AUTOMOBILES VOISIN / AVIONS VOISIN, by Pascal Courteault. A comprehensive illustrated history of the VOISIN automobile.

LONDON: White Mouse Editions (coedited in France by E.P.A.), 1991. SPECIAL, LIMITED, FIRST EDITION, this being copy 922 of only 3500, only 2000 of which had the accompanying English translation.

A lavishly produced hardcover book with an amazing embossed metal plate on the front cover, 311 pages, text in French; accompanied by an English Translation volume, softcovers, 63 pages. Both the deluxe book and the accompanying translation are housed in a printed slipcase.

Condition: The Special Limited First Edition book is in FINE condition, sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean clear and unmarked. Beautiful. The accompanying softcover English translation volume is also in FINE condition. The slipcase is in NEAR FINE condition, just a bit of edge rubbing. This set has been well cared for.

Don't let anyone else drive off with this one!

About AVIONS VOISIN / Voisin Luxury Automobiles (from Wikipedia):

******Avions Voisin was a French luxury automobile brand established by Gabriel Voisin in 1919 which produced cars until 1939. Its founder, Gabriel B. Voisin, was an aviation pioneer and manufacturer who in 1919 started producing cars using Knight-type sleeve valve engines at Issy-les-Moulineaux, an industrial suburb to the southwest of Paris.

Voisin's designs made extensive use of light alloys, especially aluminum. One early design was the Voisin Laboratoire Grand Prix car of 1923; one of the first cars ever to use monocoque chassis construction and a small radiator mounted propeller to drive the cooling pump. Voixin cars prioritized lightness, central weight distribution, capacious luggage boxes and distinctively angular lines. The 1930s models with underslung chassis were strikingly low.

Voisin automobiles used sleeve valve (Knight) engines until some later models switched to Graham 3.5 litre engines. The Knight engines included: inline four; inline six; inline twelve and a seven-cylinder radial.

A 1931 Voisin C20 Mylord Demi-Berline won Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Best of Show for 2009 and subsequently sold in 2010 Amelia Island sale for $2,750,000. A 1935 Avions Voisin C25 Aérodyne was sold at auction in Pebble Beach, California in 2013 for $1,925,000.

In the 2005 movie Sahara, the car stolen from the dictator is a 1936 Avions Voisin C-28. Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt recognizes the car and says "It's a 1936 Avions Voisin. Six-cylinder sleeve valve engine, you know there were only six of these ever made."******

Acquired from the estate of MARK KETCHAM, a well-known rare sports car collector, vintage racing car broker (Ketcham Imports), and winery owner (Ketcham Estate, Healdsburg, California).