For a book of this quality in terms of both content and production I think it is a little unfair to say the price is ridiculously exorbitant, its the latest in a recent run of high quality publications on Bristol Car related subjects, two others from the same publisher one from Palawan. Aerodynamic is by comparison with some limited run high quality books that hit the market last year not that expensive and I say that relative to the price of some of the other books.
I would not have passed up the opportunity to buy this book because I have owned a Bristol of one sort or another almost from when I started driving, not always on the road but at least one always in the barn.
I am also a big fan of the 50's and early 60's Bentleys and there have tempting publications covering those as well. Original workshop manuals for either are up in this price bracket does that make them ridiculously exorbitant? I suppose at the end of the day what matters is how badly we want a book, a workshop manual or even a car.
As I write this I have the latest Palawan catalog on the desk, A Private Car by Setright is now £1000 bound in cloth, £1500 in leather, The Bristol Aeroplane Company £600 for the Standard Edition going up to £750 for the last 100 copies, if you want it in leather £1250. Their book on the DB4GT Aston is £2000, a good friend of mine would say its all a game but we are both old enough to remember when you could buy a DB5 Aston for under £1000.
Geoff.
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