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Who is the real father of the Volkswagen? (Again…)
StB agents scattered my father’s ashes under Tatraplan. Ivan Margolius tells about his Czech roots and gives his view on Tatra and Ledwinka.
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Author Ivan Margolius on a chilling personal connection to classic Tatra cars
Tatra features in screenplay by Milorad Krstić and Radmila Roczkov
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Tatra T603: It’s a woman!
A very neat coffee-table book on the T603 was published recently. It is a representative book about the legendary Tatra 603. On 384 pages he will personally tell you his life story. The book is richly illustrated with 354 images, including unique studio photos and a number of unpublished archive images.
Website: https://www.heritageandzoom.com/
Scroll through the book: https://www.heritageandzoom.com/p/tatra-603-jsem-zenska/#&gid=1&pid=1
Tatra 77 and Tugendhat villa book
On October 16th , the coffee-table book on a meeting of the villa Tugendhat and the Tatra77 was introduced at the Technical Museum in Prague.
Tatra 77 and Villa Tugendhat represent the top works of the early 1930s, which testify to the world level of design, automotive and architecture in the First Czechoslovakia Republic. The publication documents their first meeting, which took place in May 2017.
Natural harmony is celebrated by the unique author’s b/w photographs depicting the purity of shape and the highest level of craftsmanship. The accompanying texts in logically structured chapters then shed light on the remarkable conceptual and historical context of the timeless message of the creators, led by Hans Ledwink and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
See some inside pages of the book and find out how to order a copy: https://www.ami-publishing.cz/knihy/13-tugendhat-77-9788090593268.html
T 97 in The Automobile
A bit of reading (5,000 words / 10 pages) at your local magazine seller last Monday ….and some nice pictures and other features, if the writing doesn’t appeal to you. Consider a subscription, because it’s a top title.
Foreign readers can order the May 2018 issue of The Automobile by visiting: http://www.theautomobile.co.uk/may-2018-issue/
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Cars of the (Czechoslovak) First Republic 1918 – 1938 by Jan Tuček
Cars of the First Republic 1918 – 1938
Jan Tuček
599,00Kč including VAT
A representative publication with perfectly crafted graphics prepared by a renowned author. The content is made up of descriptions of passenger cars manufactured in Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1938, their basic technical data. In addition to the cars of large factories (Praga, Škoda, Tatra), there are also presented cars of smaller manufacturers (Aero, Jawa, Walter, Wikov, Z) and also small car brands (Disk, Enka, Gatter, Isis, Stelka, Trimobil …) 33 most important brands. In each chapter, the reader will find sales statistics for individual years, period prices and other technical information. A total of 600 exclusively contemporary photographs are used in the chapters of each brand. The last chapter contains 52 copies of the periodic brochures of the listed cars. The book novelty will be the adornment of the library, the source of many new information, the pleasure of the reader and the pleasure of the owner …
Cars of the First Republic 1918 – 1938
Jan Tuček
599,00Kč including VAT
A representative publication with perfectly crafted graphics prepared by a renowned author. The content is made up of descriptions of passenger cars manufactured in Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1938, their basic technical data. In addition to the cars of large factories (Praga, Škoda, Tatra), there are also presented cars of smaller manufacturers (Aero, Jawa, Walter, Wikov, Z) and also small car brands (Disk, Enka, Gatter, Isis, Stelka, Trimobil …) 33 most important brands. In each chapter, the reader will find sales statistics for individual years, period prices and other technical information. A total of 600 exclusively contemporary photographs are used in the chapters of each brand. The last chapter contains 52 copies of the periodic brochures of the listed cars. The book novelty will be the adornment of the library, the source of many new information, the pleasure of the reader and the pleasure of the owner …
(Czech) order form and example pages: http://www.motorjournal.cz/produkt/auta-prvni-republiky-1918-1938/
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New Karel Rosenkranz book
A new Tatra book has been published by Lupress:
Strucny Atlas Automobilu by Karel Rosenkranz.
The book is in fact a collection of Tatra car and truck paintings by Karel Rosenkranz, not only a former Tatra Museum director, but also a graphic by origin whose Tatra drawings have been published in several books as well on calendars.
The book numbers 255 pages and is multilingual. ISBN: 978-80-270-1085-1
The book is available at the Tatra Museum, also on line: https://shop.tatramuseum.cz/uvodni-stranka/knihy-c14/kniha-atlas-automobilu-tatra-i2382/
Second print of German language Tatra book now on sale
The second print of this book has been printed and is available at the better bookshops under number ISBN-Nr. 978-3-950-3964-9-2
The book will also be available in Czech language later on.
Die 2. Auflage des Ledwinkabuches ist nun gedruckt und unter der ISBN-Nr. 978-3-950-3964-9-2 im Handel erhältlich.
Die Generaldirektion der Fa. Tatra hat beschlossen, das Buch in die tschechische Sprache übersetzten zu lassen.
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