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1998261109Detroit: UAW-CIO 1998. Paperback. 152p. wraps 4x8 inches four page "Amendments to Article 16 initiation fees and dues" laid in very good condition. UAW-CIO paperback books
1998243785Detroit: UAW-CIO 1998. Paperback. 224p. paperback very good. Also included is a worn copy of the 1995 constitution. UAW-CIO paperback books
1997215393Harare: the Association 1997. 19p. staplebound booklet reprint with amendments through May 1997. the Association unknown 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
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
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
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
2002193706Publications International 2002-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oversized book. Dust jacket is very good with minimal wear. Glossy boards and binding are very good. Page edges are clean. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. LO 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
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
19312306148Chicago Ill: Ben. P. Branham Company 1931. Soft Cover. Very Good. Light general wear. 1931 Soft Cover. 511 pp. Showing the Location of Motor and Serial Numbers on All Passenger Cars and Trucks and the Type of Body an Weight of Each Type Also Giving Serial Numbers by Model and Year with Actual N. A. C. C. and S. A. E. Horse Power Rating and Bore and Stroke in Inches and the Factory List Price. Ben. P. Branham Company paperback books
197741950Stuttgart: Porsche 1977. 1st Printing. Color printed self-wrappers stapled. Some wear & soiling with a bit of 'rippling' to rear wrapper. VG. Unpaginated though 12 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographic images. 11" x 9-3/4" <br/><br/>Scarce Porsche promotional brochure for the recently introduced 924. Herein are 5 articles about the fortitude of this relatively new Porsche model introduced in 1976 which traveled 'round the world' top to bottom. Porsche 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
1951210413Detroit: UAW 1951. 30p. staplebound wraps very good. UAW 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
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
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
19712278778E.P. Dutton & Co 1971. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Minor chip along base of front jacket panel a few minor chips to jacket spine head and top edge of rear jacket panel ink price on front jacket flap jacket lightly toned. Pages faintly toned. 1971 Large Hardcover. 223 pp. This authoritative selection of articles and full-color photographs derived from Automobile Quarterly represents an international honor roll of the world's most significant automobiles of all classes - antique classic special-interest and sports/racing cars. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover 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
1931RALBAUT00EFScarborough Motor Guide Company 1931. Very Good. Albany Auto Club. Automobile Green Book All-in-One Guide: Road Reference and Tourists' Guide of All States East of Mississippi River Eastern Ontario Quebec and Maritime Provinces. Boston: Scarborough Motor Guide Company 1931. 985pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Olive wraps. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed bumped and faded edges light soiling and creased corners and spine. Spine ends are slightly chipped. Pages are yellowed have a few light stains and slightly dog-eared corners but are otherwise clean. Contains maps histories of towns and other roadside attractions from Quebec to Miami Beach. Scarborough Motor Guide Company paperback books
195573623Detroit: UAW-CIO Education Department 1955. 39p. wraps illus. UAW-CIO Education Departm,ent unknown books
1964151477San Diego: San Diego Timing Association 1964. Archive of vintage programs bulletins flyers and newspaper clippings published by and relating to the San Diego Timing Association a foundational sanctioning organization in US drag racing.<br/><br/>In postwar America the return of risk-loving unmarried ex-GIs with advanced mechanical skills and extra money to spend led to the rise in popularity of illegal street racing. Southern California racers took advantage of the growing number of abandoned military strips in the state colloquially known as "drags" such as the Santa Ana Drags and Sweetwater Dam Navy Outlying Field. Local car clubs pressured law enforcement to allow racing on the strips efforts which would precipitate the formation of the San Diego Timing Association.<br/><br/>The SDTA held their first sanctioned meet at the Sweetwater Dam drag which the members renamed Paradise Mesa on March 11 1951. The events drew spectators and racers from across southern California catching the attention of the newly formed National Hot Rod Association which became a co-sanctioning body for the Paradise Mesa meets in 1953. Importantly the Paradise Mesa races were the first to present drag races in their now standard modern form two cars competing on a quarter-mile closed strip.<br/><br/>Paradise Mesa faced local backlash after a gory racing accident in June 1956 which injured 12 spectators leading to the prompt closure of the facility for racing purposes. Tensions between police and racers heightened in the ensuing years culminating in a two-day clash in August of 1960 after racers shut down three blocks off El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego to stage their own unauthorized drags. The El Cajon Boulevard Riot is now considered one of the first of the youth riots which would come to characterize the 1960s. <br/><br/>The materials contained in the archive provide an extensive register of the early years of the Paradise Mesa races compiled by foundational SDTA member Andrew Smith including 16 original programs for events at the strip and 9 mimeographed broadsheet flyers advertising races. The archive also includes several documents authored by members of the SDTA such as a constitution document signed by the members of a car club called The Kingpins and a typescript press release statement created in response to the El Cajon Boulevard riots.<br/><br/>Of particular note is a nine-page circa-1952 mimeographically duplicated issue of the SDTA News subtitled "Competition Rules" which contains the first known use in print of the word "dragster" defining the word as a class of race car formerly known as a "lakester."<br/><br/>A vibrant fascinating collection allowing a rare glimpse into a seminal period in the histories of both auto racing and youth culture sparsely documented up to this point as a result of the scarcity of available information and surviving material. <br/><br/>Housed in a three-ring binder. Binder and contents generally Near Fine. San Diego Timing Association unknown books
1968149422N.p.: N.p. 1968. Archive of 48 vintage photographs of car accidents scenes in the Columbia County New York area from the years 1961-1965 1966 and 1968. With the stamp of Lee's Studio in Chatham NY on the verso of the majority of photographs along with occasional holograph annotations. Most photographs housed in sleeves with annotations detailing dates locations and occasionally noting whether or not the accident was fatal. <br/><br/>Also included are several accident reports prepared by Lee Studios for internal use and correspondence between Lee and law firms representing people involved in the accidents requesting copies of photographs. <br/><br/>The 1960s saw large increases in the number of vehicle fatalities as car ownership greatly increased over the previous decades and out of the six years documented in the archive 1966 and 1968 are both among the ten deadliest in US history. <br/><br/>Photographs variously sized with most being 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. Housed in a contemporary photo album and two folders. N.p. unknown books
1963151483Tooele County UT: N.p. 1963. Archive of 163 vernacular photographs including 145 in color and 18 in black-and-white capturing the 1960-1963 National Speed Trials commonly known as Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Housed in 17 yellow envelopes with dates and names of racers written in holograph ink annotation to the rectos. <br/><br/>Offered with the archive is a brand new set of the two-volume Bonneville National Speed Trials references covering 1949-1958 and 1959-1968 respectively. The set is new and still in shrinkwrap.<br/><br/>In the early 1960s wealthy California car owners began to experiment with surplus jet engines to boost the horsepower of their cars creating distinctive bootlegged hotrods referred to as jet cars or jets designed specifically for the compacted salt surface of the flats. <br/><br/>The photographs in the archive document many early iterations of these unusual and profoundly dangerous vehicles with a particular focus on racers from southern California including Art Arfons' 8000-horsepower Cyclops which set a record for an open-cockpit vehicle 342 mph which still stands today and Mickey Thompson's Challenger I the first car to record a top speed of 400 mph. Also notable are several photographs of the streamliner entries of the Summers brothers in 1961 1962 and 1963 whose streamliner Goldenrod would go on to hold the land speed record from 1965 to 1991. <br/><br/>As a whole the photographs are bright and well-executed clearly shot with a racing insider's eye for detail. Photographs from the perspective of Speed Week attendees are scarce owing to the relatively remote locale and complete absence of accommodations for spectators making the images in the archive an uncommon intimate record of several pivotal years in the history of hotrod racing.<br/><br/>Photographs 5.75 x 3.5 inches envelopes 7.5 x 4. Some photographs with faint adhesive residue to the versos else envelopes and photographs generally Near Fine.<br/><br/>Full provenance available. N.p. unknown books
1950151268N.p.: N.p. 1950. Archive of 13 vintage single-weight vernacular photographs and 1 vintage double-weight vernacular photograph of open-wheel racing events held at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines circa 1950s. <br/><br/>The photographs in the archive show close-ups shots of races at the Iowa State Fairgrounds' original half-mile dirt track with the idiosyncratic vehicle designs and paint schemes of the era on full display. Also included in the archive are several photographs of the Bardahl Special #2 "The Black Deuce" a champion racing car owned by noted car collector Hector Honore Jr. with the car's second driver Bobby Grim behind the wheel. <br/><br/>Open-wheel racing was first sanctioned in the US by the AAA Contest Board who introduced the first track season national championship in 1905. The sport grew in popularity after World War II attributable in large part to the rapid innovations in auto engineering and design throughout the 1950s. In the ensuing decade the rise of the Chevy V8 would quickly render prewar four-cylinder and flathead engines obsolete making the photographs in the archive a valuable record of early race car construction and use. <br/><br/>Photographs generally Very Good plus lightly and evenly faded. N.p. unknown books
