Land Rover Off-road Vehicles: Books - History (2/2)

Land Rover - The Incomparable 4x4 from Series 1 to Defender

Iconografix photo book about the history of the original Land Rover, from the Series 1 through the Series 2 and 3 to the Defender, including the Forward Control and military versions. Nice collection of 122 high quality large format photographs from the archives of the Ludvigsen Library and the firm Marshall of Cambridge.

Complete with detailed subtitles and a brief overview of the history. The authentic historical pictures make this volume of the "Ludvigsen Library" series a rich source of information about Land Rover.

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Author:	Karl Ludvigsen
Details:	128 pages, 21.5 x 26 x 1.1 cm / 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.43 in, paperback
Illustrations:	122 b&w photos
Publisher:	Iconografix (USA, 2006)
ISBN:	9781583881798

Landy Love - since 1948 (English Edition)

Could Maurice Wilks and his team of developers in Solihull have known in 1948, what their invention would mean for automotive humanity? Since then, the Land Rover has not only driven all over Great Britain, on endless dirt roads, and through deserts, mud and snow - no, it has also found a place deep in the hearts of its owners.

This book has collected some of the best Landy stories, which could hardly be more different from each other. And even though - or perhaps even because - the iconic vehicle is no longer officially in production, the spirit of the Land Rover Defender will live on. Not least because of the fans that drive it, own it and love it.

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Author:	Nadja Kneissler
Details:	240 pages, 29.5 x 29.5 cm / 11.6 x 11.6 in, hardback
Illustrations:	205 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Delius Klasing Verlag GmbH (D, 2018)
ISBN:	9783667115225

Land Rover Emergency Vehicles

An historic and nostalgic look at the role of the Land Rover in the emergency services over the last 70 years. Land Rover products have been used by the emergency services almost from the moment the first model left the factory in 1948.
The agility and size of these vehicles made them an immediate hit with fire services, where they initially became popular as factory fire tenders.

Police forces were also attracted by the cross-country ability and versatility of Land Rovers, especially outside Britain, and, when long-wheelbase models provided extra space, they also became favourites for ambulance conversions.
Some emergency-service conversions required very little adaptation, and were carried out in the workshops of the end-users. Others - such as six-wheel Range Rover fire tenders - required major alterations from the factory-standard vehicle. Meanwhile, specialist companies developed dedicated ambulance and fire tender bodywork, creating a fascinating variety of body types.

The vehicles featured in this book illustrate the versatility and adaptability of Land Rovers and their more modern SUV siblings.
This book will interest Land Rover enthusiasts and emergency-vehicle enthusiasts alike, with evocative photographs that illustrate both historic vehicles and more recent vehicles in action.

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Author:	James Taylor
Details:	144 pages, 25.5 x 26 x 1.8 cm / 10 x 10.25 x 0.71 in, hardback
Illustrations:	275 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Veloce Publishing Ltd (GB, 2018)
ISBN:	9781787112445

British Leyland - The Cars, 1968-1986

In 1968, British Leyland brought together most of Britain's motor manufacturers, with the intention of creating a robust unified group that could equal the strength of the big European conglomerates. But this was not to be.

There have been many books about the politics and the business activities of British Leyland, but "British Leyland - The Cars, 1968 - 1986" looks deliberately at the cars that came from the company, both the models it inherited and it created.

The eighteen years of the corporation's existence saw a confusing multitude of different car types, but this book resolves these confusions, clarifying who built what, and when.
The book takes 1986 as its cut-off point because this was the year that the old British Leyland ceased to exist and what was left of the car and light commercial business was renamed the Rover Group.

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Author:	James Taylor
Details:	192 pages, 28 x 21.5 x 2 cm / 11 x 8.5 x 0.79 in, hardback
Illustrations:	63 b&w and 173 colour photos
Publisher:	The Crowood Press Ltd (GB, 2018)
ISBN:	9781785003912

Land Rover, un art de vivre

The ultimate off-road vehicle, born in 1948 and built until 1983, with 4 generations of models, the Land Rover was a great success with farmers, the British army, various emergency services around the world and even Queen Elizabeth. With its split windscreen, square lines and large round headlights, it could accommodate 3 people in the front (provided the middle passenger agreed to operate the gear lever!)
The Land Rover quickly became the vehicle for adventurers, allowing them to reach the most difficult access points, snowy and icy roads, muddy terrain, sandy tracks, marshy moors... Braving the various obstacles, not shying away from demanding environments, the Land Rover is the queen of 4x4s.

This book takes us to meet about thirty Land Rover owners, making us travel around the world (India, France, United States, Austria, Germany, Britain, Iceland, Cuba, South Africa, Scotland...). Magnificent landscapes, unusual and fascinating photos, here is a beautiful book that makes us meet these lovers of their Land Rover...

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Details:	236 pages, 30 x 29.5 x 2.8 cm / 11.8 x 11.6 x 1.1 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Glénat (F, 2017)
ISBN:	9782344025628

Landy Love - since 1948 (Deutsche Ausgabe)

The Land Rover is all of this: a car, a mobile café-bar, a record In January 2016, the last Landy was produced in the Solihull factory. A Defender 90 Soft Top in Heritage trim is the farewell model of the popular Land Rover series. Fans of the all-wheel drive vehicle can admire the last Defender in the "Jaguar Land Rover Collection".

The Defender has been delighting fans since 1948: at first it was only used in agriculture, but the all-wheel drive and robust design soon found fans everywhere. To this day, it is one of the most popular Land Rover models ever - whether in India, on a South African vineyard or in Germany's big cities, the Landy is on all kinds of roads around the world.

Landy love stories from all over the world - whether it is used by the police and fire service or whether a globetrotter like Christopher Many travels the world with it: Nadja Kneissler has collected the stories of the most diverse Land Rovers and their owners.

68 years of Land Rover history with great pictures. Buckle up and enjoy the wild ride: Landy Love since 1948 takes you on a special journey through time!

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Author:	Nadja Kneissler
Details:	240 pages, 29.5 x 29.5 cm / 11.6 x 11.6 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Delius Klasing Verlag GmbH (D, 2017)
ISBN:	9783667106872

Land Rover

The Land Rover was conceived by the Rover Company back in 1948 as an answer to the famous Willys Jeep, which was used throughout the Second World War. The Land Rover soon became an institution and an ambassadress of the British automotive industry across the world.
Almost immediately, the potential of this small and agile multi-use vehicle was recognised and the groups of its users spread to the military, fire services, fuel companies; in practice to anyone who needed to go off-road.
It didn't take long for the success of the Land Rover to develop and diversify into numerous versions, bringing to life an entire family of variants, after which many body builders created even more special series, often single examples.

Land Rover was able to save itself from the serious crisis that hit the British motor industry in the '70s, evolving through to today with the Range Rover and the Defender family vehicles. There was no way such important vehicles couldn't be in our series on the "Vehicles that made History" in a book that covers the genesis of the Willys Jeep to the various series that have spelt out the production of this legendary vehicle, including all the military versions and those built overseas.

Text in Italian.

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Author:	Valentino Ghi
Details:	120 pages, 27 x 24.5 cm / 10.6 x 9.7 in, paperback
Illustrations:	350 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Giorgio Nada Editore (IT, 2016)
Series:	Le vetture che hanno fatto la storia
ISBN:	9788879116473