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THE BIRTH OF THE BRITISH MOTOR CAR: VOLUME 1 A NEW MACHINE 1769-1842

by T.R. Nicholson

Published by MacMillan. 1st. 1982

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 163 pages plus index.

Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and faded to spine.

ISBN: 0333237641
Stock no. 1809963

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Contents

  • 1 Pure Experiment, France and Britain, 1769-1826
  • 2 Hope Deferred: the Rise and Fall of Goldsworthy Gurney, 1827-32
  • 3 The End of the Steam Coach, the Beginning of the Motor Car, 1831-42

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