TITLE: THE LAMBORGHINI MIURA. PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 2020 (1st EDITION). HARDBOUND PUBLISHED WITHOUT DUSTJACKET AND PRESENTED WITH SLIPCASE. SIZE & # OF PAGES. 28.5CM x 34CM x 6CM (SLIPCASE) – 454 PAGES. YES – OF 762 NUMBERED EXAMPLES. KIDSTON SA – SIMON KIDSTON. BRAND NEW 10 OUT OF 10 – STILL SEALED IN PUBLISHER’S BOX & PACKAGING, NEVER OPENED. THE LAMBORGHINI MIURA BOOK A LIMITED EDITION OF 762 COPIES. LIMITED EDITION OF 762 COPIES. MANY PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHS. THE RESULT OF NEARLY TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH. INTERVIEWS WITH ALL THE MEN BEHIND THE MIURA. IN 1962 FERRUCCIO LAMBORGHINI WAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN BEST KNOWN FOR MAKING TRACTORS. FEW HAD HEARD OF HIM OUTSIDE HIS NATIVE ITALY. HE HAD CREATED THE WORLDS MOST DRAMATIC MOTOR CAR THE LEGENDARY MIURA, STILL A DREAM CAR OVER HALF A CENTURY LATER. THIS IS THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY CARS OF OUR TIME, TOLD BY THE PEOPLE WHO DESIGNED IT, WHO BUILT IT, WHO LIVED IT. THE FRUIT OF MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF WORK, AND BASED ON COUNTLESS IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS, THE LAMBORGHINI MIURA BOOK UNRAVELS THE MYTHS AND TELLS THE TRUE STORY FOR THE FIRST TIME. FROM THE CONCEPTION OF THE CAR TO ITS DEMISE, EVERY ASPECT OF THE MIURAS LIFE IS STUDIED, INCLUDING THE ONE-OFFS SUCH AS THE TRACK-BRED JOTA AND THE OPEN-TOP ROADSTER. THERES ALSO A DETAILED LOOK AT THE COLOURFUL WORLD OF MIURA OWNERS, AND AT THE MIURAS MANY ROLES ON THE SILVER SCREEN, PLUS A FASCINATING APPRAISAL OF THE CAR BY LEADING DESIGNERS PETER STEVENS AND GORDON MURRAY. PAINSTAKINGLY RESEARCHED AND ELEGANTLY WRITTEN BY SIMON KIDSTON AND AWARD-WINNING MOTORING HISTORIAN JON PRESSNELL, DESIGNED BY RENOWNED GRAPHIC ARTIST JULIAN BALME, AND SUPERVISED BY EMANUELE COLLO AND STEVE WAKEFIELD, THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON THE DEFINITIVE SUPERCAR. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED AND PRINTED ON THE FINEST PAPER, IT IS AS MUCH A JOY TO LOOK AT AS A JOY TO READ. SUPPORTED BY THE UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF MIURA EXPERTS AT KIDSTON, THE LAMBORGHINI MIURA BOOK IS THE MANUSCRIPT EVERY MOTORING ENTHUSIAST SHOULD HAVE AT THEIR FINGERTIPS. FERRUCCIO LAMBORGHINI BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM. THE MEN BEHIND THE MIURA. THE DESIGN STORY WHO STYLED THE MIURA? UBALDO SGARZI THE MAN WHO NEVER SAID NO. HOW THE MIURA WAS BUILT. THE JOTA AND HOW IT MET ITS END. THE MYSTERY OF THE 500TH MIURA. MIURA OWNERS FROM ROD TO ROYALTY. A TRIPLE WORLD CHAMPION DRIVES THE MIURA. NINE EXPANSIVE APPENDICES THAT COMPRISE: THE MIURA IN FILM (INCLUDING THE ITALIAN JOB); MIURA TOYS AND MODELS; EVOLUTION IN PRODUCTION, CHANGES IN SPECIFICATION; COLOURS; CONTEMPORARY ROAD TESTS; THE INFLUENCE OF THE MIURA; THE MIURA IN THE US; PERFORMANCE DATA AND PERIOD COMPARISONS; A GUIDE TO OWNING AND RUNNING A MIURA. DELIVERED AND HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST CARE. PLEASE VISIT OUR SHOP FOR MANY MORE MOTOR RACING & AUTOMOBILIA ITEMS. The item “THE LAMBORGHINI MIURA BOOK BY SIMON KIDSTON LIMITED EDITION 1 OF 762 BRAND NEW” is in sale since Tuesday, March 30, 2021. This item is in the category “Books, Comics & Magazines\Non-Fiction”. The seller is “cotswoldroadandrace” and is located in Bourton-on-the-Water. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Publication Year: 2020
- Publisher: KAI
- Brand: Lamborghini
