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Bibliographical references for books in French with titles beginning by D
Chapter 4: General works on motor vehicles, marques, companies, and automotive and transport industries, plus automotive accessories and components

Oleffe, Michel, Catherine Rommelaere, Yvette Kupélian & Jacques Kupélian, D'Ieteren 1805-2005 (Bruxelles: Éditions Racine, 2005). 192 p., illustrations, 24 x 26 cm, ISBN: 2873863935 (hc, dj).
Sénécal, Éric, Dans les coulisses d'Alpine (Dieppe, Seine-Maritime: Association des Anciens d'Alpine, 2005). 160 p., illustrations (400), 22 x 31 cm (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: On cover: "L'aventure du constructeur automobile par ceux qui l'ont vécue".
Masson, Laurent, De Daimler et Benz à Daimler-Benz (Master thesis (history): Université de Strasbourg II (Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin), 1995). 162 p.
Boyer, Pierre, De Dion-Bouton: de l'automobile à l'aéronautique (Paris: Rétroviseur, 1995). 230 p., illustrations (615, bw, maps), 30 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 230, ISBN: 2840780259.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Complete history of the famous and one of the first French engine and motor vehicle manufacturer. Starting from the 1880s, it covers all types of products: tricycles, quadricycles, motorcycles, omnibusses, military vehicles, aviation engines and automobiles.
Ville, René, De Dion Bouton en confirmation (Sail-Marouville: Amicale De Dion-Bouton, 2003). 320 p., illustrations, 18 x 21 cm (sc).
Ville, René, De Dion-Bouton en témoignages et confidences (Sail-Marouville: Amicale De Dion-Bouton, 2001). 284 p., 18 x 21 cm (sc).
De Dion-Bouton: une aventure industrielle (Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993). 95 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 94, ISBN: 2711827887.
COMMENTS: Published for an exhibition held at the Musée national de la voiture et du tourisme, Chateau de Compiègne, from March to May 1993.
Gérôme, Noëlle, De Gnôme et Rhône à la SNECMA: la traversée de la guerre (Pantin: Le temps des cerises, [2000]). 144 p., illustrations, 20 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 141-142, ISBN: 2841092313 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the French motorcycle marque, Gnome et Rhône, and of the Société nationale d'étude et de construction de moteurs d'aviation (SNECMA). Material on the SNECMA's factory.
Adatto, Richard S. & Jean-Paul Caron, De la passion à la perfection: l'histoire du style aerodynamique en France, 1930-1939 (Paris: Éditions SPE Barthélémy, 2003). 287 p., illustrations (bw/c), 25 x 33 cm, (hc, dj). Translated in English, "From passion to perfection: the story of French streamlined styling, 1930-1939".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of French automobile coachbuilding during the 1930s. Marques covered include: Delahaye, Delage, Talbot, Talbot-Lago, Bugatti, Peugeot, and Bentley. Among models featured figure: the 1938 Delage D8120 and the 1937 Talbol T150CSS. Material on such manufacturers as Joseph and Claude Figoni (Figoni & Falaschi), Michel Portout, Georges Paulin, Letourneur et Marchand, de Villars, Saoutchik, Jean Andreau, and Émile Darl’mat. Includes views of panels and interiors, instruments, as well as over 90 vintage black and white photographs. Also includes over 40 original documents. Foreword by Claude Figoni.
Flageolet-Lardenois, M., Débuts de l'industrie automobile française: Panhard et Levassor (Les) (Thesis: Université de Paris X (Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine), 1970).
Seidler, Édouard, Défi Renault (Le) (Lausanne, Vaud: Édita, 1981). 269 p., illustrations, 15 x 23 cm, ISBN: 2880011167 (sc). Translated in Spanish, "Desafio Renault (El)".
Blomfeldt, Jan-Olof et al., Défilé historique Scania (Stockholm: Streiffert, 1991). 144 p., illustrations, 27 cm. Original Swedish title, "Scania kavalkad: järnvägsvagnar, personbilar, bussar, lastbilar, 1891-1991".
Schweitzer, Sylvie, Des engrenages à la chaîne: les usines Citroën 1915-1935 (Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 1982). 204 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 193-200, ISBN: 2729701591.
Combes, Danièle & Monique Haicault, Des familles sur la corde raide: les femmes OS chez Renault à Dreux (Paris: Centre de sociologie urbaine, 1984). [Comme on fait sa vie; 2]. 87 p., illustrations, 24 cm.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of women workers at the Régie nationale des usines Renault in Dreux (France). Covers such topics as wages and collective bargaining and agreements.
Pascucci, A. & Silvain Reiner, Des moteurs et des hommes (Paris: Fayard, 1958). 215 p., 20 cm (hc, dj). Translated in Spanish, "Motores y hombres".
Géhin, Louis & Jean-Claude Poitou, Des voitures et des hommes: les vingt ans de Renault-Sandouville (Paris: La découverte, 1984). [Cahiers libres; 393]. 266 p., illustrations (8 p.), 22 cm, ISBN: 2707114855.
Hatry, Gilbert & Claude Le Maître, Dossiers chronologiques Renault (Paris: Lafourcade, 1977-1982). 6 vols, illustrations (bw/c), 30 cm, ISBN: 2902667086 (vol. 1, hc, dj) + 2902667027 (vol. 2, hc, dj) + 2902667051 (vol. 4, hc, dj) + 290266706X (vol. 5, hc, dj).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Prelude by Bernard Vernier-Palliez.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): Subtitled: "Voitures particulières 1899-1905", 1977, 199 p.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): Subtitled: "Voitures particulières 1906-1910", 1978, 211 p.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 3): Subtitled: "Voitures particulières 1911-1918", 1979.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 4): Subtitled: "Voitures particulières 1919-1923", 1980.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 5): Subtitled: "Voitures particulières 1924-1933", 1981.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 6): Subtitled: "Voitures particulières 1934-1944", 1982, 213 p.