Forgotten Motoring
A Miscellany on the Open Road
$33.16
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2021
Summary
As the world speeds up, as technology takes over, it is worth remembering how we used to live. This three-book series is a nostalgic hymn to an era when life was slower: a meandering ramble through the British countryside by bicycle, automobile and train.
This evocative volume gathers British motoring memorabilia, transporting us back to a time when roads were filled with bulbous Austin Somersets, humpbacked Standard Vanguards and unique road signs. Between cigarette cards advocating …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788840934 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1788840933 |
| Author: | Peter Ashley |
| Publisher: | ACC Art Books |
| Imprint: | ACC Art Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 296g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 125mm |
| Series: | Travel Miscellany |
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About The Author
Peter Ashley
Peter Ashley is an aficionado of British culture, responsible for the Unmitigated England trilogy, Preposterous Erections (his book on folly towers) and London Peculiars (one of the first books in ACC Art Books’ bestselling London series). Peter is renowned for his passion for the oddities that make this country unique, as Jonathan Meades has said, “He is the gatekeeper to several generations’ memories.”
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