COLLECTORS CAR BOOK

TITLE: ASTON MARTIN DB3S SPORTSCAR

PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 1996 (1st CLOTHBOUND EDITION)

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LIMITED EDITION: YES - INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED BOOK OF 1000 PRODUCED

COVER TYPE: 2-VOLUME HARD-CLOTHBOUND PUBLISHED WITHOUT DUST JACKET, PRESENTED WITH A SLIPCASE

SIZE & # OF PAGES: 28CM x 33CM - 522 PAGES

PUBLISHER & AUTHOR: PALAWAN PRESS - CHRIS NIXON

CONDITION: BRAND NEW 10 OUT OF 10 - BUYER WILL RECEIVE A NEW, NEVER OPENED EXAMPLE OF THE BOOK. THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FROM OUR DISPLAY COPY

Detailed Item Description:

ONLY 31 EXAMPLES OF THE DB3S WERE EVER BUILT, BUT IT BECAME A FAVOURITE CAR OF ALL WHO DROVE IT – ITS VOLUPTUOUS LINES REMAIN A MOBILE MONUMENT TO THE GLORY DAYS OF BRITISH SPORTS CAR RACING.

THE FIRST VOLUME OF THIS TWO-BOOK SET TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE CAR FROM ITS INCEPTION AS THE DB3 TO ITS TRANSFORMATION INTO THE DB3S AND SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTION FOR SALE TO A LIMITED PUBLIC, AND DETAILS THE GLOBAL RACING HISTORY OF THE FACTORY CARS FROM 1953 TO 1957.

THE SECOND BOOK CONTAINS THE EXHAUSTIVELY RESEARCHED HISTORY OF EACH OF THE THIRTY-ONE CARS BUILT BY THE FACTORY, REVEALING SOME REMARKABLE FACTS AND ANECDOTES, WITH SEVERAL SURPRISES IN STORE FOR ALL ASTON LOVERS AND DB3S ENTHUSIASTS IN PARTICULAR.

THE WORK INCLUDES 590 PHOTOGRAPHS, WITH EACH OF THE CARS THAT STILL EXIST PHOTOGRAPHED IN COLOUR, MOSTLY BY RICHARD NEWTON. ALSO INCLUDED IS A SERIES OF PAINTINGS BY JEREMY DICKINSON OF THE VARIOUS 3S BODY STYLES AND A FULL COLOUR,  FOLD-OUT CUTAWAY DRAWING OF 63EMU (DB3S/7) BY TONY MATTHEWS.

LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES IN A TWO-BOOK SET, BOUND IN SILVER GREY CLOTH AND PRESENTED IN AN ASTON RACING GREEN SLIPCASE.

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