Gaston Grummer The Art Of Carrosserie 2-volume Limited Edition 600 Signed Book

GASTON GRUMMER - THE ART OF CARROSSERIE. PHILIPPE-GASTON GRUMMER & LAURENT FRIRY (AUTHORS). PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 2017 (1st ENGLISH EDITION). 2 VOLUME, HARDBACK PUBLISHED WITH DUSTJACKETS PRESENTED IN A SLIPCASE.

SIZE & # OF PAGES: 23.5. CM x 32CM x 7.5CM (SLIPCASE) - 736 PAGES COMBINED.

YES - OF 600 EXAMPLES, EACH SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY EACH AUTHOR. PHILIPPE-GASTON GRUMMER & LAURENT FRIRY. EXCELLENT FOR AGE, NEW OLD STOCK 9 OUT OF 10. THE YEARS BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY PERIOD FOR THE FRENCH LUXURY CAR TRADE AND DURING THIS TIME, CARROSSERIE GASTON GRÜMMER WAS ONE OF THE LEADING COACH BUILDING HOUSES IN PARIS. DESCENDED FROM A LONG LINE OF COACH BUILDERS, GASTON GRÜMMER WAS THE SON OF ANTOINE-JOSEPH WHOSE COMPANY, J.

MOREL, PRODUCED FIRST, FROM 1845, EXCEPTIONAL HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES AND FROM THE 1890S AUTOMOTIVE BODIES. TRAINED IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS BEFORE WORLD WAR I, GASTON GRÜMMER, SPENT THE WAR AS A SOLDIER, FIRST ON HORSEBACK AND IN THE TRENCHES AND THEN IN THE AIR AS A PILOT. AT THE END OF HOSTILITIES, HE BRILLIANTLY RE-LAUNCHED THE FAMILY BUSINESS TRANSFORMING IT INTO THE SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME DES ETABLISSEMENTS GRÜMMER.

AS THE COMPANY MOVED TOWARDS THE PRODUCTION OF SERIES BODYWORK FOR VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS, GASTON DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO BREAK AWAY TO BUILD CUSTOM CARS AND IN 1924 HE CREATED HIS OWN COMPANY UNDER THE NAME OF CARROSSERIE GASTON GRÜMMER. FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS HE ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS ON BOTH AESTHETIC AND TECHNICAL LEVELS.

THANKS TO RECENTLY DISCOVERED AND PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ARCHIVES, HIS SON, PHILIPPE GRÜMMER, IN ASSOCIATION WITH ONE OF THE BEST FRENCH AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIANS, LAURENT FRIRY, TAKES US BACK TO THIS GLORIOUS PERIOD DURING THE "ROARING TWENTIES" RECALLING THE MAJOR EVENTS OF THE CONCOURS D'ELÉGANCE AND LES SALONS DE L'AUTO, AND DESCRIBES THE BODIES THAT GASTON GRÜMMER PRODUCED FOR THE CHASSIS OF AROUND 54 MANUFACTURERS AND THE HUNDRED OR SO PRIZES WHICH HE WON. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, PRESS ARTICLES AND PERIOD DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE REPRODUCTION OF A SERIES OF DESIGN DRAWINGS, THIS REFERENCE BOOK ON BODYWORK OF THE TIME IS A MUST FOR ANY STUDENT OF THE PERIOD.. DELIVERED AND HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CARE. PLEASE VISIT OUR SHOP FOR MANY MORE MOTOR RACING & AUTOMOBILIA ITEMS.

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• Features: Signed, 1st Edition
• Subjects: Transport
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition
• Modified Item: No
• Country: United Kingdom
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
• Language: English
• Book Title: Gaston Grummer
• Author: PHILIPPE-GASTON GRUMMER & LAURENT FRIRY
• Publisher: Dalton Watson Fine Book
• Genre: Transportation

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