ROLLS-ROYCE AND BENTLEY: THE CREWE YEARS
Written by Martin Bennett
Published by Haynes Publishing
in 2011
ISBN: 9781844254811
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- ROLLS ROYCE
- BENTLEY
- COMPANY HISTORY
ROLLS-ROYCE AND BENTLEY: THE CREWE YEARS
Written by Martin Bennett.
Stock no. 1330698
3rd.
2011.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Third Edition. The illustrated history of all Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars built at Crewe from 1945 to 2002. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. Large , heavy format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout and a few colour photos. 480 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844254811. Spine and corners quite heavily bumped. A couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword by HRH The Duke of Gloucester
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Post-War Resurgence and a New Factory
- Chapter 2: The Silver Wraith
- Chapter 3: The Standard Steel Saloon, the coachbuilt alternative and the Continental Bentley Mk VI & R-type, Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn
- Chapter 4: A Phantom for Royalty: The Phantom IV
- Chapter 5: The Meeting of the Marques: The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and Bentley S Type
- Chapter 6: A new engine, more Clouds and another Phantom: The Silver Cloud II & III, Bentley S2 & S3 and Phantom V
- Chapter 7: Styling and Coachbuilding
- Chapter 8: Cloud OverShadowed: The Silver Shadow, Bentley T Series and derivatives
- Chapter 9: The Phantom VI
- Chapter 10: Spirit of the Eighties and Beyond: The Silver Spirit and derivative models
- Chapter 11: The Company sold, the Rolls-Royce marque lost
- Appendices