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194856925Detroit MI Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors Sept. 1948. 4to. 9 x 9 in. 20 pp unpaginated. printed on colour-tinted paper stock. Colour-illustrated throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers gray & red w/ colour Cadillac badge on front cover small vignette illust. of stylish couple with their 1949 Cadillac slight scuffing very light shelfwear very slight & faint tidemark to lower right corner still VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce dealer’s brochure for the 1949 Cadillac Series 60 models which featured aircraft-inspired styling in the Post-World War II era and the introduction of the new Cadillac OHV V-8 a 5.4 liter 331 cubic in. engine producing 160 horsepower. The stylish illustrations featuring well-dressed women tout the Cadillac-Fleetwood 60 Special the Series 62 Convertible Sedan and Club Coupe and even the luxurious Series 75 7-passenger limousine perfect for post-War weddings. No copies located in Worldcat. Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors, paperback
151962985Indianapolis IN: Chevrolet Bros. Mfg. Co. 410 West Tenth St. Feb. 15 1927. 8vo. 15 1 pp. With numerous text & photo illustrations throughout. Red illustrated & printed softcovers w/ Fronty-Ford race car on front cover soiling from creasing spotting minor chipping & edgewear thumbing still a Fair sound copy w/ manuscript notes on back page concerning Glen Smith’s Fronty Ford race car. First edition of this remarkably scarce and early speed catalogue for specially designed new overhead-valve cylinder heads and lightweight stripped down racing bodies for the Ford Model T in 1927. Arthur and his brother Louis along with Cornelius W. Van Ranst designed and built the cylinder heads and racing cars beginning in 1922. Although the Chevrolet brother Gaston Chevrolet -- winner of the 1920 Indy 500 had died in a spectacular crash in 1920 the two surviving brothers continued their drive to build faster cars. These special heads eliminated overheating and vibrations boosted fuel economy and enabled acceleration speeds of 5 to 40 mph in 16 seconds. The Fronty-Ford racing cars were sold for $ 2000.00 but a race car driver could also purchase the racing exhaust manifolds special ball-bearing caps Fronze front and rear brackets oversize axle shafts racing steering knuckles racing wheels filler caps and specially designed one-man racing bodies & radiators. Worldcat locates 1 copy Henry Ford Research Center; Matt Litwin Chevrolet Abetting Ford Racers; Spotting a Frontenac Cylinder Head Hemmings Daily Jan. 11 2016. Chevrolet Bros. Mfg. Co., 410 West Tenth St., paperback
192557102Detroit MI: General Motors Corp. Chevrolet Motor Division 1925. 4to. 7.75 x 9.75 in. 4 pp unpaginated. which opens into 12.5 x 15.5 in. colour dealer poster showing the 2-door Chevrolet K Superior self-printed colour illustrated softcovers cover art lozenge image of Chevrolet Coach amidst an Arts & Crafts garden slight shelfwear rubbing very slight foxing on front cover distributed by Collier Chevrolet Inc. Cortland NY. First edition of this scarce Dealer’s brochure/poster for the 1925 Chevrolet Series K Superior The Coach. The Chevrolet Series K was an improved model for Chevy retaining the 103-inch wheelbase and modified 171 cubic inch 26 horsepower 4-cylinder engine and modern semi-elliptic springs. The Coach depicted here in the poster also featured a dark blue Duco paint job balloon tires and artillery spoke wheels as standard equipment and boosted Chevrolet’s sales 70% past Hudson. No copies in Worldcat. General Motors Corp., Chevrolet Motor Division, paperback
1917164711Philadelphia: Chilton 1917. First Edition. First Edition. <br /> <br /> Very Good with no dust jacket as issued. Chilton unknown
192859817Detroit MI: Chrysler Sales Corp. 1928. Oblong 8vo. 9 x 6.75 in. 16 pp. Printed & illustrated throughout in red orange & black w/ decorative vignettes tail-pieces rubricated bordered page numbers and photo illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers Chrysler winged badge on front cover in orange blue & black minor dustsoiling slight thumbing to back cover still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce Dealer’s showroom brochure for the famed 1928 Chrysler “52†passenger cars which not only featured the groundbreaking Red-Head 6-cylinder engine capable of 112 horsepower but whose engineering and styling cues provided the model for the introduction of the Plymouth badge. The line-up in 1928 at the height of the Roaring 20’s featured a Roadster Coupe Two-Door Sedan Sedan and De Luxe Sedan Touring and the beloved De Luxe Coupe with Rumble seat allowing additional passengers to stay “in the party.†No copies located in Worldcat. Chrysler Sales Corp., paperback
193562157Gorham NH: The Mt. Washington Summit Road Co. Glen House 1935. 8vo. 4 x 9.25 in. which folds out into 12 pp. 12 x 18.5 in. double-sided poster printed in triple columns orange borders photo illustrations route map w/ “Map of Ausable Chasm†16.5 x 3 in. long laid in printed in blue & red minor shelfwear VG bright copy. First edition of this uncommon automobile travel brochure detailing the reasonably priced scenery to be viewed from “America’s oldest man made attraction†which had begun originally in 1861 as a carriage road but by 1935 was receiving fees from 3100 private motor cars as they made the ascent. Automobile speed trial hill climb racing started on Mt. Washington and was quickly spread West to the more famous Pike’s Peak Hill Climb. The 1934 record was set by Al Miller at 13 minutes 20.6 seconds in his 1934 stock Hudson. Worldcat locates 3 copies Keene State Princeton WI Hist. Soc. Lib.; See: History of the Legendary Mt. Washington Auto Road America’s Oldest Man Made Attraction 2024. The Mt. Washington Summit Road Co., Glen House, unknown
193958975South Bend IN & Chicago IL: Studebaker Corporation Plastic Binding Corp. 1939. Oblong 4to. 12.25 x 9.25 in. 114 pp. w/ thumb tabs at fore-edge of textblock. Illustrated title in blue gray & black. Illustrated throughout many black & white text illustrations photo illustrations diagrams many printed in blue gray & black. Colour-illustrated flexible plastic-comb binding as issued yapp edges rounded corners some wear & scuffing minor lifting to original cellophane laminate on covers still VG- copy w/ former ownership markings on front cover for James Langdon and his brother Harold “Slim†Langdon who operated a garage and Studebaker dealership in Clackamas County OR. First edition of this nicely illustrated Studebaker dealer’s salesman manual detailing the very successful 1940 Studebaker models which featured the influence of the streamlined designs of Helen Dryden in consultation with the equally famous contemporary industrial designer Raymond Loewy who began his contract with Studebaker in 1936. The 1940 Studebaker lines featured the President & Commander lines. The 1940 Studebaker models included 4-door sedans 2-door coupes and 2-door Club Sedans fitted with dual sidemounted spare tires. They came stock with cigar lighters clock and dual horns and ran on a 122 in. wheelbase. This manual includes tips for the Studebaker salesmen on performance comfort safety dependability and fuel economy. In addition there is a well-illustrated section on 1940 Studebaker commercial cars. Dryden 1883-1972 was an acclaimed woman artist earning over $ 100000 a year in the 1930’s when her designs first appeared with Studebaker. Dryden continued to work with Loewy at Studebaker until 1940 when she mysteriously drops from the public eye only to make a short appearance in a series of 1956 New York times articles on her dispute with the Welfare Department. No copies in Worldcat; See: Ed Heys Helen Dryden: Fashion Illustration and Automobile Hardware Design Hemmings Daily Feb. 17 2016; Raymond Loewy and Streamline Moderne The Old Motor August 12 2013. Studebaker Corporation, Plastic Binding Corp., unknown
193646617Dearborn MI: Ford Motor Co. 1936. Large poster 36 x 21.25 ins. colour lithograph mounted on thick board pinholes to corners minor rubbing & edgewear minor chipping to corners some rubbing to the fore-edges of board slight scuffing still a G and bright example professionally cleaned and shrunkwrapped on archival foam core. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original dealership showroom display poster for the 1937 Ford Deluxe Tudor Sedan which was introduced in November 1936. The car came equipped with the Flathead V-8 generated 85 horsepower and could reach nearly 80 m.p.h. The 1937 was the first year Ford built coachwork with all steel construction the cars featured a more rounded and smooth look the front grill was V-shaped and faired-in headlights were offered stock. The decision to integrate the famed teardrop shaped headlamps into the front fenders had been made by Edsel Ford and designer E.T. Bob Gregorie who decided to opt for the industrial look of flat body panels flowing fender lines and a raked windshield. Deluxe models had interiors with walnut wood grain window moldings and more exterior trim bright work. They had two matched-tone horns behind the radiator grille two taillights swivel-type sunvisors and the wheels were dressed up with chrome trim. These Dealership posters were typically printed on very thin paper and mounted on boards and unlike porcelain or tin advertising signs these were usually thrown away with the introduction of the next year’s promotional material so they are very scarce. Ford Motor Co., hardcover
196053160Lansing MI: Oldsmobile Division General Motors Corp. Sept. 1960. One large colour photograph. Oblong 4to. Sized 13.75 x 10.75 mounted on thick board sized 14 x 11 in. minor edgewear glue marks from mounting at fore-edges bumped corner still VG- exemplar. This very scarce dealer showroom advertising display photograph of the 1961 Classic 98 Holiday Sedan shows the low slung 4-door with updated styling setting in front of a Mid-Century Modern hotel with clean lines lots of glass and a stylish couple in red dress and tuxedo. Oldsmobile Division, General Motors Corp., unknown
193251191Ypsilanti MI: Michigan Motor News and Detroit Motor News January 1932. 4to. 58 pp. 100s of photo illustrations illustrated ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers stylish Art Deco cover art of woman and man in evening wear by John S. Coppin d. 1986 who painted over 400 Michigan AAA Motor News covers for over 40 years minor closed tear at head of spine minor dustsoiling edgeweare still G copy w/ address label in upper right corner. First edition of this excellent Auto Show number for the noted Michigan Automobile Club magazine including illustrations of the new Oldsmobiles the Graham Blue Streak Willys-Knight 66-D Custom Sedan Chrysler Imperials Pierce-Arrow’s 12-cylinder Model 53 the 1932 Auburn V-12 and V-8 models the Packard 8 and Twin 6’s and more. Michigan Motor News and Detroit Motor News, paperback
193961485Lansing MI: Oldsmobile Division General Motors Corp. 1939. Atlas folio. 15.75 x 21.5 in. 31 1 pp. printed & illustrated borders diagrams in brown gold green & black. With black & white photo and text illustrations throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of gold miner on front cover scuffing & edgewear to fore-edges minor creasing to corners some wear still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce and lavish Oldsmobile dealership sales contest premium catalogue filled with the rules and prizes which could be won at the Iron Lead Zinc Copper Aluminum Silver and Gold levels of sales by intrepid Olds’ car salespeople. The catalogue details how to make up owner prospect files develop prospects from “Free Car†contests how to use the “Mile-o-Graph†demonstration to sell more and even door-to-door sales before they even went to a dealership. Sales prizes included luggage lamps golf clubs appliances jewelry pedal cars cameras beds radios bicycles hunting rifles and entire living room sets in chrome with streamline Art Deco styling. The sales contest worked beyond all expectations as Oldsmobile nearly tripled 1938 model production offered new “Rhythmic Ride†all-coil spring suspension with 4-2ay stabilization “Observation Type†bodies by Fisher and a new steering column gear control. No copies in Worldcat. Oldsmobile Division, General Motors Corp., paperback
193662691Salem OR: Travel & Information Dept. Oregon State Highway Commission 1936. 4to. 19 1 pp. printed in blue & black photo-illustrated throughout 2 maps. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers center crease fold from original mailing faint tidemark to upper left corner back cover minor shelfwear still VG- bright copy w/ original postmarked illustrated mailing envelope to L.E. Bundy in Fairfield ID dated May 28 1936. First edition of this surprisingly uncommon automobile travel brochure issued during the depths of the Great Depression as Oregon’s anti-New Deal and severely racist governor Charles Martin 1863-1946 attempted to encourage expanded automobile travel and tourism in Oregon to revive the lagging economy. The photographs capture Oregon’s scenic spots from Cannon Beach to Native American fisheries at Celilo Falls and the Pendleton Round-up. Worldcat locates 2 copies U of O U of W. Travel & Information Dept., Oregon State Highway Commission, paperback
191461650Vienna & Berlin: Verlag von Klasing & Co. Buchbinder Hermann Scheibe 1914. 4to. 9 x 12 in. 4 94 pp. in double columns. Well-illustrated with photo illustrations throughout. Pictorial white publisher’s cloth Brass Era touring car on front cover in green lettering in red & gilt gilt ornament above cover art by J. Danilowatz decorated endpapers minor bumping head of spine still VG bright copy from the library of Hans Meyer w/ ownership marking on title. First edition of this very scarce and well-illustrated Brass Era automobile touring travelogue through Hungary on the Eve of World War I featuring introduction by the Count Andrassy who had signed the protection pact with Bismarck which triggered the War following the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by a Bosnian-Serb anarchist. Together with the poor driving conditions often cramped quarters and balky automobile Schmal manages to capture the beauty and folk costume of a Hungary swept away just a few months after publication. Worldcat locates 5 copies Staatsbibliothek Berlin Univ. Erfurt Gotha Danish Nat. Bibl. Royal Danish Library Deutsches NationalBibliothek Leipzig. Verlag von Klasing & Co., [Buchbinder Hermann Scheibe], hardcover
191051591Elgin IL & Chicago IL: American Motors Racing Picture Co. 1910. One leaf two-side printed broadside on green-tinted paper photo illustration of Ralph Mulford on front two views of the race from the film on verso framed in printed text very minor sunning to fore-edges very slight chipping to right margin light creasing still a VG- exemplar. First edition of this exceedingly scarce silent movie theatre broadside promoting performances of the now-lost pioneering sporting event motion picture of the Elgin National Road Races held in 1910. The broadside asserts that the film was the “clearest and most life-like moving pictures ever taken of an athletic or sporting event.†The Elgin National Road Races were first proposed by Elgin IL auto dealer Frank Wood who convinced the Chicago Motor Club that they should hold their races on a race course in Elgin because there were no crossroads railroads bad hills or towns to pass through. The racers hurtled down a rugged 8.5 mile course on the west side of the Fox River over what is now Larkin Avenue McLean Boulevard Highland Avenue and Coombs Road competing for the coveted Elgin National Watch Company Trophy -- solid silver designed by Tiffany’s of New York and valued at the time at $ 4500. The track was an oiled gravel surface with judges stands and bleachers erected alongside the track and over 125000 spectators attended the two-day race beginning on August 26 1910. These famed Brass-era races featured pioneering drivers such as Ralph Mulford Eddie Hearne Ralph De Palma Gil Anderson and Earl Cooper who were all winners of various races held through the pre-World War I years in Elgin. Henry Ford had entered two of his Model T’s in 1910 but they were disqualified due to weight requirements for competitors. Mulford won the race driving a Lozier at an average speed of 62.5 mph over the entire 36 laps with only one pit stop for gas water and oil. Mulford 1884-1973 would race in the first Indy 500 the next year in 1911 and is reputed to have actually been the winner over Ray Harroun was National Driving Champion in 1911 and 1918 and continued to compete into the 1920s. Frank Albert 1872-1920 was an active Chicago promoter and publicity man who pioneered the use of silent films for sporting events in and around Illinois before World War I. The Star Theatre in Elgin IL used Bell & Howell Co. Simplex projectors for their movie showings from 1910 to 1915. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Jeff Michel The Elgin National Road Race; Stan Kalwasinski Early Days of Chicago Area Racing -- The Turn of the Century and Beyond Chicagoland Auto Racing 2009; Mulford to Defend Title New York Times April 10 1911; Elgin Road Race Collection Special Collection The Crittenden Automotive Library 2012; The Moving Picture World Vol. 15 No. 1 1913 p. 917. American Motors Racing Picture Co., unknown
192558864Colorado Springs CO: Pikes Peak Automobile Co. ca. 1925. 4to. 8 x 9 in. 12 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black with numerous photo illustrations large double-page centerfold pictorial map and panoramic photo of the Pierce-Arrow touring car fleet below. Self-printed softcovers center crease fold as issued minor dustsoiling edgewear small tear to lower right corner still VG- copy. First edition of this very rare promotional for passengers riding by Pierce-Arrow up the Pikes Peak Auto Highway as well as the historic Mt. Manitou Incline Railway. Spencer Penrose a local entrepreneur gold mining baron and adventurer collaborated with Sunderlin & Drew joining in with the Denver & Rio Grande Railway the Pikes Peak Auto Highway Company The Pikes Peak Automobile Company the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company and other investors such as The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. The engineering feat widened and converted the narrow road into the highest highway in the world for automobiles and motorcycles by blasting through fields of massive boulders creating widened switchbacks against the granite cliffs with water stations supply stations and telephones located at convenient locations. The travelers would pay a toll of $2.00 per passenger with a $ 4.00 minimum per car motorcycles were charged $ 2.00 per passenger and children were half-price. No copies located in Worldcat 1928 & 1934 versions located; See: Drew Motoring Above the Clouds Musey’s Magazine Vol. 57 Feb. 1916 pp. 80-82; Jeffrey Jablansky Parting the Clouds: Celebrating the 100-year History of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb Road & Track 2016; Pike’s Peak by Auto The American Contractor Vol. 36 Dec. 25 1915 p. 70. Pikes Peak Automobile Co., paperback
190856416Akron OH: Firestone Tire & Rubber 1908. 12mo. 6 pp unpaginated. triptych printed in blue w/ photo illustrations woodcut borders w/ self-printed softcovers minor soiling minor edgewear still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce promotional pamphlet touting the Firestone Demountable Rim a demountable wheel rim which allowed a flat tire to be unbolted and replaced by another that already had the spare tire mounted. This was the prototype of the famed Ford “wide five†wheel pattern that would last for decades. Photo illustration on the back cover shows a Locomobile winning the Founders’ Week Cup in Philadelphia Oct. 10 1908 on Firestone Demountable Rims. Firestone Tire & Rubber, paperback
196158171Portland OR: Northwest Sports Car Clubs Cascade Sports Car Club 1961. Oblong 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. w/ photo and text illustrations course track map. Self-printed red & white illust. softcovers racing sports car illust. by Rick Owen on front cover minor dustsoiling edgewear slight bumping to corners still VG copy. First edition of this scarce souvenir program for the first Rose Cup amateur sports car race held in Portland Oregon in 1961. The course was set up on the old city streets of Vanport which was had served as World War II era shipyard labor housing. Destroyed in 1948 by a failed dike and flood the empty streets and depopulated ghost town were converted into Delta Park with sport venues and race track. The newly-formed Cascade Sports Car Club set up the race course straight through a swamp with a wooden bridge that required the organizers to keep scuba divers on standby to rescue wrecked drivers. No copies in Worldcat; See: Portland International Raceway Rose Cup Race for the Roses -- A Motorsports History Lesson MyRideisMe July 10 2011. Northwest Sports Car Clubs, Cascade Sports Car Club, paperback
192662274New York: The Knickerbocker Press 1926. 8vo. v 1 143 1 pp. 8 photo plates. Three-quarter red publisher’s cloth over beige-coloured boards gilt lettering front cover & spine minor wear & slight bumping to couple corners still VG copy. First edition of this anthology of travel articles through India Kashmir Iraq & Iran following World War I after the author had spent a month in Egypt and then traveled onto India. Automobile travels are frequently mentioned including travels through Iraq into Central Asia and through Iran mostly in Fords. These articles had originally appeared in the Detroit Saturday Nigh news in the Fall of 1924. The Knickerbocker Press, hardcover
195158904London: G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd. 1951. 8vo. 210 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Red boards gilt lettering minor bowing to covers w/ d.j. cover art photo of Formula 3 race cars minor chipping edgewear couple small closed tears still G/G copy. First edition of this highly detailed insiders view and record of Formula III amateur car racing in after World War II. The Formula 3 race cars were restricted to 500-cc engines mostly air-cooled motorcycle units with unrestricted valve gears or 750-cc engines with L-heads or water-cooled OHV engines. Minimum weight was 440 lbs. G.T. Foulis & Co., Ltd., hardcover
195262158Salem VA: Fort Lewis Tourist Court 1952. 8vo. 8 pp unpaginated. which opens leporello accordion style printed in red & black photo & text illustrations 1 map. Self-printed softcovers very minor shelfwear still VG. First edition of this charming automobile travel brochure celebrating Fort Lewis Court Home of the Covered Wagon and Gateway to Great Southwest featuring a Conestoga covered wagon used in the filming of “The Wilderness Road†in 1951. The amenities featured 30 private rooms each with a tiled bath steam heat hardwood floors closed private garages as well as updated and enlarged restaurant. Not in Worldcat. Fort Lewis Tourist Court, paperback
195562224Salem OR: Traffic Engineering Division Planning Survey Section Oregon State Highway Commission June 1955. Oblong folio. 15.5 x 11 in. 151 1 pp. With maps colour maps diagrams 5 colour mylar overlays civil highway engineering elevation drawings tables charts. Original tan softcovers plastic-comb binding as issued wear bumping creasing to text block some soiling & tidemark to back cover edgewear front cover retained and affixed w/ paper tape repair still a good reference copy from the library of A. Rodney Eckerson 1930-2024 former purchasing agent for the Port of Portland. First edition of this groundbreaking highway engineering urban planning and “blight†redevelopment plan released the year before funding began flowing to underwrite 90% of the eventual 42500 mile interstate freeway “Expressway†system. Oregon leaders had contracted with New York urban planner Robert Moses†in 1943 to develop a public works program and highway building plan for the state which included a series of core recommendations reflected in this later 1955 Traffic Engineering Technical Report prepared by Baldock & Williams who pitched in the report that Portland be carved up by a series of freeways and cleared of blighted urban neighborhoods. The Banfield Freeway which later became I-84 through East Portland was completed first in 1958 and largely was built over the remnants of a vast shanty town in Sullivan Gulch but the construction of I-5 through North Portland began in earnest in 1962 directly demolishing 300 homes and bisecting the African-American Lower Albina neighborhood which at the time was the heart of the city’s only majority black neighborhood. The original colour mylar overlays depict the projected growth of the city and the increasing demand for roads as the interurban and electric railway system was either decommissioned or condemned and automobiles were the focus of transport into and around the city. Also included here is the proposed route for the Mount Hood Freeway which was to run through East Portland all the way to Mt. Hood and by 1969 had received the necessary funding but by then considerable residential backlash had built primarily due to the fact that the proposed Stadium Freeway I-405 ended up bisecting and leveling the former neighborhoods North & West of downtown Portland near Goose Hollow increasing removal of houses in North Portland along the I-5 construction was particularly bitter and the introduction of the early plans for I-205 set off a revolt in Lake Oswego that would have as planned divided the community separating the schools from their community. Eventually after the election of Mayor Neil Goldschmidt the Mount Hood Freeway project would finally be canceled and the Federal money poured into mass transit projects. Although 11 copies are located in Worldcat privately owned copies for sale in the trade are quite scarce; See: Val Ballestrem “In the Shadow of a Concrete Forest:†Transportation Politics in Portland Oregon and the Revolt Against the Mount Hood Freeway 1955-1976 2009; Cortright How a Freeway Destroyed a Neighborhood and May Again 2019; Raymond Mohl The Interstates and the Cities: Highways Housing and the Freeway Revolt 2002. Traffic Engineering Division, Planning Survey Section, Oregon State Highway Commission, paperback
193953350Detroit MI: Plymouth Division Chrysler Corporation 1939. Oblong 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. Colour illustrated colour illustrations photos & diagrams throughout. Colour-illustrated self-printed softcovers front grille of 1939 Plymouth Roadking on cover slight shelfwear NF copy w/ dealership stamp for Blair Motor Co. Salt Lake City UT. First edition of this well-illustrated dealer catalogue promoting the P7 1939 Plymouth Roadking which was one of the three series offered by Plymouth. Designed by Raymond Dietrich before he left Chrysler this model featured a a prow-shaped front end deeply V’d two-piece windshield a new roof panel and new deck lid stamping. The hood alone was 10 inches longer than the 1938 model an 18 gallon gas tank and sidemount fenders a rumble seat if the customer chose and bodies supplied by the Briggs body Company. Plymouth Division, Chrysler Corporation, paperback
193952851Detroit MI: Plymouth Division Chrysler Corporation 1939. 4to. 20 pp unpaginated. Printed in blue-tinted ink w/ text & illustrations photos & diagrams throughout. Blue colour-tinted self-printed softcovers front grille of 1939 Plymouth on cover slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition of this well-illustrated dealer catalogue promoting the safety features and mechanicals of the 1939 Plymouths which featured a a prow-shaped front end deeply V’d two-piece windshield a new roof panel and new deck lid stamping. The hood alone was 10 inches longer than the 1938 mode. The 1939 features a parking brake handle moved to a spot under the dashboard “Perfected Remote Control Shifting†and bodies supplied by the Briggs body Company. Plymouth Division, Chrysler Corporation, paperback
192860277Los Angeles CA: Golden State Auto Tours ca. 1928. 4to. 1 12 1 pp. printed in orange & black photo illustrations decorative borders map on back cover. Self-printed softcovers w/ view of GSA tour bus minor shelfwear slight rubbing still VG bright copy. First edition of this relatively uncommon brochure for touring the wonders of Southern California from the Hotel Rosslyn at Fifth & Main St. in Los Angeles. The automobile/bus service launched by Weisbaum 1871-1920 before 1914 continued after his death until the Great Depression offering their customers comfortable excursions to Hollywood Beverly Hills Pasadena California Missions Santa Barbara Redlands-Riverside and Tia Juana Mexico. Golden State Auto Tours, paperback
191153910n.p.: Kate Harris 1911. Oblong 4to. 12.75 x 10 in. 204 pp unpaginated. on gray paper stock w/ 416 original silver gelatin black & white photos tipped-in sized 2.75 x 3.5 up to 3.75 x 6 in. including as well over 100 panoramic photos sized mostly 2.8 x 7.5 in. all w/ extensive manuscript notes in neat printed hand following manuscript presentation preface preliminary and end leaves with chipping & fraying to fore-edges some creasing soiling minor tears affecting a few notes 9 photos removed at some point. Recent gray cloth gilt lettering to spine gray paper endpapers presented by Mrs. Harris to Joseph F. Pickett b. 1887 a professional New York driver and chauffeur who drove the group through Europe on Dec. 25 1911. This exceptional photo travelogue details the motoring adventures by Kate Harris her husband Arthur their friend Mrs. Wadsworth and chauffeur Joseph Pickett through Europe just three short years before the devastation of World War I. This album not only demonstrates the level of interest in the burgeoning automobile tourism fad of the Edwardian era but also offers an excellent snapshot of scenic areas throughout Europe. The Harris’s not only brought their luggage and chauffeur via ocean liner in July 1911 but also their 1910 Pierce-Arrow 48-SS Seven-Passenger Touring Sedan fitted with special luggage racks on the rear to haul the many trunks bags picnic & camping equipment as well as a special spare tire bracket on the side which held three spares at any one time often needed. Mrs. Harris appears to have been an enthusiastic amateur photographer and writes that when they drove through an Austro-Hungarian military road she had to lock up their Kodaks. Carefully documenting punctured tires pubs & hotels for lunches and stays and even the mileage covered the group begins their travels in England view the Roman Walls stop in Durham Cathedral Raby Castle onto York Cathedral stop over in Oakham and then down to Cambridge. They stop over in Lofts Hall travel the 51 miles to the London Ritz Hotel and the next day drive the 72.3 miles to Folkestone where the auto was loaded on the 5 PM Boat. They begin their drive in Boulogne with views of the docks the hotel and street scenes included sheep herders moving their flocks out of the way in Hucqueliers young girls hauling bundles of straw and then onto Sedan to visit Franco-Prussian battlefields including the Chateau of Bellevue where Napoleon III surrendered to William I during the Franco-Prussian War. They motor onto Luxembourg Trier view the Porta Nigra Roman gate drive along the Moselle River to the Rhine with stops in Mainz Wurzberg Rothenberg often taking photos of peasants harvesting in the fields children playing under the fountain or in the village streets and even giving locals the remains of their lunch which were gratefully accepted. The drive through the Austro-Hungarian Empire includes stopovers in Prague Iglau Moravia Jihlava including a wonderful image of a young couple with wall of contemporary exhibition and advertising posters plastered behind them; followed by a hair-raising drive up the Styrian Seeberg Pass pilgrims traveling down to Mariazell Leoben Eisnerz Mauterndorf and photos of Tyrolean hunters in local dress. They experience a number of punctured tires as they ascend the Tyrolean and Italian Alps include splendid panoramic photos of the Pasterze Glacier withing the Glockner Group in Carinthia the perilous switchback highway down to Cortina Italy numerous views of the treacherous roads tunnels and scenery along the roads and Alpine villages of the Dolomites including two excellent photos of hemp workers bundling the plants in Storo Italy. The tour continues to Lake Como then the Gondo Gorge and finally along the Simplon Road into La Brique in the southern French Alps and then St. Claude France. The last part of the album concludes with the troupe leaving Bolougne Sept. 14 1911 loading the automobile onto the steamship waiting for Sarah Bernhardt at Folkestone; and then a winding drive through Cornwall including the Dartmoor National Park forest The Lizard St. Michael’s Mount Penzance Lands End St. Ives Tintagel a traffic jam in Stratton viewing Glastonbury and finally panoramic views to roads leading to Chester. The couple and their chauffeur departed from Liverpool on Sept. 23 1911 sailing on the RMS Mauretania later arriving in New York. Kate Harris, hardcover
