The Impossible Collection of Cars : The 100 Most Exceptional Automobiles of the Twentieth Century
New York: Assouline, 2011. Later printing. Elegantly bound in black rubber, stamped in red and white, housed in matching black rubber clamshell box with a cutout metal plate. Fine in near fine, lightly rubbed clamshell with sparse spots of wear and scuffing. Item #235860
As is often the case with Assouline, this collection is produced with nothing but the highest level of extravagance. From the 1903 Model A to the 1999 Lotus Elise, and seemingly everything in between, the Impossible Collection captures in full color the breath of industrial creativity. Neil states the importance of these specimens of ingenuity in his Introduction: "What seems certain is that the human species has, almost at a genetic level, adapted to automobility. It is now our inheritance...as long as there is privilege, mobility, and a will to explore the limits of what is possible" there will be new cars to celebrate.
Price: $1,250.00