This excellent book brings together in one volume some of the greatest designers and engineering brains, that have contributed to Motoring be it Road &/or Track, from virtual inception of the Automobile through to date of publication and describing in text, photo & illustration the features for which they were responsible that are incorporated into the Cars of today and that we take so much for granted. A list of the Elite Eleven have been selected by the Editors (Barker & Harding): with a Chaper as follows: 1. 'The Bollees' by Jacques Ickx. - 2. 'Frederick Lanchester' by Anthony Bird. - 3. 'Henry M. Leland' by Maurice D. Hendry. - 4. 'Hans Ledwinka' by Jerrold Sloniger. - 5. 'Marc Birkigt' by Nichael Sedgwick & Jose Manuel Rodriguez da la Vina. - 6. ' Ferdinand Porsche' by D.B. Tubbs. - 7. 'Harry Miller' by Griffith Borgeson. - 8. 'Vittorio Jano' by Peter Hull & Angela Cherrett. - 9. 'Gabriel Voison' by Rody Kousbrock. - 10. 'Alec Issigonis' by Ronald Barker. & 11.' Colin Chapman' by Philip Turner.
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 67713718-20
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 374 pages. Red top page edges. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The boards are in good condition. There is foxing on the first and last few pages as well as on the inner part of the jacket. Internally the remaining pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 6rebq
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Seller: Armchair Motorist, ACTON, ON, Canada
Hardbound. Condition: Fine(1). The lives, personalities and technical achievements of eleven pre-eminent engineers who have made significant and lasting original contributions to the design and development of the motorcar over the last seventy years are here considered. With d/j Illustrated by: . Seller Inventory # AM3675
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book. Seller Inventory # ERICA82907153490584
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