Bristol Cars and Engines

[RGSchmitt]

Hi all -

A funny thing happened on the way to Amazon...

I finally got motivated last week to buy the new Bristol book from Amazon (US) and searched their site for "Bristol". Near the Balfour listing was "Bristol Cars and Engines" by Setright at nearly the same price - or about 1/3 of the lowest price I've previously seen. It was a used, ex-library copy, but I ordered it. The seller was near to Los Angeles and I received it this week. Good condition, formerly in the Azusa library. It's nice to have, but I'll entertain offers around the average addall.com price (is anyone actually paying $600 for a copy?).

Bob

[GREG]

I have bought two at $600 but one is for regular reading, next to my Gideon bible, and the other is to display at concourse car shows. I have been informed that cheaper copies may be counterfeit.

The fakes are very good but are a slightly lighter shade of blue on the cover and the bindings will collapse over time due to being made in sweat shops in Tasmania.

Greg

[RGSchmitt]

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I have bought two at $600 but one is for regular reading, next to my
Gideon bible, and the other is to display at concourse car shows. I
have been informed that cheaper copies may be counterfeit.

The fakes are very good but are a slightly lighter shade of blue on
the cover and the bindings will collapse over time due to being made
in sweat shops in Tasmania.

Greg

Oh lucky man! Almost as good as owning more than one
Bristol-engined car, but with much less maintenance. Come to think
of it, I'd swap my new copy for another copy of "The Postwar Frazer Nash".

Bob

PS Skillful rebinding of the Tasmanian editions is being done on
Stewart's Island.

[browning l]

Here is a copy of Setright offered at US$250:

Amazon.com: Used and New: Bristol cars and engines

[Nick Challacombe]

They (the Amazon Books) are not the Palawyn Press one published in 1999 I
think, as a 2 folio book.
It is call Bristol "A Private Car"
The one refered to can be picked up quite often on UK ebay at £100.00 or so
and a 1st edition at that.

"You can tell these books by their cover," one is A5 size or just a bit
bigger with a Red cover, no dust sleeve and gold lettering.
The other is in a slip case with two volumes A4 or bigger, mine is in a
black case with a Bristol Badge on the front.

Nick

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[RGSchmitt]

Nick -

Palawan still is selling the 2 volume Setright
book, according to their website:

"A Private Car – An Account of the Bristol" By L. K. Setright

Awarded the Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy by the
Guild of Motoring Writers 1999. Setright’s
Bristol book is essentially an account of all
cars that have borne the name Bristol. It is
written in the established Setright style, which
is meant to be a highly literate, comfortably
personal, appropriately technical, adequately
anecdotal, mildly scholarly, gently judgmental, and entirely honest.

see
http://www.palawan.co.uk/BookDetail....0the%20Bristol

The standard edition is 1/2 the cost of the
asking price for "Bristol Cars and Engines" (6.5" x 9")!

Bob