the company famous and without which it would not be existing today. The author specializes in Silver Ghost restoration and this book tells its and his shop’s story.
Reborn, An Owner’s Workshop Guide for the 25/30 Rolls-Royce
by Charles Vyse
It is a sad fact of life that a car once bought is never as good as first hoped, and a sold car is always better in memory than it truly was! So, don’t sell out of despair—fix!
Riley Sports Cars 1926–1938
by Graham Robson
As so many other British makes, afflicted as they were of a singularly Britsh way of executing industrial policy, Riley had a complicated history. This book isn’t helping, not even in regards to the small sports car segment it focuses on.
Lyons’ Jaguar XJ – Ein Vermächtnis in drei Serien
by Heiner Stertkamp
It helps to have a mental image of the car scene in 1968 to appreciate just how different the fluid, curvy lines of this performance-oriented sedan were. This elegant German book gives a good account.
The Rolls-Royce Story & The Bentley Story
by Reg Abbiss
Everyone has heard of the names—but not everyone knows that these marques are 100 years old or even that they were built by the same company for most of those years. A lot happens over a hundred years and these little books will whet your appetite for more.
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