The Michael Turner Collection
Over 50 years of motor-sport inspired Christmas cards
Published on 1. December 2020
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-1-907085-99-4 (ISBN)
Description
For over 50 years, renowned motor sport and aviation artist Michael Turner annually produced a set of paintings depicting stand-out moments from that year's Formula One and sports car racing season. The paintings were reproduced as a set of Christmas cards and made available through Michael's own company, Studio 88, which he formed in 1963. Over the years, these cards became highly-collectable to the extent that, in 1992, Michael's wife, Helen, formed a Collectors' Club which quickly gained a worldwide membership. Now, for the first time, the entire collection of cards produced between 1960 and 2016 is published together in the book, 'The Michael Turner Collection', written by Chas Parker in conjunction with Michael.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Tenbury Wells
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Over 330 images
Dimensions
Height: 324 mm
Width: 283 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1948 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-907085-99-4 (9781907085994)
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Persons
Chas Parker swapped a career in astronomy, where he was Press Officer for the Royal Greenwich Observatory, for one writing about motor sport. Along the way he edited a computer magazine for Hewlett-Packard business users and provided copywriting services to companies such as Air Miles, Elf Oil and South East Water. He also contributed to Patrick Moore's 'Yearbook of Astronomy' and the 'Philip's Astronomy Encyclopedia'.