Butterfield Press is proud to announce Design and the Bristol Car by Dr. John D. Hobbs.

Design and the Bristol Car contains a description of the evolution of draughting techniques from the shipbuilding days, through aviation design and car design into the CAD-era, interspersed with the life story of Dudley Hobbs, chief designer at Bristol Cars from 1946 to 1976.

The second part of the book contains: Fascinating reports from the Bristol Aeroplane Company visits (by Dudley Hobbs) to Geneva, Lugano and Milan, the Paris and Geneva Motorshows and Carrozzeria Touring / A critical appraisal of the work of Dudley Hobbs by a current car designer / The pre-war history of the BMW 326, 327 and 328, which might be described as the first Bristols.

Designed by Gert Jan Slagter

Printed and bound in the Netherlands

212 pages

500 numbered copies

To do justice to Hobbs’ magnificent 603 master line drawings, Design and the Bristol Car features a unique binding (polyurethane rubber instead of glue is used on the sewn sections) that allows it to be opened completely flat.

Please note the book comes in four different versions, viz. Picardy green (front; shown first), Menton yellow, Helvetia blue, and Cashmere grey (boot). If you desire a specific colour, please let us know in the Special instructions field during checkout. If you want all of them, you can select this option below (+£25).

Shipping (per order):

UK: £15 / EU: £27.50 / Rest of the world: £40