The story of coachbuilders always fascinated me, so I would like to compile a list of books, related to coachbuilders.
There are a lot of info on coachbuilders both here and on coachbuilt.com, but we still need books.
Hmm, maybe lengthy magazine articles also count (like essays in Automobile Quarterly and such).
Please add missing titles.
INTERNATIONAL
The Beaulieu Encylopedia of Automobiles: Coachbuilding. (http://www.amazon.com/The-Beaulieu-Encyclopedia-Automobile-Coachbuilding/dp/1579583679")
Edited by Nick Georgano. Published in 2001.ISBN: 978-1579583675
Marian Suman-Hreblay: Dictionary of World Coachbuilders and Car Stylists.
Out-of-print, new edition coming soon.
Coachwork on Rolls Royce 1906 - 1939 (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=18412.0)
Book by Lawrence Dalton published by Dalton Watson in 1975
UNITED KINGDOM
Nick Walker: A-Z of British Coachbuilders
2nd edition was published in 2007. ISBN: 9780954998165
ITALY
La Carozzeria Italiana. Published in 1987 by Enter Fiera di Vicenza has a directory of Italian coachbuilders
Carrozeria Viotti by Alessandro Sannia (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=21383.0). Coming soon
Le Sport i Sue artigiani (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8914.0")
David Burgess-Wise, "GHIA – Ford's Carrozzeria, a study of one of Italy's oldest and finest coach builders" (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=11382.0) , publisher: Osprey Publishing Limited (Motorbooks International), 1985
Pininfarina -= Catalogue Raisonne (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8967.0)
Giugiaro - Catalogue raisonee (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8973.0)
BELGIUM
D'Ieteren 1805-2005. 200 years history (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=14576.0)
Published by Editions Racine and s.a. D'Ieteren, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.
ISBN 2-87386-394-3
NORWAY
Rolseth, Asbjørn: Håndverk på hjul. Karosserifabrikker og karosseribygging.
Norwegian coachbuilders. 2nd edition was published in 2004
SWEDEN
Jan Ströman: Swedish coachbuilders
Published in 2010. ISBN: 9789170921506
CZECH REPUBLIC
Karosář Oldřich Uhlík (http://www.jankralik.cz/portfolio/karosar-oldrich-uhlik/)
by Jan Kralik. Bi-lingual.
Published in 2009 by Moto Public.
ISBN: 978-80-904221-2-4
Karoserie Petera (http://www.jankralik.cz/portfolio/karoserie-petera/)
by Jan Kralik. Published in 2008
ISBN: 978-80-903028-4-6
Sodomka:
Jan Černý a kolektiv: Automobily Praga s karoseriemi Sodomka
Publisher: Regionální muzeum Vysoké Mýto * 2009
There's a whole series published by him related to Sodomka
J. Sodomka (http://knihy.cpress.cz/j-sodomka-d2.html?type=author&searchFor=T)
by Jan Tulis. Published by Computer Press in Czech Republic
FRANCE
www.francoisvanaret.com (http://www.francoisvanaret.com)
Serge Bellu: Encyclopédie de la carrosserie française
ETAI, 2011
ISBN: 272689562X
French Curves (http://www.adattoauto.com/?section=books) by Richard Adatto with Shana Hinds.
Coachbuilt Press, 2011
GERMANY
Deutsche Autos 1920-1924 by Werner Oswald has a chapter devoted to German coachbuilders.
Gerhard Mirsching: Gläser Cabriolets
Motorbuch Verlag, 1987
Henning Zaiss: Autenrieth: Erste Darmstädter Karosseriewerke.
1991. ISBN: 978-3928746038
Ralf J Kieselbach: Karosserien nach Mass. Erhard Wendler.
1982. ISBN: 978-3170076259
SWITZERLAND
Carosserie Worblaufen. Published in Automobile Quarterly. Vol 39. No 04
UNITED STATES
Tohm McPherson: Classic American Ambulances & Funeral Vehicles: 1900-1980
2007. ISBN: 978-1583882061
Fleetwood - the early years. Published in Automobile Quarterly. Vol 33. No 03
Some of my collection :
Carrozzeria Boneschi and Carrozzeria Fissore - www.giorgionadaeditore.it
Carrozzeria Touring - Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni and Tito Anselmi.
Coachcraft - John Dyson.
Coachwork on Vintage Bentleys - Nick Walker.
Salmons & Sons, The Tickford Coachbuilders - Dennis Mynard.
The Coachwork of Erdmann & Rossi - Rupert Stuhlemmer.
Un Siecle de Carrosserie Française - Jean Henri-Labourdette ( Edita S.A., Lausanne, Suisse )
"Les metamorphoses du Jaguar" Roland Urban, edition ESKA 1993, 348 pages 21 x 27 cm
Let me add an affordable book about German coachwork (http://www.amazon.de/Automobil-Spezialkarosserien-Sonderausf%C3%BChrungen-deutscher-Personenwagen/dp/images/3405131731)
which gives a good overview to the topic.
More about particular German coachbuilders:
Spohn (http://www.amazon.de/Maybach-Karosserien-aus-Ravensburg-Gerhard-Mirsching/dp/3861360640)
Reutter (http://www.amazon.de/Stuttgarter-Karosseriewerk-Reutter-Reform-Karosserie-Porsche/dp/3768818292/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347464624&sr=1-1)
Hebmüller (http://www.amazon.de/Karosserie-Hebm%C3%BCller-Dieter-G%C3%BCnther/dp/3768817059/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347464741&sr=1-1)
Thanks for the contributions. I'll add them to the list soon
As you know, I'm now compiling the "Encyclopedia of Italian Coachbuilders". So, some books that are a good source for my work and should be added to this list (sorry if some has already been listed):
AAVV: Pininfarina per Fiat. Storia di una collaborazione creativa, industriale, umana, Pininfarina,Torino, 1999.
ALTORIO, Enzo: Giannini, Automitica, Avezzano, 1993.
BERSANI Alberto, FISSORE Paolo, Dal disegno al design (storia della carrozzeria in Piemonte), Priuli & Verlucca, Torino, 1999.
BIANCHI ANDERLONI, Carlo Felice, ANSELMI, Angelo Tito, Carrozzeria Touring, Autocritica, Roma,1982.
BISCARETTI DI RUFFIA, Carlo, JAPPELLI, Domenico: Carrozzieri di ieri e di oggi, ANFIA, Torino, 1963.
BURGESS-WISE, David: Ghia, a Ford carrozzeria, Osprey, London, 1985.
FISSORE, Paolo: La pubblicità mette le ruote, Auto Storie, Cuneo, 2004
GREGGIO, Luciano: Bertone 90 years, 1912>2002, Giorgio Nada, Vimodrone, 2002.
MORETTI, Valerio: Ghia, Automobilia, Milano, 1991.
PRUNET, Antoine: Pininfarina. Arte e industria 1930-2000, Giorgio Nada, Vimodrone, 2000.
RUBERI, Mario: Moretti Story, Torino, 1999.
Some more I have on my bookshelf:
Christian Suhr: Von Hornig bis zur IFA - 100 Jahre Karosseriebau Meerane, ISBN 978-3-9811118-0-4
Christian Suhr: Fritz Fleischer und seine Busse, ISBN 978-3-9384260-3-6
Dominique Pagneux: Jean Antem, ISBN 978-2-7268857-1-0
Detlef Lichtenstein: Pietro Frua und seine Autos, ISBN 978-3-9274853-1-0
Bernd Wiersch: Die Edel-Käfer: Sonderkarosserien von Rometsch, Dannenhauer & Stauss, Wilhelm Karmann, Enzmann, Gebr. Beutler, Ghia Aigle, Joseph Hebmüller & Söhne, Drews, Wendler, ISBN 978-3-9274853-1-0
Dieter Knust: Vom Kutschenbauer zum Auto-Karossier. Karmann - die Geschichte eines Familien-Unternehmens, ISBN 978-3-8892689-6-9
Ralf J.F.Kieselbach: Stromlinienautos in Europa und USA, ISBN 3-17-007627-2
Luca Ciferri: Italdesign. Thirty Years On The Road. ISBN 88-900331-1-8
Quote from: pnegyesi on September 12, 2012, 09:01:24 AM
Deutsche Autos 1920-1924 by Werner Oswald has a chapter devoted to German coachbuilders.
It should read "Deutsche Autos 1920-1945".
More from my library:
- "Atti del convegno 'Carrozzeria italiana cultura e progetto'" (1981)
- Sannia's "Fiat fuoriserie" books
Apart from most of the above mentioned books, I also have the following closely coachbuilder / designer related books on my bookshelf:
- Carrozzeria Italiana – Periodico ufficiale dell'anfia # Gruppo carrozzeria 1 (1990) and 3 (1992)
- Storia della carrozzeria Italiana –Angelo Tito Anselmi – 1978
- L'auto è femmina 1948-1968 Vent'anni di stile carrozziero a Torino – Stefano Bricarelli
- Carrozzieri italiani – Alberto Fornai – various titles
- Le ambulanze Italiane – A.Sannia/P.Mainetti – 2006 – ISBN 88 89108 09 6
- Car men 2: Walter de'Silva Centro Stile Alfa Romeo
- Car men 3: Sergio Pininfarina Pininfarina Studi & Richerche
- Car men 5: Giorgetto Giugiaro & Fabrizio: Italdesign
- Car men 6: Patrick le Quément Renault Design
- Car men 7: Franco Mantegazza I.D.E.A. Institute
- Car men 9: Centro Stile Lancia
- Car men 10: Hartmut Warkuss Volkswagen design
- Car men 11 Zagato 1919-2004
- Car men 13: Kazuo Morohoshi Toyota Design
- Car men 14: Piero Luigi Carcerano Automotive Design and engineering
- Car men 15: Shiro Nakamura Nissan Design
- Car men 16: Wolfgang Egger Centro Stile Alfa Romeo
- Bertone – Luciano Greggio – 1992 – ISBN 88 7911 066-7
- Bertone 1991-1996 - Luciano Greggio – 1996 – ISBN 88 7911 166-3
- The Automotive Art of Bertone – Rob de la Rive Box / Richard Crump
- Bertone Dialogue with Mobole form – Decio Giulio Riccardo Carugati – 2002-ISBN 88-435-9651-9
- Nuccio Bertone Portfolio - 1989
- Rodolfo Bonetto Trent'anni di design – Gianni Pettena – 1992 – ISBN 88-7017-092-6
- Henri Chapron – Dominique Pagneux – 2002 – ISBN 2-7268-8602-7
- Philippe Charbonneaux esthète & styliste - Dominique Pagneux – 2004 – ISBN 2-7268-9362-7
- Passion Automobile Philippe Guédon L'homme de l'espace – Mohamed Chabbi- 2003 – ISBN 2-7268-9321-X
- Heuliez Carrossier et constructeur un siècle d'histoire – Yves Dubernard – 2012 – ISBN 978-2-7268-9577-1
- Karmann Cars – ISBN 3-88926-894-3
- Pio Manzu – 2008-ISBN 978-88-370-6691-8
- Pinin Farina Master Coachbuilder – Michael Frostick – 1977 – ISBN 901564 230
- Collezione Pininfarina – 1989
- Solitaires – Lorenzo Ramaciotti – 1989 – ISBN 88-85880-20-7
- Pininfarina sessantanni – 1990
- Ferrari door Pininfarina – Etienne Cornil – 2004
- Pedro Serra carrocero – Pablo Gimeno Valledor – 2003 – ISBN84-89656-59-2
- Franco Scaglione Designer – 2008
- Il Signor Touring Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni – Giacomo Tavoletti – 2004 – ISBN 88-7960-162-8
- Vignale con Michelotti Designer – 2009
- Ferrari by Vignale – Marcel Massini – 2005 – ISBN 88-7911-085-3
- Ferrari by Zagato – Michele Marchiano – 2005 – ISBN 88-7911-003-9
- Zagato e Spada Designer – 2010
- Zagato - Michele Marchiano – 1984 – ISBN 88-85058-38-8
- Zagato 1919-1989 - Michele Marchiano – 2000 – ISBN 88-7911-021-7
- Zagato 1990-2000 – Joanne Marshall – 2000 – ISBN 88-7911-246-5
- Zagato milano 1919-2009 – 2009 – ISBN 978-88-7911-487-5
- Making a difference coachbuilt road-going ferraris of the fifties and sixties – Angelo Tito Anselmi / Marcel Massini – 2006
- Karosseriebau und Fahrzeugdesign in Europa Band 1: Schweizer Tradition – Nikolaus Scheerbarth-Clasen – 2008 – ISBN 978-3-938568-82-8
- Automobiles les plus grandes stylistes du monde – J.Tipler – 1991 – ISBN 1 85076 256 2
- Professional cars Ambulances, hearses and flower cars – Gregg D. Merksamer – 2004 – ISBN: 0-87349-642-6
- magazines Style Auto, Car styling magazine and Auto & Design
Thank you, thank you so much!
It seems there'll be a very nice and thorough book on German coachbuilders out next Spring. Will keep you informed
Not only one on Germans, but the Italians will probably come later, after Summer... ;)