By Cecil Robertson
London   Hooper & Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd.
10" by 7.5" xii, 80, xx pp.
A richly illustrated history of coachbuilding, tracing the craft’s evolution from horse-drawn carriages to motor coachwork, with detailed discussion of design, materials, and craftsmanship.
By Cecil Robertson

c1928 Coachbuilding: Past and Present

London   Hooper & Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd.
10" by 7.5" xii, 80, xx pp.
A richly illustrated history of coachbuilding, tracing the craft’s evolution from horse-drawn carriages to motor coachwork, with detailed discussion of design, materials, and craftsmanship.
£98.00
: 0.5kgs / : 984H16

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original cloth binding.

This copy is undated. dated here using Jisc, via copies held at various institutions including the National Library of Scotland, National Trust Libraries and the Science Museum Libraries. 

An informative volume tracing the history and evolution of the craft of coachbuilding from the age of horse-drawn carriages to the motor age.

The text explores the transition from traditional carriage design to motor coachwork, with detailed discussion of materials, methods, and aesthetics, accompanied by photographic plates and design illustrations. 

with the publisher's advertisements to front and rear endpapers.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight fading to extremities and spine. Very slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean.

Near Fine

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