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190736911Chicopee Falls Mass: Stevens-Duryea Company 1907. 1st printing. Gold & green embossed paper wrappers. Wrappers soiled. A VG copy. 32 pages of text extolling the virtues & advantages of the Stevens-Duryea C-Six. Fold-out accordian-style advert sheet picturing the divers C-Six models offered by the firm with the reverse displaying cut-away veiws of the chasis. 9-3/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>OCLC records no institutional holdings. A rare promotional brochure from this short-lived early 20th C. automobile manufacturer. Stevens-Duryea Company unknown books
191642009Elkhart Indiana: Crow Motor Car Co 1916. 1st printing. Off white paper wrappers with pale green embossed lettering to the front wrapper. Stapled. Faint age-toning & soiling to wrappers. VG. 12 pages. Illustrated with 15 figures of the company automobiles & their divers parts e.g. Chasis & Running Gear. 9" x 6" <br/><br/>A scarce promotional brochure for the Crow Model CE 30 from this very short-lived early 20th C. automobile manufacturer founded by Martin E. Crow in 1909. The firm went into receivership in 1922. This model vehicle only produced this year. OCLC records one holding institution: Indiana Historical Society. Crow Motor Car Co 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
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
190741990Newark: Mora Motor Car Co. 1907. 1st printing. OCLC records no institutional holdings. Printed beige paper wrappers stapled. Light wear. Ownership stamp "H. Cuntz. Palace N.Y. 1907" to front wrapper. VG. Unpaginated though 20 pp. 7 b/w images of Mora automobiles including 4 of the Mora Racytype & Tourer both 4 cyl & 6 cyl models. 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>A very rare promotional brochure from this short-lived 1906 - 1911 early 20th C. automobile manufacturer which entered bankruptcy proceedings in 1910. Mora Motor Car Co. unknown books
200653673Bath UK: Parragon 2006. 4to pp. 96. Index. Color photographs with explanatory text. A nice copy in slightly curled dj. Parragon unknown books
1997215393Harare: the Association 1997. 19p. staplebound booklet reprint with amendments through May 1997. the Association 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
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
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
1919MXG514-2Los Angeles:: Prepared by the Route Department of the Automobile Club of Southern California 1919. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folded Map. 9 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches. Open to 14 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches 4 panels each side. Scale is approximately 1:150000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights distances in miles along routes between different cities noted in circles and squares Map Number 322 dated 8-2-16 E. J. B. but copyrighted 1919 on front panel; text clean unmarked light toning. Very Good. This is an early Automobile Club of Southern California map showing automobile roads from Santa Cruz to San Jose via California Redwood Park. Prepared by the Route Department of the Automobile Club of Southern California, paperback books
1925305325Los Angeles 2601 South Figueroa Street ca. 1925. 1925. 3 3/8" x 6" pictorial brochure folds to form eight panels. Eight b/w halftone photographs. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, 2601 South Figueroa Street, ca. 1925. unknown books
1981138961Los Angeles: Automobile Club of Southern California 1981. 21.3 cm pp. 1-3 4-39 40: blank cover illustration 5 maps pictorial wrappers stapled. First edition. Describes access regulations accommodations and other services interpretive and other recreational activities and principal points of interest. Includes short sections on the history geology and ecology of the parks together with a section on hiking and backpacking including day hikes and major backcountry routes. Reprinted with revisions several times at least through 1995. Cover edges tanned mostly along bottom edges a very good copy. #138961 Automobile Club of Southern California unknown books
197645761Stuttgart Germany: Porsche KG 1976. Original Porsche red vinyl 4 ring binders with printed title label in spine compartment. General wear & soiling. Some foxing to paper. Some leaves detached some dividers chipped. Overall Very Good. 4 volumes. Divers paginations. Plastic tabbed section dividers. Illustrated with photographic images drawings schematics graphs etc. 12-1/8" x 10" <br/><br/>Covers Assembly Groups: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. Essential reference for 1970s Porsche 911 enthusiasts. Porsche KG unknown books
1926WRCAM28593Boston & Indianapolis: Scarborough Motor Guide Company 1926. 814pp. including maps and advertisements plus large folding double-sided map. Green fabrikoid. Cover rubbed worn at the head and toe of the spine. Two closed tears to the map of 7 inches and 3 1/2 inches and a few tears at the folds. Else very good. Directions distances and road conditions for nearly 1000 routes in the eastern half of the United States. Also includes a list of golf and country club courses in the states east of the Mississippi River and eastern Canada. Scarborough Motor Guide Company 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
190638003Cleveland: Automobile Institute 1906. First edition. Blue cloth. A very good copy. Unpaged. 128 pp. 9 pp. adv. Illus. with 102 in-text b/w drawings. 12mo. Purporting to be an informational how it works book on automobiles for the novice it was actually a soft-sell piece which praised the features of the Winton Model K and Type XIV produced by the Winton Motor Carriage Company Cleveland though without ever naming the company or its specific cars. The advertisements for the book appeared widely and stated: "So simple and logical that any 14-year old school boy can read it intelligibily and thereby know the difference between a good car and the other kind." Issued in three formats leather cloth and paper wrappers. Automobile Institute hardcover books
192336961Lowell MA: Automobile Legal Association 1923. Periodical. 4to pp. 31. August 1923. Paper wraps. Illustrated with photographs maps hi-lighting construction and cartoons. Cover somewhat stained a few spots on inside some light creasing o/w a VG solid copy. Automobile Legal Association unknown books
197741951Stuttgart: Porsche 1977. 1st Printing. Printed full color wrappers on glossy stock. Light wear. A pleasing Nr Fine copy. Unpaginated though 32 pages. Profusely illustrated with full-color photographic images. Oblong format: 9-1/16" x 13" <br/><br/>Scarce Porsche brochure for the UK market discussing the allure of the many 911 models. Porsche unknown books
197641947Stuttgart: Porsche 1976. 1st Printing. Printed self-wrappers. Light wear. VG. Unpaginated fold-out brochure though 6 pages. Illustrated with 9 graphs & 3 car views Side Front & Rear. Oblong format: 8-1/2" x 12" <br/><br/>Scarce Porsche brochure for the UK market discussing specs for the 911 Lux Carrera 3 & Turbo models. Porsche unknown books
47843Coventry England: Standard Motor Company Ltd n. d. Ca late 1950s. Original black buckram cloth binding stamped in silver. Binding with wear & soiling. Interior text with the occasional smudge other signs of use. Very Good. 6 sections: Engine Cooling and Fuel; Clutch Transmission and Propeller Shaft; Rear Axle Brakes Wheels and Tyres; Steering Suspension and Shock Absorbers; Underframe & Body; Electrical and Ignition Equipment; Appendix. Each of the 6 sections individually paginated. Profusely illustrated with drawings schematics & from b/w photographs. 4to. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>"The Manual is divided into 6 sections indexed under contents. Each section deals specifically with one major unit and its ancillries and is preceded by a comprehensive page guide." Standard Motor Company, Ltd hardcover books
1910WRCAM55051Chicago 1910. 116 photographs plus advertising leaf removed from HARPER'S MAGAZINE issue. Includes album of modern reproductions of the photographs. Oblong pebbled morocco album gilt title on front board. Boards rubbed and worn corners bumped spine perished. Photographs mounted on original linen which is slightly curled. A few small chips to edges no loss to images occasional toning and spots to images. The photographs overall in near fine condition. A handsome trade album of vehicles available from the White Motor Company Cleveland Ohio which grew out of the White Sewing Machine Company into one of the largest truck military and heavy equipment manufacturers of the 20th century. <br> <br> This album was created especially for W.J. Urquhart the general manager of the Western sales department headquartered in Chicago as reported in "The Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine" vol. 24 1909 p.420. The album opens with a photograph of a Pabst beer truck and continues with a wide variety of passenger and commercial vehicles most with the names of the companies painted on the sides. Among the commercial vehicles depicted are trucks operated by Marshall Field Red Rock beverages the Birmingham Coca-Cola Bottling Company Pocahontas Coal and B.F. Goodrich and there are also images of an ambulance and a police car. A few of the images are detailed views of engines transmissions or other mechanical parts of the vehicles. Most of the photographs have a label on the reverse describing the vehicle or part its price and in some cases also including information on the purchaser. Several of the owners are local but most are scattered across the country Canada and even Russia. A few photos depict the full fleet of a company's trucks lined up proudly in front of factories warehouses and storefronts. Despite the company's reputation decades of mismanagement at higher levels forced the company to declare bankruptcy in 1980; White was bought by Volvo the following year. <br> <br> Such early automobile trade albums are rare. "White Motor Corp." in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLEVELAND HISTORY online Case Western Reserve University. hardcover books
189740478Boston: The Barta Press 1897. 1st printing. Presumed to be the first printed brochure issued by Whitney for his recently formed "Motor Wagon Company.". Printed card-stock folded once vertically. Light signs of use. A bit of age-toning. VG. Unpaginated though 4 pages. Pages 1 & 4 with specs & performance date. Pages 2 & 3 each with a b/w photographic image depicting the Whitney 'motor wagon'. Oblong format: 3-1/4" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/>"George Eli Whitney an early pioneer in automotive history 'was tinkering with steam cars before the turn of the 20th century. While others turned their attention to the new-fangled gasoline engine he stayed with steam founding the Whitney Motor Wagon Company. He designed and built a succession of steam-driven carriages starting with he believed the first steam-driven car ever built. Many of the ideas that found their way into the steam automobile are attributable to him. The Stanley Brothers famous founders of the Stanley Steamer sought advice from him and used some of his ideas in their first cars.'" Whitney Research Group. According to Britain's Society of Automotive Historians Whitney "completed his first automobile in 1896 and founded the Whitney Motor Wagon Company the following year. Five cars had been built by the end of 1897 and although all his steamers had the common feature of a vertical two-cylinder engine attached to the boiler because Whitney was an 'inveterate tinkerer' no two were exactly the same. He devoted more of his energy to patenting his inventions and pursuing others over alleged infringement of his ideas than he did to actually making automobiles and he left the industry soon after the turn of the century." No "Whitney Motor Wagon" listings found on OCLC. No George Whitney literature found in Romaine. A rare item documenting early American automotive history. The Barta Press unknown books
198464599Wyomissing:: Automobile Quarterly. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0915038447 . Color photographs throughout. Second edition updated. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . Automobile Quarterly, hardcover books
40032AUTOMOBILE MANUSCRIPT RECORD AUTOMOBILE RECORD 1920-1926. Maine:1920-1926. Oblong red leather with gilt lettering all edges gilt. Unpaginated manuscript notations throughout. Though the owner is not named we know he had a 1917 Ford and in 1921 it was registered in Maine #49290. Starting on April 11 1920 he kept this log of travel on 28 double pages noting the date where he started his speedometer mileage delays if any the number in the party and other remarks gas was 3 cents. Early trips recorded to Plymouth New Bedford Concord Boston Harv and later to Boothbay Harbor etc. The last entry is for August 8th 1926 an noting his speedometer mileage he covered 13988 miles in these six years. 1920 gas was 24 cents a gallon. A presentation card to "Uncle Charlie" is enclosed with the wish "may the roads be good the pleasure great and the "blow-outs" few." unknown books
