Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Did You Notice the Signs By the Way?
by John Willrich
Road signs—you see them a thousand times a day. But do you know their history? This book looks at UK signs.
The Book of the Ferrari 288 GTO
by Joe Sackey
Unless you’re made of money you won’t be able to buy a 288. But if you buy this book you can read the actual owner’s manual, see how the custom luggage hugs the trunk just so, and count the fins on the valve cover. Oh, and learn its story.
Warhol and Cars, American Icons
by Gail Stavitsky
Andy Warhol put his mind, and his brush, to all sorts of consumer goods. Would the images in this museum show resonate if they were not by a famous, iconic, controversial artiste?
Automotive Jewelry
by Michael Furman
Commentary by historians, designers, authors, collectors and curators accompanies a selection of superb photos by someone who divines the essence of a car and knows how to photograph it.
The Ferrari Book
by Günther Raupp
And lead us not into temptation . . . an irresistible book for anyone who appreciates photography. Even if you’re not a Ferrari guy/gal.
Austin und Willys aus Berlin
by Klaus Gebhardt
You didn’t know that this quintessential American maker made cars in Germany? Not to worry—few seem to! This book will fix that.
Still Life with Cars, An Automotive Memoir
by John L. Lumley
A life with cars is anything but “still,” as these entertaining vignettes prove. You recognize yourself in Lumley’s trials and tribulations—and triumphs.
50 Years with a Rolls-Royce Twenty
by David G. Davis
You own the same car for fifty years, you got something to say about how to keep it humming. It’s had two new chassis and four new bodies, and this little book gives a good idea of how a vintage car can be a daily driver.
Ultimate Car Collector Guide
by James J. Schild
“Everything you want to know about car collecting but were afraid to ask!” Or, in the case of the novice hobbyist, didn’t know to ask. The author has been there/done that so that you may profit from his experience!
The Life and Times of Henry Edmunds
by Paul Tritton
An important biography from the early history of Rolls-Royce of an inventor, visionary, and an automobilist of the first hour.
Autowork
by Robert Asher and Ronald Edsforth (Editors)
What’s life like on the “inside” for the men and women who make cars in the US? From the early days up to the 1980s, these essays paint a not so rosy picture of the conditions at work and, by extension, at home.
50 Years with Rolls-Royce, My Reminiscences
by Donald Eyre
The author worked under, and with, one of the legendary founders of a legendary company, and he worked on any number of high-caliber design and engineering projects.
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