DOWN, BARRIE - Art Deco and British Car Design: The Airline Cars of the 1930s

United Kingdom, Veloce Publishing Limited. 2010, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781845842529). Hardcover, 144 Pages. Hardcover with Dustjacket. The Art Deco movement influenced design and marketing in many different industries in the 1930s, and the British motor industry of the was no exception. This fascinating book is divided into two parts; the first explains and illustrates the Art Deco styling elements that link these streamlined car designs, describing their development, their commonality, and their unique aeronautical names, and is liberally illustrated with contemporary images. The book then goes on to portray British streamlined production cars made between 1933 and 1936, illustrated with color photographs of surviving cars. This is a unique account of a radical era in automotive design. Colour and black-and-white illustrations. Very good condition woth light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good.

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