Cars (1930s): Books - History and Models

A-Z of Cars of the 1930s (Classic and Sports Car Magazine)

This outstanding reference book provides encyclopaedic coverage of every make and model of British, European and American car sold in Britain during the 1930s. Some 1000 models are dealt with in individual entries giving production and specification information and a description. Every model is illustrated.

Firmly established as the most comprehensive illustrated reference works available on the subject, the books in the Classic and Sports Car A-Z series provide unique individual coverage and analysis of every make and model of car sold in Britain, with:
- Photographs of all models
- Production dates and numbers
- Specifications and body types
- Descriptions and recognition features
- Historical notes on all makes.

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Author:	Michael Sedgwick, Mark Gillies
Details:	216 pages, 26 x 19 x 1.7 cm / 10.25 x 7.5 x 0.67 in, paperback
Illustrations:	1000 b&w photos
Publisher:	Herridge & Sons Ltd (GB, 2010)
ISBN:	9781906133252

Motor-Kritik-Testbuch: Reprint der Originale von 1938 und 1939 - 108 Auto- und Motorradtests

In the pre-war period, Motor-Kritik was THE specialist magazine for technically interested car and motorcycle drivers. Until he had to vacate his post during the Nazi era, the editor-in-chief was Josef Ganz, the legendary designer, advocate of light and safe cars and designer of the "Volkswagen" called the May Beetle.
However, Motor-Kritik also continued to provide its readers with extraordinarily thorough car and motorcycle tests.

In this volume you will find a reprint of the two large test books that appeared shortly before the Second World War. This has resulted in a unique reference work in which you will find all the technical data, consumption and comparison values, prices and driving reports for the common four- and two-wheelers of the late 1930s.

There are a total of 108 test cards, as well as information about the magazine, about editor-in-chief Ganz and about the car and motorcycle scene of those days.
A treasure trove not only for fans and connoisseurs - the Motor-Kritik test book is both a contemporary document and a unique collection of data.

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Author:	Josef Ganz
Details:	264 pages, 26.5 x 17.5 x 2.7 cm / 10.4 x 6.9 x 1.06 in, hardback
Illustrations:	380 photos and drawings
Publisher:	Heel-Verlag GmbH (D, 2015)
ISBN:	9783958431522

Automobile in den 30er Jahren - Aufnahmen aus dem berühmten Bildarchiv Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler

Hardly any other technical development has changed our lives in the last 100 years and had such a lasting impact on them as the automobile, which - after its first major use during the First World War - developed into the modern means of transport in the 1920s and 1930s.
However, at that time it was still a luxury item of high social importance that only a few wealthy people could afford.

This period of rapidly developing individual transport before the Second World War was captured in countless, unique Leica photographs by the photo studio Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler in Frankfurt (M), which are unparalleled and document all areas of road traffic in the twenties and thirties: for example, the development stages of the automobile; manufacturing, automobile exhibitions, car advertising, the first car vacations, automobile tournaments, beauty contests, automobile racing and exhibitions.
Werner Schollenberger supplements his brief texts with a biography of Dr. Paul Wolff and the subject of photography.

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Author:	Werner Schollenberger
Details:	144 pages, 21 x 30 cm / 8.25 x 11.8 in, hardback
Illustrations:	382 b&w photos
Publisher:	EK-Verlag GmbH (D, 2013)
ISBN:	9783882558982