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191142013Detroit Mich: Chalmers Motor Company 1911. 1st printing. Light brown paper wrappers printed in dark blue & white stapled. Minor wear & soiling to wrappers. Very Good Plus. 32 pages. Illustrated with 45 figures 3 color tinted of the company automobiles & their divers parts e.g. Chalmers "Thirty-six" Touring Car. <br/><br/>A scarce early promotional brochure from the Chlamers Motor Car Co. "The Chalmers was formed when Hugh Chalmers bought out the interests of ER Thomas in the Thomas-Detroit company in 1908 and renamed the company Chalmers-Detroit. The name was changed to Chalmers in 1911. Chalmers flourished in the 1910s and then faltered in the 1920s post-World War I recession. It merged with the Maxwell Automobile Company forerunner of Chrysler in 1922 and ended all production in late 1923." Wiki. OCLC records two holding institutions: Rochester Museum & Library of MI. Chalmers Motor Company unknown books
1970285740Philadelphia: Antique Automobile Club 1970. First. paperback. Illustrated throughout with photos. Slim oblong 4tos color pictorial wrappers. Philadelphia: Antique Automobile Club of America 1970-1979. Very good.<br/><br/> A continuous run 60 issues of the bi-monthly periodical.<br/><br/> Antique Automobile Club unknown books
1990285742Philadelphia: Antique Automobile Club 1990. First. paperback. very good. Illustrated throughout with photos. Slim oblong 4tos color pictorial wrappers. Philadelphia: Antique Automobile Club of America 1990-1999. Very good.<br/><br/> A continuous run 60 issues of the bi-monthly periodical.<br/><br/> Antique Automobile Club unknown books
1980285382Hersey PA: Antique Automobile Club 1980. First. paperback. very good. Illustrated throughout with photos. Slim oblong 4tos color pictorial wrappers. Hersey: Antique Automobile Club of America 1980-1989. Very good.<br/><br/> A continuous run 60 issues of the bi-monthly periodical.<br/><br/> Antique Automobile Club unknown books
1960285395Hersey: Antique Automobile Clun 1960. First. paperback. very good. Illustrated throughout with photos. Slim oblong 4tos color pictorial wrappers. Hersey: Antique Automobile Club of America 1960-1969 Very good.<br/><br/> A continuous run almost complete with 57 of 60 issues of the bi-monthly periodical. Lacking only 3 issues: January February and March of 1960.<br/><br/> Antique Automobile Clun unknown books
191241984Chicopee Falls Mass: Stevens-Duryea Company 1912. 1st printing. OCLC records no institutional holdings. Orange & gold decorative wrappers with brown cord tie. Wrappers beginning to separate along spine text block detached. An About VG copy. 23 1 pp. 9 b/w images of the divers models offered. 9-3/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>A rare promotional brochure from this short-lived early 20th C. automobile manufacturer. Stevens-Duryea Company unknown books
40709AUTOMOBILE RACE PROGRAM AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF HARTFORD. OFFICIAL PROGRAM. ENDURANCE RUN OF THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF HARTFORD HARTFORD - MIDDLETOWN - WATERBURY ROUTE. Hartford: The Transcript Press May 16 1908. 8vo. Printed pictorial wrappers.24 pages. Rare automobile race program with only one copy recorded on OCLC - Connecticu State Library. The official race program of the earliest Connecticut automob race which includes the fifty entrants by name place of origin and names an specs of automobile being driven. Most came from Connecticut and Massachuset a few from New York. With two-page map of the circular route on pages 11-12 from Hartford to Middletown to Southington to Waterbury to Bristol to Farmington and back to Hartford. There are many rules for the run listed wit the sanction of the Racing Board of American Automobile Association. Also included is a history and the awards sponsoring company of the person blank form for tracking time of each round and advertisements. Very good. unknown books
191621599New York: Ward Motor Vehicle Company 1916. A snappy-looking simple electric vehicle design in fine pen and ink and hand-colored in blue yellow and heightened in white; chain-driven steering 'bar' instead of wheel open top plush interior visible; side and front views; bottom third of drawing with pencil details of parts; approx. 13" x 18 1/2" size; on 'onionskin' engineering linen-paper; old fold lines; some rubbing-away of surface at bottom corners fold lines; fraying towards edges; still in good condition colors bright and very well-accomplished; not signed or credited and with good provenance from the family of the founder of the Ward M.V. Co. which specialized in electric vehicles and eventually trucks in the first part of the 20th century; interesting automotive ephemeral material & electric car history. . First Edition. Not Bound. Good. Ward Motor Vehicle Company Paperback books
1968009056Pennsylvania California and Japan 1968. Unbound. Very good. <br /><br /> This collection of 20 b/w and color photographs ranges in size from 4.25" x 3" to 9" x 7.5". <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">11 snapshots picture the dealer and his wife interacting with their hosts in Japan. <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One large b/w image shows all of the U.S. dealers who were attending the event posing before a Japanese Air Lines airplane at Los Angeles and holding a large sign that reads "JAL Welcomes Toyota Jet Away to Japan Oct. 23 1968". <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One mid-size b/w image shows all of the U.S. dealers posing in a reception room in Japan. It is captioned "Compliments of Japan Travel Bureau in Kyoto 1968". <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One large color image dated "1968. 10. 29" shows the group posing in front of Toyota's headquarters building. <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">Five of the large images show Toyota facilities in Japan Four have separate caption slips; one caption slip is missing: "Cylinder blocks machining line in Kamigo Engine Plant" "Assembly line of Corona Mark II at Motomachi Plant" "High Speed Test Track on the outskirts of Mt. Fuji" A parking lot of new Coronas waiting to be loaded onto a cargo ship and "Shaking hands in front of the 5000000 car are Mr. Ishida Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toyota Motor and Mr. Kamiya President of Toyota Motor Sales." <p>All are in nice shape. <br /><br />At the time Toyota was a relatively small company and although it first began selling automobiles the Toyopet and Land Cruiser in the U.S. in 1958 neither sold well. The first six-passenger "Americanized" Toyota the Tiara later renamed Corona was introduced in 1964 and sold for under $2000. Although reputed to be quite comfortable for a small car able to reach 90 mph when going downhill and offering optional automatic transmission and air conditioning the Coronas' paint jobs were thin and the cars were notorious rust buckets. By 1968 when Toyota sold its five millionth car only 71000 of them had been sold in the United States. <br /><br />These photographs are said to have been collected by Byrl S. Kline a Lebanon Pennsylvania automobile dealer and his wife when they traveled with this group of U.S. Toyota dealers. A newspaper search shows that Kline was indeed a car dealer but all of his advertising was for a Plymouth dealership in Lebanon and a foreign car dealership in West Lawn that sold Mercedes Benz and BMWs. At the same time Lebanon newspaper advertisements and advertising ephemera show a repair shop Lehman's Garage as the only place in the city selling Toyotas and that a company named Performance Motors was selling Toyotas in West Lawn by around 1970. Interestingly Kline's dealership advertisements stop in 1968 before the trip to Japan. Perhaps Kline also owned or was associated with Lehman's Garage and/or Performance Motors and he sold his Plymouth Mercedes and BMW franchises before making the trip. <br /><br />Regardless this collection of photographs provides a fine visual record of the Toyota's earliest efforts to enter the U.S. automobile market. <br /><br /> books
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
195034416Coventry: Jaguar Cars Limited 1950. 1st printing. Pale blue-grey paper wrappers stapled. Some modest wear & soiling to wrappers. "Jim Baldwin Motors" stamp to front wrapper. A VG copy. 12 pages. 4 pages filled with divers images & graphs. Oblong format: 10" x 14-1/2" <br/><br/>The Mark VII was launched by Jaguar in 1950 at the London Motor Show. Powered by their famous XK120 engine this 3600 lb 4-door luxury sedan still boasted a top speed in excess of 100 mph. In the 6 years of production just under 31000 were produced with fortunately a few to still be occasionally found on the market today. Jaguar Cars Limited unknown books
197830007Berlin: Eine Ausstellung des Berliner Kunstlerprogramms des DAAD 1978. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good . Large multi-folded sheet of paper. A poster announcing the exhibition of automotive drawings and sculptures by artist Don Potts in Berlin in 1978. When opened this poster measures 23" wide x 32" tall. With text and images on the verso of the poster as well. In very good or better condition. A scarce piece of art ephemera. Eine Ausstellung des Berliner Kunstlerprogramms des DAAD 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
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
191157940New York: Automobile Club of America 54th and 55th Streets West of Broadway 1911. 8vo pp. 876; photo-engraved frontispiece of the ACA building in New York; 48 leaves of maps 1 folding; original limp brown morocco stamped in gilt on the upper cover; the leather somewhat degraded with tears and some loss but the post binding is sound and internally clean. A national guidebook covering routes from New England to California Minnesota to Texas. Also includes ferry and steamship connections hotels etc. <br/><br/> Automobile Club of America, 54th and 55th Streets West of Broadway 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
197126493Lime Rock Park Lakeville Connecticut: Not Published 1971. Group includes 15 color slide images of cars track scenes grandstand views spectators at this racetrack. All are 35mm Ektachrome photos; not credited. Photos taken at one of the oldest continuously operating auto racing venues in America. Slides held in a clear plastic binder page with handwritten "Lime Rock T.A. 1970 1971". Light wear images appear taken to professional quality. In very good condition. . Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1920002340Los Angeles: Touring Bureau Route and Map Service Automobile Club of Southern California 1920. First Edition. Very good. Two maps n. d. 1920; 10 1/2 x 3 3/4; beige card stock printed in black; small creases to corners; a minor spot to lower margin of one of the maps; very good condition. Early 20th century road maps they detailed the routes from Truckee by Lake Tahoe north to Clio Plumas County. It also showed rivers terrain elevations hotels and gas stations and so on. Not in OCLC; not in the trade as of December 2018. Touring Bureau Route and Map Service, Automobile Club of Southern California unknown 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
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
1665290269Paris. : Thomas Jolly. 1665. 7th edition. . Contemporary mottled leather raised bands gilt spine decorations red speckled edges. Very good gilt spine decorations faded text clean and tight. 12mo. 15.8x9.5 cm. . French text. weight: 1.0 lb. Woodcut portrait frontis woodcut half-title page. Thomas Jolly. hardcover books
192923770Port Jefferson N.Y.: Arthur S. Greene Photographer 1929. Group of 13 professionally-photographed images of a roadway and vehicles one taken of a badly-damaged flatbed truck secured to a tow truck; another image an auto not damaged; also including measured areas with ruler; of an automobile accident site near Patchogue Long Island; a roadside sign in one image advertises Bailey's Lumber in Patchogue; several dated with August 21 1929 and a couple with a date of the 23rd or 27th same year; all with the A.S. Greene photographer identification on back via stamp or hand-written; black and white; each image approx. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" size cropped to the edge and all are backed with linen for durability; light wear; in very good condition; interesting use of photography as a vital form of evidence-gathering in the legal insurance and accident claim business. See 1999 Kenneth C. Brady Arthur S. Greene 1867-1955: The life and work of a Long Island Photographer for very good information and pictorial history concerning this Port Jefferson photographic artist. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Arthur S. Greene, Photographer Paperback 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
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
