{"product_id":"2026100010707-secondhand-lucas-the-first-100-years","title":"Lucas: The First 100 Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew names are as synonymous with British automotive ingenuity as Joseph Lucas Ltd., and this landmark two-volume set chronicles the full centenary of one of the United Kingdom's most celebrated engineering dynasties. Volume 1, The King of the Road, traces the company's remarkable origins from a humble Birmingham backstreet trader in the 1870s to a dominant force supplying lamps and accessories to the booming cycle and early motor trades. Volume 2, The Successors, carries the story forward through the twentieth century, detailing Lucas's pivotal role in electrifying the British motor and aerospace industries, weathering world wars, and navigating the complex industrial landscape of post-war Britain.\n\nHarold Nockolds brings meticulous research and a journalist's narrative flair to a subject that sits at the crossroads of industrial, social, and technological history. Drawing on company archives and first-hand accounts, he presents not merely a corporate biography but a vivid portrait of British manufacturing ambition — its triumphs, its labour relations, and its extraordinary capacity for innovation. This authoritative set stands as the definitive record of a company whose fingerprints are on virtually every British vehicle of the era, leaving the reader to wonder how differently the road ahead might have looked without it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620325036251,"sku":"2026100010707-SECONDHAND","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/45766972-20ac-45c8-946d-78b2e6c53e42.png?v=1791873309","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010707-secondhand-lucas-the-first-100-years","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}