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BMW: A HISTORY

by Halwart Schrader

Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st. 1979

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A definitive history of the BMW of special importance to collectors. A special chronological section of 146 illustrated pages contains a technical description and photographs of every Wartburg, Dixi and BMW automobile built from 1899 to the present. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 392 pages.

Light bumping and wear along board edges. Spine a litlte cocked. A few marks to boards. Text block is browned with some foxing. Dustwrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and a few nicks.

ISBN: 0850453453
Stock no. 2115875

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Contents

  • CHAPTER ONE Europe in the Twenties - France, England, Germany: Moving Towards the Age of Mass Production
  • CHAPTER TWO The Story of the Bavarian Motor Works - Beginning with Aero Engines: The Story of a Munich Company's Changing Fortunes from 1916 to 1928
  • CHAPTER THREE Eisenach's Historic Motor Industry From Wartburg to Dixi to Austin Seven
  • CHAPTER FOUR A Tradition Begins - BMW Automobiles 1928-1945: From Tiny Austin to 3.5-Liter Luxury
  • CHAPTER FIVE 1945: Only the Name BMW Remains - From Rubble to Reconstruction, BMW Takes Its Place in the Economic Miracle
  • FAMILY TREE of the Bayerische Motoren Werke
  • A BMW CHRONOLOGY
  • The Wartburg 1899-1903
  • The Dixi 1903-1928
  • The BMW 1928-1979
  • DIXI AND BMW COMMERCIAL VEHICLES From 6.7 Liters and Chain Drive to the Isetta Transport
  • A HALF-CENTURY OF BMW MOTORCARS A Special Automobile Quarterly Color Portfolio
  • THE COACHBUILT BMW fROM THE Dixi to Today, Fifty Years of Design
  • DERIVATIVES OF A MARQUE Bristol, Frazer Nash, EMW, Glas and Some Homebuilt Hopefuls
  • A RACING CHRONICLE BMW Motorsport and its Antecedents, 1899-1978
  • BMW CARS: THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY
  • ALL WARTBURG, DIXI AND BMW AUTOMOBILES, 1899-1979
  • STRUCTURE OF THE DIRECTORATE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG, 1928-1978
  • ROSTER OF BMW CLUBS

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