Press Releases & Media from Veloce Publishing21st August 2018
If you would like photographs, press copy, other media, or information relating to a specific publication or event, please contact us with your requirements at:
marketing@veloce.co.uk
marketing@veloce.co.uk
Please run this release immediately, with the following header
PRESS COPY
ABOUT THE BOOK
An historic and nostalgic look at the role of the Land Rover in the emergency services over the last 70 years. Land Rover products have been used by the emergency services almost from the moment the first model left the factory in 1948. The agility and size of these vehicles made them an immediate hit with fire services, where they initially became popular as factory fire tenders. Police forces were also attracted by the cross-country ability and versatility of Land Rovers, especially outside Britain, and, when long-wheelbase models provided extra space, they also became favourites for ambulance conversions.
Some emergency-service conversions required very little adaptation, and were carried out in the workshops of the end-users. Others – such as six-wheel Range Rover fire tenders – required major alterations from the factory-standard vehicle. Meanwhile, specialist companies developed dedicated ambulance and fire tender bodywork, creating a fascinating variety of body types.
The vehicles featured in this book illustrate the versatility and adaptability of Land Rovers and their more modern SUV siblings.
This book will interest Land Rover enthusiasts and emergency-vehicle enthusiasts alike, with evocative photographs that illustrate both historic vehicles and more recent vehicles in action.
Land Rover Emergency Vehicles
by James Taylor
ISBN: 9781787112445
UPC: 6-36847-01244-1
AVAILABLE NOW!
£30.00(UK), $50.00(US), 65.00(CAN)
BULLET POINTS
• The reasons Land Rovers have been favoured by the emergency services
• An enduring relationship of over 70 years
• Full illustrated details of representative types
• Featuring major and minor conversions
• Includes the relevant military vehicles
–––––––ENDS–––––––
–––– NOTES TO EDITORS ––––
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After graduating from Oxford and pursuing further academic studies at Reading, James Taylor spent 12 years working in central government. However, the lure of writing about cars – which he was doing in his spare time – proved too great, and he decided to turn it into a career.
James has now written well over 100 books in all, and among them have been several definitive one-make or one-model titles. He has also written for enthusiast magazines in several countries, has translated books from foreign languages, and even delivers effective writing training in both the public and private sectors. He spent the best part of ten years as the editor of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine and has always counted the products of the old Rover Company and of Land Rover as his favourite subject.
Place of birth: Lewisham, London • Hometown: Wallingford • Nearest city: Oxford
SPECIFICATION
V5244 • Hardback • 25x25cm • £30 • 144 pages • 367 pictures • ISBN: 978-1-787112-44-5 • UPC: 6-36847-01244-1
Land Rover Emergency Vehicles
PRESS COPY
ABOUT THE BOOK
An historic and nostalgic look at the role of the Land Rover in the emergency services over the last 70 years. Land Rover products have been used by the emergency services almost from the moment the first model left the factory in 1948. The agility and size of these vehicles made them an immediate hit with fire services, where they initially became popular as factory fire tenders. Police forces were also attracted by the cross-country ability and versatility of Land Rovers, especially outside Britain, and, when long-wheelbase models provided extra space, they also became favourites for ambulance conversions.
Some emergency-service conversions required very little adaptation, and were carried out in the workshops of the end-users. Others – such as six-wheel Range Rover fire tenders – required major alterations from the factory-standard vehicle. Meanwhile, specialist companies developed dedicated ambulance and fire tender bodywork, creating a fascinating variety of body types.
The vehicles featured in this book illustrate the versatility and adaptability of Land Rovers and their more modern SUV siblings.
This book will interest Land Rover enthusiasts and emergency-vehicle enthusiasts alike, with evocative photographs that illustrate both historic vehicles and more recent vehicles in action.
Land Rover Emergency Vehicles
by James Taylor
ISBN: 9781787112445
UPC: 6-36847-01244-1
AVAILABLE NOW!
£30.00(UK), $50.00(US), 65.00(CAN)
BULLET POINTS
• The reasons Land Rovers have been favoured by the emergency services
• An enduring relationship of over 70 years
• Full illustrated details of representative types
• Featuring major and minor conversions
• Includes the relevant military vehicles
–––––––ENDS–––––––
–––– NOTES TO EDITORS ––––
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After graduating from Oxford and pursuing further academic studies at Reading, James Taylor spent 12 years working in central government. However, the lure of writing about cars – which he was doing in his spare time – proved too great, and he decided to turn it into a career.
James has now written well over 100 books in all, and among them have been several definitive one-make or one-model titles. He has also written for enthusiast magazines in several countries, has translated books from foreign languages, and even delivers effective writing training in both the public and private sectors. He spent the best part of ten years as the editor of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine and has always counted the products of the old Rover Company and of Land Rover as his favourite subject.
Place of birth: Lewisham, London • Hometown: Wallingford • Nearest city: Oxford
SPECIFICATION
V5244 • Hardback • 25x25cm • £30 • 144 pages • 367 pictures • ISBN: 978-1-787112-44-5 • UPC: 6-36847-01244-1
MORE INFORMATION
View sample pages and sample text on our website - https://www.veloce.co.uk or 01305 260068/e or info@veloce.co.uk
IMAGES
Front cover images in various resolutions are available from Veloce marketing@veloce.co.uk.
RETAIL SALES
Veloce books are stocked by (or can be ordered from) bookshops by quoting the correct ISBN number.
We also take orders direct: telephone 01305 260068 (+44 1305 260068 from outside UK), fax 01305 250479 (+44 1305 250479 from outside UK) or e-mail sales@veloce.co.uk. Books can also be ordered on our website – http://www.veloce.co.uk
SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter (Veloce): http://twitter.com/Velocebooks
Twitter (Hubble & Hattie): http://twitter.com/HubbleandHattie
Facebook (Veloce): https://www.facebook.com/VelocePublishing
Facebook (Hubble & Hattie): https://www.facebook.com/hubbleandhattie
Note: All details subject to change.
