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Society of Automobile EngineersBiblio.com

The Relationship between Engine Oil Viscosity and Engine Performance - 4 Volumes: Complete as Issued. SP- 434

[AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL]. PENFIELD, Frederic CourtlandBiblio.com

The motor that went to court: a fact-story with random illustrations.

190962112New York: Privately Printed De Vinne Press 1909. Tall 8vo. 4 91 3 pp. Decorated title in lavender & black ruled border. Photo frontisp. w/ tissue guard 25 photo plates. Quarter vellum over blue-gray boards vellum corners printed title label on front cover t.e.g. minor dustsoiling light scuffing shelfwear still VG presentation copy inscribed to NY State Supreme Court Justice Charles H. Truax and wife Caroline Sanders Truax 1870-1940 one of the first women lawyers in NY State and early graduate of the Womanâ€™s Law Class of NY Univ. Law School. First edition of this limited edition privately printed Christmas greeting memoir documenting the trip of Frederic Courtland Penfield and his wife in their â€œBlue Peterâ€ limousine touring car and support limousine which appear to be 1908 Napier 45 hp Type 23â€™s fitted with 6-cylinder engines and coachwork by Burlington Carriage Co. -- at the time the height of wealthy Edwardian motoring. The breezy account recounts their experiences at the Spanish-French frontier visiting Barcelona side trip to Toledo the decidedly rough Spanish roads and experience finally a breakdown where the wives in the excursion are shepherded into Spainâ€™s Prime Minister Mauraâ€™s luxurious vehicle which happened to be passing and deposited at a inn near the Palace. The account was originally printed in as a series in Century Magazine. Penfield 1855-1922 later US Ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I and his wife Anne Weightman Walker Penfield 1844-1932 made their Brass era excursion as a sort of Honeymoon Trip with friends celebrating their recent marriage in style which included meeting the young King Alfonso XIII ironically just before the collapse of the Prime Minister Antonio Maura government in 1909. Privately Printed, [De Vinne Press], hardcover

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