M.C. HILLICKLivre Rare Book
Whys and Wherefores of the Automobile. A Simple Explanation of the Elements of the Gasoline Motor Car Prepared for the Non-Technical Reader
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
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB · États-Unis50,00 $US≈ 42,31 €
