Vespa: An Illustrated History
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excellentReview date: 2009-12-29 Rating: 10 out of 10The book was as described and turned up within the designated timeframe. The content of the book is very good and containes some very interesting old photos. My son said he would recommend it to any Vespa enthusiast.
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An average book.Review date: 2005-02-04 Rating: 6 out of 10I ordered the book expecting it to be full of interesting facts about Vespas. But I was dissapointed at the lack of it. There are plenty of photos in it, but theyr'e not that interesting. Plus they're all black and white.Erics Book-top notch!Review date: 2003-04-29 Rating: 8 out of 10Few people could claim to know about Vespa scooters more than the late Eric Brockway.
Eric was the MD of Douglas motorcycles in Kingswood,
where they built and imported Vespas from 1946 at their Bristol plant.
The book doesn't pretend to be a complete guide to Vespas History, it merely shows it from the (very important) Douglas perspective.
It is however, very well priced for a good introduction to the Douglas built Vespa models and a good insight into the origins of the VCB and scootering in Geral in the 1950's.
No scooter book collection would be truly complete without this book!The book is full of illustrations but short on history.Review date: 2002-06-06 Rating: 6 out of 10There is a four page introduction at the begining of the book giving a brief history of Vespa scooters imported into Britain through the Douglas company. The rest of the book is basically pictures each accompanied by a caption. Some of the pictures are interesting but others have been added just to pad out the book. Overall the book lacks any cohesion and calling it a illustrated history is misleading. I bought this book hoping to learn about the history of Vespa scooters but I am disappointed with the lack of information contained within the book.
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
Peter Henshaw
Eric Brockway
Recording label: J H Haynes & Co Ltd Manufacturer: J H Haynes & Co LtdEAN: 9781844256808Binding: HardcoverDewey decimal number: 629ISBN: 1844256804Number of items: 1Number of pages: 112Publication date: 2009-06-04Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Published)
