52 résultats
194559068New York Chicago & Kansas City MO: Socony Vacuum Oil Company Inc. Tyner-Murphy 1945. Eight expertly hand-coloured silver gelatin photographs all w/ photographer’s imprint at lower right corner printed on glossy photo paper stock and w/ only the slightest bleed-through on versos of a couple images NF set of image. These nicely hand-coloured photographs vividly depict several outfitted Mobilgas trucks at the end of World War II filled with such products from Socony-Vacuum Oil as “Bug-a-boo†Inspect Spray Mobiloil Kerosene Power FuelMobilgrease and Mobiloil Gear Oils and even Sanilac Cattle Spray.The 1945 Chevrolet/GMC models continued much of the styling cues of the pre-War Chevy’s and GMC’s but featured larger engines updated wiring larger radiator for cooling and other changes which contributed to their reliability and durability as trucks. The Socony-Vacuum Oil Company was formed in 1931 as a merger between two of the Standard Oil Co. successor companies formed after the 1911 break-up and sold both Mobiloil and Gargoyle products. Eventually the company would be renamed Socony Mobil in 1955 and finally Mobil in 1966. Tyner 1886-1957 was a longtime commercial photographer in Kansas City well known for not only architectural photographs but also U.S. Presidents celebrities and major events in the Kansas City area until his death. Socony Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., Tyner-Murphy, unknown
192848143Cleveland OH: White Company Sept. 1 1928. 8vo. 132 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams 3 large folding. Tan softcovers black lettering & ruling on front cover uniform interior toning minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce technical work on the mechanics and repair of White Buses and chassis used for White Trucks. The White Motor Company also owned the truck manufacturing names of Sterling Autocar Diamond T and REO which continued up through the 1970s. Their buses became especially well known in the 1930s when their Model 706 buses carried passengers throughout the major National Parks such as Yellowstone Yosemite and Glacier in the west and were called Red Jammers. Gettysburg National Battlefield still operates two of the White buses. White Company, paperback
192059221Cincinnati OH & Chicago IL: Stewart Iron Works United States Motor Truck Co. Kaufmann & Fabry Co. 1920. Oblong 12mo. 6 x 4.5 in. 10 leaves unnumbered. w/ each separately featuring 5 linen-backed silver gelatin mounted photographs 50 in total sized 3.5 x 5.5 in. rounded corners many w/ negative no. in lower fore-edge w/in the negative leporello accordion style black linen hinges for each leaf mounted w/ linen hinges at gutter margin. Original stamped folding post-binder salesman case w/ foldover flap snapped clasp w/ gilt lettering stamped on front minor rubbing shelfwear still a VG bright copy. First edition thus of this exceedingly scarce original salesman sample photo catalogue for the short-lived truck manufacturer. Founded originally in 1862 by Stewart Sr. who opened the business originally in Covington KY the company quickly grew and eventually divided into three separate corporations by 1902. The Stewart company cornered the market on cemetery fencing across America manufactured the heavy duty trucks used by the US Army during World War I and installed iron works and benches in New York City’s Central Park the light fixtures in Congress fencing and gates at the Panama Canal the jail cells at Alcatraz Sing-Sing and Leavenworth. These sales photographs illustrate many of the companies purchasing heavy trucks from the US Motor Truck Co. division following World War I. Depicted here are flatbed trucks for The Diem & Wing Paper Co. in Cincinnati OH; Julius J. Bantlin Co. Wholesale Automotive Equipment and Saddlery; panel trucks for Baking companies w/ delivery doors built into the sides; a freezer or ice truck for the Niser Ice Cream Co. featuring curved cab similar to trolleys and other rail cars; or a dump truck for T.W. Spinks Co. featuring a Lehigh lift bed. The Stewart Iron Works truck division would continue until 1928 and also was a key truck supplier for Dow Drug Stores the Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Post Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and many others. Kaufmann & Fabry was an active commercial photographic firm specializing in architectural photography in Chicago from before 1910 and are still an active company. Founders were Charles D. Kaufmann b. 1888 an Austrian-American and Herman Fabry 1879-1955 German-American who are perhaps best remembered as the official photographers of the 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair and were awarded not only the rights for publishing and distributing photographs and photos in publications but also operated a camera shop and film processing lab on the Exhibition grounds through 1933 and 1934. No copies of similar photographic catalogues could be located in institutional holdings or Worldcat and in fact almost no contemporary sales literature of the short-lived United States Motor Truck Co. division appears to have survived. [Stewart Iron Works], United States Motor Truck Co., [Kaufmann & Fabry Co.], unknown
192258048Grand Rapids MI: United Motors Products Co. Eckburg Automobile Co. Distributor 310 Ioia Ave. NW formerly Michigan Cadillac Co. Ltd. ca. 1922. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.5 in. 41 silver gelatin images 29 linen-backed sized 8 x 9.75 in. many w/ sales and product information on verso some typed others in manuscript a few w/ photographer’s stamps all hinged at gutter margin 11 loose inserted into archival mylar sleeves bound in at gutter margin w/ photographer & dealer’s stamps on versos many w/ style pricing and product information on versos as well in manuscript some chipping & edgewear to these some corners torn creasing from wear. Contemporary limp calf Proudfit Loose Leaf Co. post-binder brass screw-posts at gutter margin rounded corners minor rubbing VG exemplar. An exceptional dealer’s showroom photo catalogue for the post-World War I United Motors Products Co. filled with factory photos advertising a variety of 1 1/4 ton up to 5 ton models in assorted finished configurations. Founded originally as the United Motor Trucks Co. before World War I as a division of the United Light & Railways Col. conglomerate to not only produce trucks and utility vehicles for their own needs but to meet burgeoning demand brought on by improving roads and fast-growing commercial demands before and after World War I. By 1922 Hulswit Kanary and Eckburg were building and selling United Trucks powered by a four-cylinder Continental Engine the lightest model featuring a worm drive and the others often fitted still with chain drives moving to shaft drive and by 1925 would be manufacturing what they called the “Highway Special.†An artist’s rendering features a birds-eye view of the Grand Rapids MI plant bearing the name change in 1922 to United Motors Products Co. and subsequent images show stave flatbed delivery specialized dump trucks and more. Companies such as Henry Smith Floral Heyman Home Outfitters Van Den Berg Bros. Sample Furniture Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Co. Elston Packing & Storage Central Michigan Paper Co. Perfected Grave Vault Co. and others all featured fleets of UMP Co. Trucks. Many of these images bear the stamp of Eckberg Auto Co. of Grand Rapids which before 1916 was the Michigan Cadillac Co. Ltd. and later became truck distributor first for United Motor Products Co. and then ACME Truck Co. Hulswit 1875-1933 was the president and organizer of the United Light & Railways Co. which held 13 railroad and public service gas & electric utilities and corporations in five states and was forced out of his company in 1926. By that time Kanary had decamped to Hollywood California and the truck manufacturing unit was spun off to ACME Motor Truck Co. of Cadillac MI which continued the badge for a short time. Advertisements for their truck line cease by 1928. Hulswit had been forced out with a $ 10 million dollar payment which he parlayed into the successful American States Securities Corp. which survived and thrived during the Great Depression only to die tragically while fixing his radio antenna at the Hotel Astor and plummeting to his death. Although no similar examples are found and very few of the original company catalogues survive some business records and material can be found in the Austin Automobile Co. Collection Grand Rapids Library Special Collects. Finding Aid May 10 2018; See: Mroz American Cars Trucks & Motorcycles of World War I pp. 365-366; United Trucks Grand Rapids Spectator Vol. 11 Feb. 1922 pp. 17; Buys United Motor The Indianapolis Star Dec. 12 1926 p. 71. United Motors Products Co., Eckburg Automobile Co., Distributor, 310 Ioia Ave., NW (formerly Michigan Cadillac Co., Ltd.), unknown
195762997Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor DivisionGeneral Motors Corp. Feb. 1957. 8vo. 180 pp. printed in red & black many illustrations thumb tabs at textblock fore-edge. Textured light blue flexible covers blue lettering front cover rounded corners minor edgewear slight scuffing minor rubbing still VG- bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare dealer’s sales handbook filled with proprietary “inside information†for the iconic 1957 Chevrolet trucks redesigned along with the passenger cars. This model year featured the redesigned body style with wrap-around windshield hooded headlights egg-crate grille and the pickup became famed for its popularity with street-racers. This catalogue enabled Chevy sales staff to easily select the model of truck that best suited the body style length load capacity and accessories that the customer needed. For each model including pickups sedan delivery vans panel vans Suburban Caryalls Tandem Trucks School Buses and more specifications for tires axles brakes cabs and bodies along with engines radiators and suspension with photos and diagrams are shown. No copies in Worldcat. Chevrolet Motor Division,General Motors Corp., unknown
2004118338Pepperpot Productions. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. A book that looks almost new; ; 270 pages; Signed by Author . Pepperpot Productions hardcover
200433300Pepperpot Productions 2004-01-01. Hardcover. New. Number 76 of a limited 100 signed copies. Brand New Hardcover Book Crisp and Clean. Pepperpot Productions hardcover
196962996Grosse Pointe Farms MI: Verbiest Publishing Company; Chevrolet Motor Division General Motors Corp. 1969. Oblong 4to. 12 x 8.5 in. 2 170 pp. With 100’s of illustrations photos diagrams some leaves printed on yellow paper stock w/ thumb tabs at fore-edge introductory leaf printed TLS from Henry on Chevrolet company letterhead. Colour-illustrated softcovers plastic comb-binding as issued minor shelfwear slight scuffing still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce and invaluable Chevrolet Dealer guide for special bodies and equipment on the highly desirable and iconic 1969 Chevy C10 pickup and Suburban platform along with extensive advertisers and suppliers information on heavy truck bodies and modifications. The extended opening section Chevy C10 includes builders and suppliers for Campers Motor Home and Van conversions trailers from such famed companies in Michigan Washington Oregon Kansas Indiana Florida and California as Wolverine Campter Co. Open Road Campers Chinook Mobilodge Co. ChevVan Motorhome Turtle Topp Chevrolet Travel Cruiser and Gem Top camper shells. Extended sections on ambulances and rescue vans school buses and school vans food truckstep vans fire engines are all featured. Verbiest 1926-2018 was originally a mortgage banker and sales agent for insurance company before founding Verbiest Publishing in the 1960’s and contracting with Chevrolet Motor Division. No copies in Worldcat. Verbiest Publishing Company; Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp.], paperback
191662233Grand Rapids MI: United Motors Co. Etheridge Printers ca. 1916. Oblong 8vo. 9.25 x 6.25 in. 12 pp. printed in blue & black. Tan-coloured illustrated softcovers cover art of United Motors truck in blue black & tan front cover yapp fore-edges minor soiling to far right fore-edge slight shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce dealer’s showroom catalogue for the pre-World War I United Motors Co. filled with factory photos advertising their innovative 6-ton tractor and semi-trailer configurations as considerable cost savings. For 2/3 of the cost of a 5-ton truck the retailer shipper etc. could field a tractor and trailer for less than $ 3300.00. Founded originally as the United Motor Trucks Co. before World War I as a division of the United Light & Railways Co. conglomerate to not only produce trucks and utility vehicles for their own needs but to meet burgeoning demand brought on by improving roads and fast-growing commercial demands before and after World War I. By 1922 Hulswit Kanary and Eckburg were building and selling United Trucks powered by a four-cylinder Continental Engine the lightest model featuring a worm drive and the others often fitted still with chain drives moving to shaft drive and by 1925 would be manufacturing what they called the “Highway Special.†Hulswit 1875-1933 was the president and organizer of the United Light & Railways Co. which held 13 railroad and public service gas & electric utilities and corporations in five states and was forced out of his company in 1926. By that time Kanary had decamped to Hollywood California and the truck manufacturing unit was spun off to ACME Motor Truck Co. of Cadillac MI which continued the badge for a short time. Advertisements for their truck line cease by 1928. Very few of the original company catalogues survive some business records and material can be found in the Austin Automobile Co. Collection Grand Rapids Library Special Collects. Finding Aid May 10 2018; See: Mroz American Cars Trucks & Motorcycles of World War I pp. 365-366; United Trucks Grand Rapids Spectator Vol. 11 Feb. 1922 pp. 17; Buys United Motor The Indianapolis Star Dec. 12 1926 p. 71. United Motors Co., Etheridge Printers, paperback
194948196Pontiac MI: GMC Truck & Coach Division May 1949. Folio. 31 1 pp. Title in green brown black & gray w/ photo illustration. Colour-printing throughout with illustrations in black & white and diagrams. Textured green printed softcovers silver black & dark green decorated lettering on front cover slight sunning to upper fore-edge NF copy stapled as issued. First edition of this scarce original dealer’s catalogue for General Motors Heavy Duty trucks introducing the new H Series. HC and HF models 520 through 980 were phased into production during 1949. These models featured all-new larger cabs with improvements in safety visibility and comfort; the chassis were more rugged and provided better ride with increased power. Nine different GMC engines powered them ranging from the 228 through the 707 and diesels were available in the GM 4-71 and 6-71. GMC Truck & Coach Division, paperback
195448210Dearborn MI: Ford Motor Company October 1954. Oblong folio. 47 1 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout numerous black & white photos text illustrations diagrams. Colour-illustrated self-printed wrappers wraparound cover art of Ford trucks on a busy highway interchange including F-series and Heavy Duty NF. First edition of this scarce original dealer’s catalogue for Ford Trucks in 1955. Ford changed the front grille design in favor of a V-shaped dip in the upper bar indicating V-8 Engine as well as switched to tubeless tires on the F-100s and optional power breaks. Wraparound windshields and larger engines were aimed to give Ford trucks increased market share. Ford Motor Company, unknown
1974117h5833USA: No Exit Music. Good. 1974. First Edition. Paperback. 168 pages. Superb compilation of classic southern rock songs as performed by The Allman Brothers. Six pages of colour photos of band members. Includes piano sheet music guitar chords and lyrics to: Ain't Wastin' Time No More; Blackhearted Woman; Blue Sky; Come and Go Blues; Don't Keep Me Wonderin'; Don't Want You No More; Dreams; Every Hungry Woman; Hot'Lanta; I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man; In Memory of Elizabeth Reed; It's Not My Cross To Bear; Jelly Jelly Blues; Jessica; Leave My Blues at Home; Les Brers in A Minor; Little Martha; Melissa; Midnight Rider; Mountain Jam; One Way Out; Pony Boy; Ramblin' Man; Revival; Southbound; Stand Back; Statesboro Blues; Stormy Monday Blues; Trouble No More; Wasted Words; Whippin' Post; You Don't Love Me. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this precious Allman Bros. memento. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Allman Brothers; Allman Greg; Allman Duane.; Betts R.; Trucks C.; Oakley R.; Johanson J.; Payne K.; McTell Willie; James Elmo; Sehorn Marshall E.; Williamson Sonny Boy; Oakley Raymond; Dixon Willie; Morganfield McKinley; Cobbs Willie . No Exit Music paperback
0615448453.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
18876832Providence R.I.: the company; Geo. F. Chapman Printers 27 Pine Street 1887. Bi-fold handbill 21.5 x 15 cm. 8 pages plus folded broadside. Illustrated. A small trade catalogue promoting barrel trucks wheeled racks which hold barrels and allow them to be moved around a warehouse or shop. Illustrated with two full-page images interior scenes of a “wholesale liquor store†and of a “retail grocery†each showing the barrel trucks in use. The broadside folded inside is a list of first-year purchasers of the “1665 Barrel Truck†and is torn at the edges. The handbill itself is fine clean and bright. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies. the company; Geo. F. Chapman, Printers, 27 Pine Street unknown
195012628SIGNED BASEBALL CIRCA 1950 with the signatures of the following American League players the first six being Hall of Farmers: Ted Williams Lou Boudreau Harry Heilmann Luke Appling Charles Gehringer Bobby Doerr Virgil Trucks Billy Goodman Johnny Pesky Hal Newhouser Dom Dimaggio Bob Dillinger George Caster Stubby Overmire Hal White Bob Swift and others. This ball is somewhat soiled and apparently shellacked however the signatures are still quite readable. N.p. unknown
190657483Grand Rapids MI: Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. Holson Motor Patent Co. Ltd. ca. 1906. Seven cyanotype photographs sized 7.25 x 9.25 in. to 7.75 x 9.5 in. w/ negative numbers w/in image at lower corner and four numbered as a series slight toning at fore-edges edgewear still bright contrast and clarity. Fascinating and remarkably scarce salesman sample cyanotype photographs by an early innovator in electric-powered vehicles. Heavy duty hauling trucks were a significant problem for reliability and maneuverability in the first decade of the 20th-Century because they were so slow terrible fuel economy and restricted to wider streets. Church & Knudson developed a unique electromechanical propulsion system called the “Gyroscope Motor†which allowed all four wheels to steer and eliminated a differential gear originally at 2 horsepower each. Initially manufactured as the Holson Motor Patent Co. they changed it to Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. in 1906 and began manufacturing and selling their heavy electric powered trucks capable of a 40 mile radius between charges. The one to two-ton trucks were front-wheel driven and steered and could haul significant loads while the 5-ton models had four-wheel steering four-wheel drive and four-wheel brakes. These cyanotype images show a series of 2-ton Holson trucks hauling electric power house parts with two of them distinctly having African-American teamsters working on the rigs. Other images show an electric-gasoline generator hybrid hauling timber similar to those developed for hauling the telescope parts up to the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California; a Couple-Gear stave truck hauling a large industrial part for The Bennke & Co. coal company which changed their name in 1907 to the Polonia Coal Co.; and finally a U.S. Armory truck with company logo painted on the side of the vehicle. The Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. continued in business until 1922. No similar images located in Worldcat or other collections; See: David Traver Adolphus Couple-Gear Gas Electric A Hybrid Answer to the Suburban Haulage Question Hemmings Motor News July 2011; Coulbe-Gear 1906-1922 American Industrial Mining Company Museum 2017; The Motor Truck March 1914 pp. 176 245-249 552 843. Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co., Holson Motor Patent Co., Ltd., unknown
195258478Detroit & White Pigeon MI Milwaukee WI Cleveland OH Lyons Quincy & Chicago IL; Elkhart & Hammond IN: The Heil Co. Timken-Detroit Eaton Manufacturing Hendrickson Knapheide Elkhart Welding & Boiler Works Inc. Truck Crane Inc. H.S. Watson Simplex 5th Wheel Arrow & Anchor 1952-1956. Thirty-two parts in one vol. 4to. 120 pp unpaginated & separate paginations. including mimeographed price lists colour-printed illustrations photo illustrations many w/ large folding plates self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers a few in black & white. Contemporary Navy-Blue Heil Co. split-pin softcover binder embossed raised lettering in yellow on front cover embossed raised decorations rounded corners still NF copy. First editions of this sammelband of truck equipment brochures and catalogues centering on modifying factory equipment and upgrading other commercial work trucks. These assorted catalogues promote and provide sales prices for Heil truck bodies hydraulic hoists elevating tailgates garbage truck bodies dump truck bodies assorted hoists enhancing trucks with Timken lightweight tandems and Easton tandem axle drives. In addition Hendrickson six-wheel conversions are presented along with Pacific Electric Hoists Knapheide stake truck and other body configurations Simplex fifth wheel hitches Arrow saddle tanks Watson hand winches and much more. The Heil Co. was originally founded in 1901 by Julius P. Heil 1876-1949 and pioneered electric welding to truck bodies and modifying trucks for municipalities excavating companies and heavy equipment enhancements. The Heil Co., Timken-Detroit, Eaton Manufacturing, Hendrickson, Knapheide, Elkhart Welding & Boiler Works, Inc., Truck Crane, In paperback
1996DADAX3540609598Springer 1996-06-17. 1996. perfect. New. 5.83x0.37x8.27. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer unknown
3540609598.Gperfect. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
ria9783540609599_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
1996x-3540609598Springer 1996. Paperback. New. 149 pages. German language. 8.27x5.83x0.37 inches. Springer paperback
20141-1250040493St Martins Pr 2014. Hardcover. New. 464 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.50 inches. St Martins Pr hardcover
Q-1250040493St. Martin's Press 2014-02-18. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! St. Martin's Press hardcover
191959828Louisville KY: The Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co. 1919. 8vo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. 16 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black which folds out into large 18.75 x 25 in. atlas folio dealer’s showroom poster illustrated recto & verso self-printed softcovers w/ front grille of Old Hickory truck motoring down a country road minor dustsoiling edgewear couple minor closed tears neatly repaired still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce dealer’s brochure/poster for the Kentucky Wagon Old Hickory trucks which at the time were available in 3/4 ton 1 ton and 1 1/4 ton configuration and truck bodies could also be ordered. The company had originally begun manufacturing Dixie Flyer Hercules & Crown automobiles in 1916 and by 1920 had completed of the Studebaker wagon works and continued to manufacture truck bodies dump trucks truck trailers and tow trucks. The massive factory located on 3rd St. in Louisville churned out many different styles and types of trucks trailers and trailer bodies. No copies in Worldcat. The Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co., paperback
2000Q-0873415809Books Americana 2000-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Books Americana paperback
