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19391594941939. AUTOMOBILES. ACME Production Colors. WITH Rogers Automotive Color Mixing. 2 volumes. Thick 4to. 270 x 210 mm bound in original embossed black and maroon expandable binders respectively with company logos. Detroit: Acme White Lead & Color Works 1939-48. First Edition of two scarce automotive colour sample books recording automobile colours in the years preceding and following World War II with hundreds of paint samples arranged in sections separated by tabs for various cars: Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Lincoln Oldsmobile Packard Plymouth and more. The Acme White Lead & Color Works was a pioneering developer of the first automotive lacquers besides black a repertoire of colour that made the company an auto industry leader. Sherwin-Williams acquired Acme in 1920. unknown books
15226Technical manuscript in French describing in great detail turn-of-the-century automobile technology and car engine mechanics contained in an 8" x 10" notebook 54 pages early 20th century. The manuscript is illustrated throughout with hand-drawn schematics and diagrams and headings. The notebook covers the basic concepts necessary to understand an automotive engine "Elementary Mechanical Concepts" "Elementary Concepts of Electricity" etc. This notebook includes handwritten descriptions of the Hispano engine a groundbreaking vehicle maker which begun production in 1902. "In the engine of the Hispano 12 cylinder in V with each of the rows composed of a single aluminium block which includes the combustion chamber. The valves are adjusted when warm and are made of nitrided steel." Other notes include vehicle anatomy such as "Vehicle crank shaft for 12 cylinder engines" "Carborators" "Cooling systems" "Starting system including spark plug and magneto" coachbuilder including a Hispano-Suiza. Automobile early manuscript with detailed explanation and drawings of engine carburetor magneto etc. unknown books
198849564Tampa Florida: Distinctly Styled Corvettes 1988. 1st Edition. All housed in 2 black leather zippered portfolios 13" x 16-3/8" with handles. One with gilt lettering applied to one side: "D S C Greenwood". Images generally clear & sharp Nr Fine. Portfolios show light wear VG. 57 primarily large format 11" x 14" color photographs of different Corvettes & divers aspects thereof one stamped on the recto "Michael Daniel xxx Photograph Tampa" <br/><br/>Here offered a no-doubt unique pair of sales portfolios compiled by Corvette customization firm and dealer Distinctly Styled Corvettes of Tampa Florida. <br /> <br />According to publicly available Florida corporate records the firm run by a Graddy Richard likely the Cajun ‘Ree-shard’ pronunciation operated from about 1986-1988 the height of production of the C4 Fourth Generation Chevrolet Corvette. Richard seems to have sourced fiberglass aerodynamic and ground effects packages from the prominent boutique customizer Greenwood also packaging his own custom-designed modifications to the seminal American sports car including options for wood-inlayed dashboards upgraded wheel packages etc… <br /> <br />The included brochures contain a photocopied appearance on the company in a 1987 issue of MOTOR TREND magazine: <br /> <br />"Distinctly styled Corvettes is another tuner that turns out high quality work. We had the opportunity to drive three examples from the company including a striking Callaway Twin Turbo and left quite impressed with the company’s commitment. Like Quality Motorsports Distinctly Styled Corvettes uses a number of Greenwood components. Special care is used in mating these pieces to the body and color-matching the paint. The company is also noted for individual touches like adding Corvette badges to the targa bar and gold lettering of engine identification. <br /> <br />Distinctly Styled Corvettes often uses BBB component wheels and mates them with Michelin XGT tires. Genuine wood dash panels are also a frequently installed modification. The firm’s prices vary considerably since each car is built to the owner’s preference. Typical modifications generally run between $2000 and $5000.†Motor Trend September 1987; p. 44 <br /> <br />A must-have primary source photographic archive depicting the iconic late 1980’s American Sports car. Distinctly Styled Corvettes hardcover books
1941143462Los Angeles: N.p. 1941. Collection of six vintage photographs of California midget car racing each with the same decorative border at the short-lived Atlantic Speedway in Los Angeles circa 1941. Featuring an unknown race car with number 23 painted on the tail and "Warner Spl." painted just below the cockpit a few of the mechanics responsible on-hand. "X34" rubber-stamps on the versos. <br/><br/>Midget racing began in California in the early 1930s in Los Angeles the sport then owned and operated by the Midget Auto Racing Association MARA. Small custom cars many called "specials" looped on small wood tracks formerly reserved for bicycle races. A notable venue was Gilmore Stadium built in 1934 by Earl Bell Gilmore an heir to the Gilmore Oil Company. The Atlantic Speedway operated about 1935-1942 near Compton at the intersection of Atlantic and Banducci Boulevards now part of Long Beach Expressway and this collection offers a humble pocket-sized look at that lost California track. <br/><br/>2.5 x 4 inches silver gelatin. Near Fine. N.p. unknown 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
1996204248San Francisco: Cable Car Court 1996. Magazine. Fifteen souvenir programs for the event which was part of the Imperial Court system various pagination photos ads program entertainments awards nine of the programs are slick 8.5x11 inch magazines in stapled wraps the six earliest are folded tabloid newspapers all very good. Includes the programs for 1979-1992 & 1996. The Awards were first presented in 1974. Cable Car Court unknown books
19362287966Hudson Motor Car Company 1936. Stapled Binding. Good. Sleeve heavily rubbed top edge of sleeve chipped. Stain along edge of front wrapper top edge of front wrapper chewed rear wrapper lightly creased. 1936 Stapled Binding. 51 pp. Stapled binding in sleeve. Includes lubrication chart. The Terraplane was a car brand and model built by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit Michigan between 1932 and 1938. In its maiden year the car was branded as the Essex-Terraplane; in 1934 the car became simply the Terraplane. They were inexpensive yet powerful vehicles that were used in both town and country as both cars and trucks bore the Terraplane name. Hudson Motor Car Company unknown books
1973142105Paris: Filmsonor 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film a striking image of Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. <br/><br/>Vadim's attempt to explore female freedom and sexuality for women by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into the modern figure of Brigitte Bardot. The fifth film Vadim made starring Bardot and one of two released in 1973 after which she retired from acting. <br/><br/>Shot in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Filmsonor unknown books
15457NEW YORK GOLDMANN 1921. ADVERTISING BROCHURE; 31 PAGES VERY GOOD. NEW YORK, GOLDMANN, 1921 unknown books
195307908Detroit: Packard Motor Car Company 1953. Original Wraps. Fine. Second edition 77 pages; original pictorial wrappers stapled with stiff printed protective folder; without the removable Owner Identification Card. A beautiful copy. <br/><br/> Packard Motor Car Company paperback books
195407903Detroit: Packard Motor Car Company 1954. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Owner's Manual and Warranty Book for the 1954 Packard Clipper; octavo 52 pages original pictorial wrappers stapled; a fine copy without the removable Owner Identification Card. <br/><br/> Packard Motor Car Company paperback books
1930145940Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1930. Release Dialogue script post-production for the 1930 pre-Code film. With holograph pencil annotations throughout. An early uncredited role for Carole Lombard who performs the song "You Appeal to Me."<br/><br/>A young man is set to inherit a large sum from his uncle on the caveat that he learn the ways of the world beforehand. As such he enlists three chorus girls to guide him around the underbelly of New York City.<br/><br/>Set in New York.<br/><br/>Tall white titled self wrappers noted as RELEASE DIALOGUE SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 18 1930. Title page integral to the first page of text. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL 10-PAGE 7. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus unbound. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1984284081New York: MSBA 1984. unbound. very good. Map. Page unfolded measures 22 1/2" x 27 1/2" and folded 7" x 3.75".<br/><br/> Charming 1984 pocket guide of Nassau County's bus routes. Covers all of Nassau County and color codes bus routes according to destination/origin Queens Suffolk County north/south in each Western Central and Eastern Nassau County as well as non-MSBA lines NYC Transit Authority Western Suffolk County and private route lines. Route numbers and subway stations are also noted. On the right side of the map there are in depth maps of the bus terminals in Great Neck Hicksville Roosevelt Field Sunrise Mall Rockville Center and Freeport as well as the bus terminals in New York City from which busses leave for Long Island Jamaica and Flushing <br><br>Verso of the map includes more bus terminal maps of Nassau Community College Hempstead Lynbrook Far Rockaway and Mineola. Additionally there is a list of communities served by MSBA routes MSBA bus routes and destinations LIRR stations served by MSBA Places of interest served by MSBA and passenger information. The map is great condition.<br/><br/> MSBA unknown books
195019312New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1950. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good -. The 1950 1st edition of this charming instructional on swimming authored by the head swimming coach at Yale and published by Yale University Press. Tight and VG just a touch of soiling to the rear panel in a bright price-clipped VG- example of the pictorial dustjacket with roughly 1/4 of the rear panel missing. Still though quite presentable. Octavo hundreds of black-and-white photos supplementing Coach Kiphuth's text. <br/><br/> Yale University Press hardcover books
1951180501951. Print curled else in near fine condition with creasing along the edges. 8 1/2 X 14 inch silver gelatin print depicting the victim of a fatal automobile accident in California. Notations have been stamped and written in pencil on the verso. unknown books
1950181281950. Recto has been painted on in two places else near fine with light rubbing to the edges and creasing throughout. Original 8 1/2 X 12 3/4 inch silver gelatin print depicting the aftermath of an automobile collision between a sedan and a cement truck on 6th and Lake Streets in San Francisco. A newspaper clipping has been adhered to the verso of the print with various notations stamped and written in pencil. unknown books
1916286104Detroit Michigan: Hupp Motor Car Company Geo. A. Drake & Co 1916. Soft Cover. Fair binding. The Hupmobile Owner's Handbook: 1916 Model "N" one of the company's touring cars. Published by the Hupp Motor Car Company with labeled diagram illustrations of the mechanical components of the automobile instructions for use and maintenance and a paper folding birds-eye view of the Model N. Moisture damage has caused numerous pages to stick together causing minor surface paper loss and significant paper loss to the bottom corner of a few pages affecting the text. Four leaves disbound and laid in. Some soiling to the printed paper wrappers and minor soiling to the leaves throughout. Paperback. Overall in Fair condition. 54 2 pp. Uncommon with no copies located on OCLC. Fair binding. Hupp Motor Car Company | Geo. A. Drake & Co unknown books
195207904Detroit: Packard Motor Car Company 1952. First Ediiton. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Operating Manual for the Packard 1952; octavo 62 pages original navy blue wrappers printed in red and silver; stapled. <br/><br/> Packard Motor Car Company paperback books
39742Detroit: Packard Motor Car Company n. d. 1st edition thus presumed. Color printed paper. Housed in original envelope from Beaver Valley Motors Inc. Modest wear to paper chip to bottom edge no loss of wording. Single sheet. Pop-up color lithographs of large country estate and a blue Packard in the foreground. 10-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> [Packard Motor Car Company] unknown books
1974RWILPRO00TWNP 1974. Very Good. Wilson Wm. M. The Scribbler and Old Bus Driver. Provo Utah: Early Pictorial History: Nostalgic Voyage into the Past. NP: NP 1974. reprint. Illustrated. 12mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. Two inspirational labels a tipped in historic note a folded Open Letter to the Bus Students and an inscription from Wilson appear on front endsheet. NP hardcover books
1930556351930. THE AUTOCAR. FOLDING MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES. London: The Autocar Offices circa 1930s. A 45.5" by 54" map on colored paper mounted on white cotton canvas. This is an ex-library copy with markings on the slip case and ink call number on the map. It is folded in an 8 by 9.5 inch blue cloth slipcover with paper title labels to the boards. Lightly soiled. There is wear to the edges of the slipcover which has a long closed tear to one of the title labels and a 2.5 inch chip to the bottom edge of both the upper and the lower labels. There is some light fraying to the edges of the cloth backing of the map. Overall a very good copy of this handsome driving map. unknown books
19388622bdDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1938. Octavo stiff illustrated wrappers stapled 70 2 pp. Fold-out lubrication chart and wiring diagram photos illus. With several items laid-in: 1 Memorandum of Agreement dated 12/21/1938 for a Hudson 112 Black Sedan with original handwritten price trade-in value for a 1936 Terraplane and a Balance Due; 2 a Pennsylvania Automobile Transfer Certificate to transfer license tags from a 1936 Terraplane to a Hudson 112 dated 1/6/1939; 3_ original Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Registration dated 1/10/1939 for a Hudson Sedan signed by the original owner; and 4 an initial service invoice dated 6/2/1939 in the amoung of $1.50. Near-Fine; in a worn and torn original Hudson Owner’s envelope. Hudson Motor Car Company, (1938). unknown books
19358619bdDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1935. “Lovely to Look at - Delightful to Drive.†Oblong quarto stiff color-illustrated self-wrappers stapled 20 pp. Color illustrations photographs throughout. Sales brochure with specifications for the Terraplane DeLux Six and the Terraplane Custom Six. Very Good; scuffed and corners bumped with handwritten slip laid-in with prices for various models. Hudson Motor Car Company, (1935). unknown books
1968262063San Francisco: The Trystero Company 1968. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion articles photos events actions comix psychedelia very good on newsprint. Cover stories on Omar Shariff as Che Warhol supports Rockefeller Mark Lane on the FBI. Also the Mexican Student revolt and Lester on the Black revolutionary Struggle and the ambush of police in Cleveland. Photos from Vietnam by a private in the Army Back cover poster by Johnson. The Trystero Company unknown books
1925SGG313B-20Los Angeles CA: California Parlor Car Tours Inc 1925. Very Good. 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches. 28 pp. Numerous halftone photographic illustrations map of California's El Camino Real from Los Angeles to San Francisco glossary schedule; text clean unmarked pages toned. Self wraps halftone wrap-around photographic illustration stapled; binding square and tight toned corners lightly bumped foot of spine chipped. Very good. Promotional brochure for the California Parlor Car Tours Inc advertising various all-expense-paid trips between Los Angeles and Monterey. Provides descriptions of different tour options with many halftone photographic images of tourist locations along El Camino Real including the Redwoods Carmel Mission "Hollywood's Famous Movie Colony" and so forth. A one-way three-day trip cost $47.50. A glossary at the back provides translation and interpretation of the Spanish names along the Camino. California Parlor Car Tours was founded in 1924 and is still in operation in 2013. California Parlor Car Tours, Inc paperback books
