By André Blaize.
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Content: The Phantom II Continental is one of the aristocrats of
automobiles, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mercedes SSKs, Bugatti T50s
and Duesenberg Model Js. The history of every Phantom II Continental is
described in these pages, supported by over 2,000 illustrations. The cars are
shown at different periods of their lives: when new in the 1930s, in early
post-war days, sometimes in derelict state and, fortunately more often, in
glorious restored condition.
Leatherbound Edition: A full dark green New Zealand goatskin leather two-volume edition
with raised spine bands in a hand made cloth slipcase, richly embossed by Dalton Watson Fine Books. The slipcase and two volumes
will be further presented in a custom-made protective Solander box.
Some further details on the production are as follows. The
goatskin is picked from hides arriving from New Zealand and only the best 20%
is used for book binding. The hides are tanned in France before being shipped
to the binder's agents. The Solander box was first created by Dr. Solander who
traveled with Captain Cook recording the flora and fauna on his voyage and
used the box for samples and drawings. The hand-made marble end papers are made by Jemma Lewis in her workshop in Chippenham, Wiltshire. She is using
skills and techniques developed in England in Victorian times giving her papers
a distinctly English flavour. The binding is by Ludlow Bookbinders in
Shropshire, England.
A special author-signed dedication page is bound into each
of these 20 books.
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VSCC Bulletin Review
Autumn, 2015
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Classic and Sportscar Review
Autumn, 2015
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Octane Review
November, 2015
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Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental
Review By Malcolm Tucker
This is an epic book of epic proportions,
divided into two volumes totalling 1,168 219mm x304mm pages; it comes in a
handy slipcase.
Author André Blaize is one of the most
knowledgeable aficionados of coachwork on Rolls-Royce motor cars. He started amassing information on the
subject ca 1965 and it is the knowledge gained from those fifty years that has
made this definitive work possible. // READ MORE
Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental
Review by Ray Gentile
Dalton Watson has done another splendid job with their
latest publication, Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental. The issue comes in two separate volumes
with a total of 1,168 pages which,
in addition to extensive details of every Continental chassis, has a plethora
of 2,114 photos of the cars. One
might wonder how much more can be written about only 279 derivatives of a single
chassis type, but André Blaize, the author, has given the reader
every possible vestige of information that anyone, anywhere might want. // READ MORE
Society of Automotive Historians Journal
November/December 2015
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Review by Scott BrownMarch, 2016
Dear André,
Hope you are well. I just have to write you a gushing fan letter on your Phantom II Continental book published last year. I just finished all 1100+ pages of pure pleasure.
For too long, major works on historic cars have gone down two paths.
One path is what I might call the Cluttered Archival Pile. The book is crowded with period historical photos (sometimes pinched to postage stamp size), charts, technical sections and old literature, and lots of lists at the back. There’s useful research, but the book is not an aesthetic treat, and takes some time to look up the cross references. Even though the reproductions are not great, and they take a magnifying glass to see the details, the armchair enthusiast has to be content that some pictures have been published of the rare cars at all... // READ MORE
Gushing Fan Letter 
