Delage Frances Finest Car 2-volume Limited Edition Signed Book Cabart Louis D8

DELAGE - FRANCE'S FINEST CAR. DANIEL CABART, CLAUDE ROUXEL & DAVID BURGESS-WISE (AUTHORS).

PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 2007 (1st ENGLISH EDITION). 2 VOLUME, HARDBACK PUBLISHED WITH DUSTJACKETS PRESENTED IN A SLIPCASE. SIZE & # OF PAGES: 25. CM x 30.5CM x 6.5CM (SLIPCASE) - 530 PAGES COMBINED.

YES - OF 1000 EXAMPLES, EACH SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY EACH AUTHOR. DALTON WATSON FINE BOOKS - DANIEL CABART, CLAUDE ROUXEL & DAVID BURGESS-WISE. SUPER FOR AGE, GREAT FOR YEAR 8 OUT OF 10 - A FEW LIGHT MARKS TO COVERS & SLIPCASE AS EXPECTED, IN ADDITION VERY SLIGHT SUNFADING TO SPINES; MOST SELLERS WOULD NOT MENTION THIS. TO CONNOISSEURS OF FINE AUTOMOBILES THE NAME DELAGE UNIQUELY COMBINES PERFORMANCE AND ELEGANCE, SYMBOLISING LUXURY AND THE FINE FRENCH TASTE THAT IS SUMMED UP IN THE SIMPLE PHRASE LA BELLE VOITURE FRANÇAISE. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FRENCH CAR. THIS LONG AWAITED BOOK; THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF DELAGE EVER PUBLISHED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, REVEALS THAT SUCH A REPUTATION IS ONLY ACHIEVED BY UNRELENTING ENTHUSIASM AND EFFORT. "KEEP IT SIMPLE, MAKE IT STRONG, " WAS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF LOUIS DELÂGE WHEN HE FOUNDED THE COMPANY BEARING HIS NAME IN 1905. SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH A GIFTED TEAM OF ASSOCIATES, HE RAPIDLY GAINED THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS OF THE FRENCH MOTOR INDUSTRY, SIMULTANEOUSLY TRIUMPHING IN THE LEADING CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE AND ON THE RACE TRACKS OF THE WORLD. WHEN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF THE 1930S ARRESTED ITS METEORIC PROGRESS, THE DELAGE MARQUE CONTINUED TO FLOURISH UNDER THE SHELTERING WING OF DELAHAYE, AND SURVIVED HONOURABLY FOR A FURTHER TWENTY YEARS, OUTLIVING MOST OF ITS COMPETITORS.. DELIVERED AND HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CARE. PLEASE VISIT OUR SHOP FOR MANY MORE MOTOR RACING & AUTOMOBILIA ITEMS.

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Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Modified Item: No
Country: United Kingdom
Subjects: Transport
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
ISBN: 9781854432193
Publication Year: 2009
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Delage: France's Finest Car
Item Height: 300mm
Author: Claude Rouxel, Daniel Cabart, David Burgess-Wise
Publisher: Dalton Watson FINE Books
Topic: Motor Vehicles
Item Width: 250mm
Item Weight: 4540g
Number of Pages: 531 Pages