Auto erotica a grand tour through classic car brochures of the 1960s to 1980s Jonny Trunk

Object Details

author

Trunk, Jonny

Purchased from the Cooper Hewitt Endowment

Summary

The first book of its kind - a car book like no other - offering a deeply nostalgic look at beautiful vintage cars through the superb literature, leaflets and pamphlets that sold them to us. Auto Erotica covers the gamut of motoring in Britain during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. These rare ephemeral booklets are full of unusual graphic ideas and concepts. Their fabulous photography, dazzling colour charts, daring typography, strange fold outs and inspiring styles symbolise the automobile aspirations of generations of Britons. The book is also packed full of era-defining classic cars, from those we love to those you can't remember. Expect fast Fords, the XJS, the TR8, MGs, minis, Maxis, Renaults, Beemers, VWs, Vivas, Citroens, DeLoreans and a whole lot more - amazing motors from the past and even some from the future - as you've never seen them before

2021

20th century

20e siècle

Type

Pictorial works

Ouvrages illustrés

History

Physical description

237 pages chiefly color illustrations 22 cm

Place

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Antique and classic cars

Automobiles

Antique and classic cars--History

Voitures anciennes

Voitures anciennes--Histoire

Record ID

siris_sil_1155053

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