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1959L2520Self Published. Good. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Front cover has 1/2" tear to bottom spine and faint moisture mark and small stain mild toning some creasing to bottom corners; illustrated ; 45 pages . Self Published paperback
1927004758Detroit: Fisher Body Corporation Fleetwood Body Corporation General Motors 1927. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. An extraordinarily beautiful sales catalogue organized around vivid colors as the title suggests. Folio 33 by 25 cm. xxx 30 2 pp. plus wraps. The colors are "Bird of Paradise" "Midnight Blue" "Angel Fish" "Morpho Menelans" emerald curite "Forest Green" "Th Grand Canyon" "Rose Coral" "Italian Waters" "Orchid" "Autumn" and the cars are all Cadillacs. All the cars have in fact two colors both of which are suggested by the color designation and each color and car receives a luxuriant two-page spread with three color illustrations: one for the inspiration for the particular color one of the car interior and one for the outer body. Accompanying the illustrations are fluid intoxicating descriptions that conjure up the imagery the sensate experience the fantasy with only passing mentions of some of the design specifics. The cars include Cabriolets a Roadster a Phaeton Imperials a Brougham a Town Sedan and a Convertible Coupe. One can see designs that both reach back to the fine coaches of a quickly receding era and the more comfortable sleeker cars to come. The brochure was released in conjunction with a road show showcase of the vehicles staged at fine hotels in New York Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco the Commodore the Drake the Biltmore and the Palace respectively. Wear to the edges of the dust jacket the decorative paper covering the bound card-stock wrap0 with a few scratch lines on front soiling on rear and a few minor closed tears along edges. A hole to the white front fold-in of this jacket. Other than some light pencilled lettering a child's hand clean and bright within. Fisher Body Corporation, Fleetwood Body Corporation, General Motors unknown
196639367N. P.: Warren County Historical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. "Christmas 1966" with initials inked below on the front end-paper also an old price inked at upper right. ; Illus. map; 184 pages . Warren County Historical Society hardcover
