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THE MAGIC OF A NAME: THE ROLLS-ROYCE STORY THE FIRST 40 YEARS

by Peter Pugh

Published by Icon Books. 1st. 2000

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The fascinating story of the first forty years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer - Rolls-Royce - a company whose record of achievements is part of the history of the twentieth century. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 340 pages.

A few minor marks to boards. Small (coffee?) stain to vertical edge of rear endpaper and a little to outer page edges at rear. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased.

ISBN: 1840461519
Stock no. 2125901

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Contents

  • Names in Rolls-Royce
  • Chapter One The Prime Movers
  • Chapter Two 'The Most Perfect Cars'
  • Chapter Three 'The Achievement of a Thinking Designer'
  • Chapter Four The Acme of Refinement
  • Chapter Five 'We Must Never be Satisfied'
  • Chapter Six 'Are We In The Aero Engine Business?'
  • Chapter Seven Preparing for War
  • Chapter Eight 'The Whole Story is Engines, merlin Engines'
  • Chapter Nine Holding It All Together
  • Chapter Ten 'The Turbine Engines Have Arrived'
  • Short Biographies

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