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194141977Detroit: Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc for Buick Motor Company 1941. 1st printing. Color printed paper wrappers stapled. General wear. A VG copy. 31 1 pp. Every page with at least one color illustration. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 13-1/2" <br/><br/>An attractive promotional piece extolling the 1942 Buick line Special Roadmaster & The Limited as offered during the austere war years. The Special Convertible Coupe is especially appealing and these days probably a bit pricey if all original. Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc for Buick Motor Company unknown books
40225New York: Durant Motors Inc n. d. 1st printing presumed. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Interior rear wrapper provide vehicle specifications as well as 6 dealer locations. Modest wear to wrappers with chip to upper portion of rear wrapper fore-edge. Vertical fold line. A VG copy. Unpaginated though 12 pages. Pages with pink & orange border. Illustrated with 14 different photographic-style images of 2 models as well as various aspects of the vehicles including passenger compartment engine clutch frame etc. Oblong format: 4-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>Durant Motors Inc. a relatively short-lived automobile manfacturer established in 1921 by former General Motors CEO William "Billy" Durant following his termination by the GM board of directors. Initially the firm enjoyed some success primarily due to Durant's previous track record at General Motors but long-term sales proved to be less than necessary to maintain production economies and the firm went out of business in 1931. This a rare advertising brochure from Durant Motors; OCLC locates no copies of it and in fact only 2 Durant pieces are recorded by OCLC each in a single copy. Durant Motors Inc unknown books
192649572Long Island City New York: Interboro Hoist & Body Corporation Borden Avenue and Van Dam Street 1926. 1st printing thus i.e. for this year. Bound in a brown 3-hole binder. Now with a custom-cut protective mylar wrapper. Edge wear to covers with a tideline to front cover upper right corner. Withal a solid VG copy. Each section A - Y with a separate pagination. ~ 200 pp. Illustated throughout with b/w photographic images. 11-1/8" x 8-3/4" <br/><br/> Interboro Hoist & Body Corporation, Borden Avenue and Van Dam Street unknown books
40034AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - STEREOPTICON CARDS Four Men Travel New England Long Island to Mt. Washington 1911. Twenty-six stereopticon cards each 3 1/2 x 7 inches Set of stereopticon cards of a trip four men took by car from August 3 to Aug 17 1911. They started at the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania and travele as far as Mt. Washington culminating in Long Island. Views show them driving camping fishing taking the ferry visiting sites etc. Each double-image stereopticon card is inscribed in ink with brief description of their travels "Delaware Water Gap. Aug. 3rd 1911" "In Camp. Lake George - Hague NY. Aug 6-8" "Early risers in the in the Winooski Wilderness. Aug 10 40 miles out from Burlington en route to Bristol" "Old Sea Dogs on Lake Champlain Aug. 8th." etc. An early example of the trials and adventures automobile travel t in the early twentieth century. unknown books
1908WRCAM24263Worcester Ma 1908. 133pp. Quarto. Original limp leather binding rebacked. Corners chipped. Slight loss to corners of "Skeleton Key" map which is pasted inside front cover. Overall quite good. One of the earliest American motoring atlases compiled "from United States Government surveys official state county and city surveys and original sources by Henry MacNair Geographer Associate Member American Society Civil Engineers." This edition not in the NUC which does record two copies of a new edition of the following year. A lovely piece from the beginnings of auto travel. hardcover books
1912102132Tall 8vo soft blue leather covers with gilt title patch and advertisement on rear covers illustrated 547 pp. Covers worn and rubbed some chips and tears to covers top part of front joint split at top part of front cover large folding map with small split at fold normal aging; otherwise about very good. This edition focuses on the New York metropolitan area including New York City Long Island and some of Connecticut. About 40 maps are included along with many advertisements one in color. This volume offers a trip down automobile "memory lane" featuring places and restaurants and points of interest in the early days of motoring that no longer exist. The Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co., books
191419800Syracuse NY: Franklin Automobile Company 1914. Approximately 6 x 9 inches 16 pp with half-tone illustrations in the text. Stapled wrappers. But for a previous owner's ink stamp in purple ink on both the upper wrap and title page the pamphlet is fine clean and bright. Not found in OCLC. An early study of fuel economy using "certified tests all runs on the same day different cars different drivers different weather and road conditions." On May 1 1914 the Franklin Automobile Company dispatched 94 Franklin Six-Thirties from dealerships across the U.S. and Canada--each with exactly one gallon of gas in its tank--to be driven until the tank was empty with the aim of going as far as possible coasting was allowed. The distance traveled was then measured telegraphed back to headquarters and tallied. Captured herein are extracts from local news reports technical details of both the vehicles and the testing regimen and verbatim excerpts from a number of the rather breathless reports. Also included are the result of each run including the city dealer name distance traveled and the weather "warm and fair in Southern California" "twelve inches of snow in the upper peninsula of Michigan". The Milwaukee dealership brought home the win with a startling 51.2 mpg but even the average of 31.2 mpg was considered a rousing success setting "a new high mark in efficiency and economy" and offering "proof positive of the.real worth of the Franklin Car. Franklin Automobile Company unknown books
200115775JGermany: BMW Design 2001. First Edition. From the collection of motor sport photographer Jesse Alexander with a certificate of authenticity laid in. A large format 56 page promotional book with many design drawings and production photographs tracing the creation of BMW X Coupe automobile. Text in English. Photography by Irmin Eitel Dario Secen TillJenniger Florian Schmid Darren Yasukkochi Anders Warming. Paperbound. 11 by 11 inches in size. Fine. Scarce. BMW Design unknown books
39951CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. MOTOR LAND; FORMERLY THE CALIFORNIA MOTORIST. Volume IV Number 5 May 1910. San Francisco: May 1910. 4to. Decorated wrappers. 80 pages. Illustrated motor car journal issued monthly. This issue "Oregon Number" featuring articles and advertisements on automobile travel through Oregon wit numerous photographic images of sites to visit as well as people involved in auto industry. Features include an 8 page article on "The Columbia River Highway" "Oregon The Sportsman's Paradise" "Portland the City Beautiful" pages as well as an article announcing "The Yosemite Road Fund Drive.Its Campaign to make $1000000 for Construction. unknown books
40658AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. MOT LAND; THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE OF MOTORING. Volume XII Number 2 February 1923. San Francisco: February 1923. 4to. Decorated wrappers. 64 pages. Illustrated motor car journal issued monthly edited by D.V. Nicholson. Artic include: "Peering in the future" "Reading between the lines at the show"The Pacific Automobile Show: "Day and day the automobile industry grows better"California's highway situation" etc. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads maps. Color illustrated wrappers cover art of children at the fancy auto show with Oriental motif. It details the newest automobile models from Peerless Franklin Crossley Studebaker Linco Murphy Oldsmobile and Cadillac. In addition there is an excellent article visiting British Columbia by car. Minor shelfwear else very good. unknown books
40659AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. MOT LAND; THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE OF MOTORING. Volume XII Number 4 April 1923. San Francisco: April 1923. 4to. Decorated wrappers. 48 pages. Illustrated motor car journal issued monthly edited by D.V. Nicholson. Artic include: "Red Rock Canyon" "On the speedway circuit" "How auto engines loos power in mountains" "New mountain wonderlands" "What Uncle Sam is doing for California roads" etc. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads maps. Color illustrated wrappers Arts & Crafts cover art o boy designing his race car ny Rammon Prohaska extolling the beauties of visiting Red Rock Canyon in the Owens Valley the Klamath River region Shast and Modoc National Forests Lake Tahoe Mono Lake and other California Natio Forests. Very good. unknown books
40657AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. MOT LAND; THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE OF MOTORING. Volume XIV Number 4 April 1924. San Francisco: April 1924. 4to. Decorated wrappers. 56 pages. First edition of this scarce Illustrated motor car journal issued monthly edi by D.V. Nicholson. Articles include: "The last word in service" "Can every family have a car" "Making men and roads highway building removes curse of idleness from penitentiaries" "Motorland's pictorial motorlogue to the city Holy Cross Santa Cruz" etc. Numerous photograph illustrations text illustrations illustra ads sepia-tinted section. Color illustrated wrappers cover art of touring driving the California coast by Maurice Logan. It includes an extended photographic motor travelog visiting Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz as well as driving on up to the Puget Sound and British Columbia. Minor shelfwear else very good. unknown books
1951174709San Mateo CA: California State Automobile Association 1951. Magazine. 27p 5.75x8.75 inches photos several of California Missions lightly-used digest-size magazine in stapled blue pictorial wraps. CSAA's monthly magazine - Visit the old Missions of CA. California State Automobile Association unknown books
1951174708San Mateo CA: California State Automobile Association 1951. Magazine. 27p 5.75x8.75 inches photos of several Missions auto accidents landscapes etc. lightly-worn digest-size magazine in stapled pictorial pink and white wraps with two-inch tear at top of spine mildly soiled. CSAA's monthly magazine - Visit the old Missions of CA. California State Automobile Association unknown books
2003254551Buenos Aires: Taller de Estudios Laborales 2003. 96p. wraps 6 x 9 inches wraps worn else very good second edition. Text in Spanish. Cuadernos del TEL Septiembre de 2002. Taller de Estudios Laborales unknown books
199311969Lincolnwood: Publications International. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0785300686 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Publications International hardcover books
81457bdPublications International Ltd. 2008. Quarto padded leather covers hardcover multicolor emblem embedded into upper cover silver letters 416 pp. Fine. Illustrated in full color. hardcover books
191921758Syracuse New York: Franklin Automobile Company 1919. Pamphlet. Fair. Together 2 ITEMS. 1 An sales brochure from 1927. 12 pages plus covers. 7 x 9 1/2 inches. Paper wrappers printed orange and brown design staple bound. Folded in the center minor wear at the extremities dealer name and address on front cover upper left. Very good. 2 Repairman's Manual The Franklin Car Series 9-B cover title. 82 pages.5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. March 1919 date. Printed grey wrappers. A FILTHY copy this one is dampstained has what looks like insect trails on the front cover evidence of old mold internally. Even so a rare survival and usable for it's intended purpose. Pamphlet. Franklin Automobile Company unknown books
19822206928Classic Car Tours Inc 1982. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Very faintly toned. 1982 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. Includes color illustrations. "Harrah's collection the world's largest and most complete features more than 1000 vehicles each in fine original condition or precisely restored. Classic Car Tours Inc paperback books
190880032Chicago 1908. Paperback. Very Good. 4 tipped illustrations one of which is doubled with two slightly different illustrations of the Model H-15 19p. Softcover in original tan wrapper. 16 cm. Small chip and some spots on wrapper. <br/><br/> paperback books
1973210406Detroit: UAW 1973. Pamphlet. 6p. wraps 8.5x11 inches very good. UAW unknown books
195573623Detroit: UAW-CIO Education Department 1955. 39p. wraps illus. UAW-CIO Education Departm,ent unknown books
1951210413Detroit: UAW 1951. 30p. staplebound wraps very good. UAW unknown books
1953243633Detroit: UAW-CIO 1953. Pamphlet. 120p. staplebound booklet very good. Page 21 has the new anti-Commmunist regulations for officers. UAW-CIO unknown books
1953136700Detroit MI: International Union UAW-CIO 1953. 48p. stapled wraps 8.5x11 inches illus. with photos and charts rear wrap lightly soiled else very good condition. International Union UAW-CIO unknown books
