R.H. Gurr Automobile Design 1955
R.H. Gurr Automobile Design 1955
Title: Automobile Design: The Complete Styling Book
Author: R. H. (Bob) Gurr
Publisher: Post Publications (Arcadia, California)
Publication Year: Originally published in 1955
Significance of the Book
This softcover book was an enlarged, updated follow-up to Gurr's groundbreaking 1952 book, How to Draw Cars of Tomorrow, which was one of the very first instructional guides on automotive styling and industrial car design.
Practical Blueprint for Mid-Century Design: Written during the golden age of American car styling, the book teaches basic-to-advanced techniques for sketching concept cars, rendering chrome, working with perspective, foreshortening, lighting, and understanding studio/manufacturing.
Fair condition, see pics, notable foxing on front and back cover. Binding is showing it’s age.
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