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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
194072884New York 1940. Paperback. Good. folding tables 40p. Wrapper. 28cm. Cover soiling and some wear. Former owner's name on front. <br/><br/> paperback books
194372877New York 1943. Paperback. Very Good. 17 folding sheets of tables 44p. Wrapper. 28cm. Former owner's name. <br/><br/> paperback 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
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
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
196874948New York: Automobile Quarterly Inc. Very Good. 1968. Softcover. Catalogue is soft-bound in gilt stamped tan covers. There is a bit of light soiling to the cover wrappers. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with color illustrations. Measures 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 71 pages. . Automobile Quarterly, Inc. paperback 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
1914254092Salt Lake City UT: The Council Board of Relief Society 1914. Soft Cover. near Very Good binding. pp. Some pencil notes on first page but no other markings evident in text; paper binding stapled at spine with some very light soiling on covers; very light edge wear to extremities. near Very Good binding. The Council Board of Relief Society unknown books
285078Abingdon-on-Thames: M. G. Car Company. paperback. very good. Illus. one folding. 74pp. 8vo pr. wrs. wrappers very lightly soiled lower right corners of pages slightly curled throughout. Abingdon-on-Thames: M. G. Car Company n.d. circa 1953. Very good<br/><br/> M. G. Car 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
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
193851665bdeDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Co. 1938. Quarto color-illustrated self-wrappers stapled 24 pp. Color photographs illustrations. Advertising the “New Hudson One Twelve†the “New Hudson Six†and the “New Hudson Country Club Series.†Good; some wear and scuffing was once folded in half length-wise. Hudson Motor Car Co., (1938). 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
193951666bdeDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Co. 1939. Duodecimo illustrated self-wrappers stapled 32 pp. Illus. “In this booklet which you can read in a short time we touch on some of the modern features you about to enjoy with your 1939 model -- many of them yours to enjoy alone as they can be found only in Hudson cars. Also we have put down a few facts which we think will interest you in the company behind the car and some of the basic features which have contributed to the enviable reputation Hudson enjoys.†Fine. Hudson Motor Car Co., (1939). unknown books
