The Observers Book of Automobiles

Verlag: Frederick Warne, 1968

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Behold: The Observer?s Book of Automobiles (1968) by L. A. Manwaring ? a pocket-sized time machine from the era when cars had chrome moustaches, names like Cortina and Zephyr , and the natural habitat of the British motorist was a lay-by with a thermos and quiet despair. This is not a book for people who merely like cars. This is a book for people who feel a faint, inexplicable thrill at the phrase ?engine capacity? , who believe a proper automobile should have a real grille you could lean your personality on , and who consider spotting a Morris Oxford in the wild to be basically the same as seeing a rare bird. It?s the Observer?s formula at its finest: concise, authoritative, and oddly soothing ? as if the entire, complicated world can be neatly catalogued into tidy little facts and silhouettes you can identify before your tea goes cold. Inside you?ll find a glorious parade of mid-century motoring ambition: sensible saloons, dashing sports cars, foreign curiosities, and those delightfully optimistic designs that assumed the future would be powered by confidence, petrol, and a total absence of health-and-safety paperwork. Each entry is like a tiny obituary for a model range: its measurements, its mechanical virtues, its quiet quirks ? all delivered with the calm certainty of a time when an ?Observer? could simply observe and not be forced to update a spreadsheet. And because it?s 1968, the subtext is always: ?Yes, you can own a car. No, it won?t start in winter. Yes, it will rust. But you will look magnificent while being late.? Condition-wise: this copy is Good , and in Crappy Old Books terms that means it?s properly usable, properly readable, and properly ready to be shoved in a glovebox like it was born to be. The dust jacket is worn (as per your scan) ? which is honestly the most authentic thing it could do. A pristine dust jacket on a car book feels suspicious, like someone bought it purely for interior design purposes and never once argued about carburettors. A worn jacket says this book has seen things . The book itself is sound , which is what you want: a sturdy little manual of motoring memory, built to outlast the vehicles it documents. Perfect for: Anyone who can?t pass an Austin without saying ?they don?t make ?em like that anymore? (even if they absolutely did) The nostalgic tinkerer who loves a car that comes with ?character? (and, inevitably, leaks) People who collect Observer?s Books the way others collect rare stamps, except this one smells faintly of petrol dreams In short: a charming, practical, slightly smug pocket encyclopedia of the road ? back when the road was narrower, the indicators were optional, and every journey contained at least one unscheduled stop to ?have a look at it.? From Crappy Old Books , proudly supplying the past in portable form ? dust jacket a bit battle-worn, book solid, and the automobiles within forever gleaming in the amber of 1968.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel
The Observers Book of Automobiles
Autor
LA Manwaring
Verlag
Frederick Warne
Veröffentlichungsjahr
1968
Zustand
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Schutzumschlag
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Hardback

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