Concept Cars: From the 1930s to the Present

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004. Cloth, 220 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket toned. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "In Concept Cars, Larry Edsall tells the story of how the first concept cars came to be built, and analyzes the models that have marked their era in terms of design and innovation from the 1930s to the present day. He discuses over 100 prototypes produced by the American, European and Japanese automobile industries, all illustrated with splendid and detailed photographs, and he comments incisively on the attention paid to technical details, and on the highly original concepts and styling that guided the designers. / Larry Edsall is a journalist who specializes in the automobile field. He has worked for Autoweek Magazine, the most important American automobile weekly. During his career, he has written about the leading automobile sporting events and has road-tested the most varied vehicles on the roads of the entire world, driving prototypes and production vehicles for well over half a million miles." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.