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For the connoisseur of fine hand-made books, Touchstone Books is proud to offer just 50 examples of the award-winning book Cobra: The First 40 Years, traditionally bound in brown leather and housed within in a handsome black slipcase.

Hand-made by one of the most skilful bookbinders in the UK, using only the finest materials and with the front and spine blocked in silver foil, each copy is signed and numbered by the author. The strong black slipcase has the book title blind embossed to the front. For the serious book collector and Cobra enthusiast, this represents the ultimate 'collector's item'. Please note that only seven copies of this edition remain available.

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In addition to our popular brown leather edition, Touchstone also offer another hand-made version bound in a superb silver-grey snakeskin pattern material, highly appropriate for the ultimate book about the world famous Cobra sports car, the brainchild of Texan race driver Carroll Shelby. The front and spine are silver foil blocked. Just 100 examples of this edition will be available. It comes housed in a hand-made, strong black slipcase.

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To celebrate the centenary of the world-famous Brooklands circuit, home of British motor sport and aviation, this book, featuring the photographs of top advertising photographer Ron Bambridge, can be ordered as a slip-cased black leather bound edition, hand-made by one the leading bookbinders in the UK, using the finest quality materials. The spine and front cover are blocked with the 'Brooklands 100' logo. Just 100 copies will be produced in this edition, representing a sound investment as well as gracing any motoring collector's bookcase.

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We are proud to offer a unique opportunity to own a very special limited edition portfolio comprising of a high-quality presentation box containing 10 beautifully mounted photographs from In the Company of Dali, personally signed by the internationally respected photographer Robert Whitaker.

In addition, the portfolio contains a copy of the stunning hardback book, also personally signed by Robert Whitaker.

Whitaker's photographs are highly prized by galleries and collectors worldwide and this rare collection of his work is limited to only 25 numbered portfolios.

Robert Whitaker (born 1939) is a renowned British photographer, best known internationally for his many photographs of The Beatles, taken between 1964 and 1966, and for his photographs of the rock group Cream, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, and many other celebrities.

Whitaker's most celebrated work is the 1966 photo which was appropriated for The Beatles' infamous Yesterday & Today album cover, known as 'The Butcher Sleeve' which was briefly released in the USA in 1966 but was then hastily withdrawn.

His work has been exhibited in many galleries worldwide, including the National Portrait Gallery and is highly sought by collectors.