Yet another book of Fifties cars and in fact this is the publisher's second book on the subject. The earlier, 'Cars of the Fabulous '50s' (ISBN 078530939X) by James Flammang was a sort of definitive guide on glossy paper with 1600 color photos (including ad illustrations and other graphics) that covered every American car. This latest book covers the same subject in less detail but has an interesting angle: virtually all the images are paintings of cars originally used in ads and brochures.

Using slick, photorealist type art makes this a rather handsome little book I thought. Detroit obviously favored car art because reality could be stretched to make these dream machines seem bigger and a whole tribe of wee folk could sit inside. As well as several hundred cars there are logos of the twenty-four makes and plenty of those engine-block illustrations that you used to see in car ads, usually in a panel with some over-the-top copy about all the extra horsepower this exciting new power unit could deliver.

As well as great car art, the book is handsomely designed and printed and could well be a real memory jogger if you remember looking at those flamboyant auto ads that filled the weekly consumer magazines more than fifty years ago.

Publisher: Publicationas International

Status: Out of Print (No Stock)

Number of pages: 320

Colour images: 320

Binding: HDB

Language: English

Origin: CHN