A look at collectable book titles, including old books, and those published recently. - at Old Classic Car

A look at collectable book titles, including old books, and those published recently.

Oldclassiccar - visit the classic cars homepage (C) R. Jones 2009

Vintage & Classic Car book reviews.

The type of book that will be featured here shortly, A Catechism of the Motor Car, published in 1912

Since the earliest motor-cars spluttered onto our roads, scattering horse-drawn carriages and cyclists in their wake, there have been publications available, explaining the innermost workings of the combustion engine, and the chassis they were strapped into. Initially the non-motorist saw the motorcar as an evil of modern time, churning up the dusty road surfaces, and leaving a cloud of dust and smoke hovering over their wheel tracks, as they sped by at a terrifying pace. Gradually, as more people read about, and began to understand, the advantages that the mechanised chariot could offer, so too the uptake of motor vehicles large and small increased. This was no doubt aided by the books that were published about the car, and has continued ever since.

This section of the site will review some of the books that have been published about cars and other forms of transport, since the earliest days of motoring. It will also look at more recent publications that focus on the history of the motor-car, motor racing, or elements of the motor trade. If other forms of car literature are of interest, then maybe this intro to collecting different types of motoring literature as a hobby, may be of interest also.

Recent Books.

	The Austin Seven. Jonathan Wood. (Reviewed January 2009)
	Coachbuilding - The Handcrafted Car Body. Jonathan Wood. (Reviewed November 2008)
	Motoring Around Kent - The First Fifty Years. Tim Harding & Bryan Goodman. (Reviewed August 2009)
	Rust - May Need Slight Attention..... Roger Fogg. (Reviewed November 2008)

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