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THE LOTUS BOOK BY WILLIAM TAYLOR
From the Mark 1 trials car, through some of the most innovative, controversial and
technically advanced competition cars the world has seen, to the very latest road-going
supercars such as the Type 115, they are all here with high quality photography
recording each and every Lotus design built from 1948 to 1998. A superlative 256
page 12" x 12" hard cover book, that no Lotus enthusiast should be without
THE LOTUS BOOK is the first to show the entire Lotus opus in this way, combining
as it does unique new material with archive photographs, period brochures,
contemporary advertisements, accurate technical data and concise histories of the
development and achievements of each car. Recording for posterity his famous fathers
valuable contribution to our age, Clive Chapman in his postscript to the book
describes it as 'a worthy testament to the talents of Colin Chapman and all who played
a part in the great Lotus adventure.'

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THE LOTUS BOOK:COLLECTABLES BY WILLIAM TAYLOR
This second book by Lotus authority and enthusiast William Taylor makes abundantly
clear that burning passion for the marque is not restricted to the cars themselves. Over
the years many enthusiasts in many countries have formed vast collections of Lotus
items, of Lotus-related racing souvenirs, of scale models - some good and it has
to be said others not so good - even of the discarded paperwork and items
generated over the last half-century in the various Lotus 'homes' .
Much of it is extremely rare and valuable, some of it less so, but all of it goes toward
telling the same extraordinary story. A story of one man's life and his company - an
inspired and uniquely innovative engineer, a man who was passionate about
competiting and winning, and a shrewd businessman who was very much against the
odds steered his small engineering firm from a dingey London suburb to the very
summit of international sporting success. For Colin Chapman CBE and everybody
involved with Lotus, it was all one big adventure and, as this book eloquently testifies,
for many Lotus fans the fun and excitment is far from over.
THE LOTUS BOOK: COLLECTABLES
The new book will be the same size, price and format as THE LOTUS BOOK. As
before it consists of 256 pages all in full colour with over 1,400 images. The book
shows a vast selection of Lotus memorabilia and models covering each Type number,
laid out in the same manner as THE LOTUS BOOK, however some of the more
popular cars receive extra attention and have six or even eight pages.
THE LOTUS BOOK: COLLECTABLES is designed to be a companion volume to
THE LOTUS BOOK.