Automobilia

Sarasota: Crestline Publishing [0-912612-14-2] [1978]. (4to) 405, [11]pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Illustrated blue leatherette. 2,000 photographs and illustrations. The corners are very lightly bumped. Edited by George H. Dammann. Publisher series: Crestline Automotive Series. (Transportation, Automobiles--United States, DeSoto--Automobile, Plymouth--Automobile).

General Motors., 1962. First Edition.. Softcover.. As New/--. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 x 1/2.. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book AS NEW. NEVER OPENED. Schematics, diagrams, instructions, parts lists for the vintage 1963 Corvette Stingray convertible. Not a reproduction, this book came directly from General Motors. Lots of drawings, photos, diagrams, charts.

San Bernadino: The Phantom III Technical Society, 1994. Quarto. 290 pages. Colour frontispiece. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Three pages of additions and corrections loosely inserted. Original cloth (slightly spotted) with silver titling and insignia on the spine and upper board. Rare.. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Lansing: Reo Motor Car Company 1929. (Card covers) c.700pp. Very good plus. The Speed Wagon sales manual bound in a 6-ring binder. Black & white and color illustrations, photographs, tables. There are 7 great color illustrations showing the color schemes available. Bound with Speed Wagon Fleets of Five or More; Vocational and Geographical, & Story of Reo Castings, & Story of Reo Malleable Castings. (Transportation, Reo Motor Car Company, Reo Speed Wagon, Sales Manuals--Reo Trucks, Trucks--Reo).

United Kingdom: Haynes Publishing, 2012. Slight lean to spine. 408 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Provides in-depth analysis and technical detail of more than 50 classic motorcycle race engines spanning eight decades. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Indianapolis, Indiana: National Motor Vehicle Company RARE. No date circa 1909-1914. 48 pp. in paper over cloth stapled wrappers. The operation and care manual for National Motor Cars Car No. 7001 to --- IMPROVED SERIES V Model 40, 4 - Cylinder 4 7/8 " x 6 " Motor. Very Good, some pages with bottom corner crease, a few pages with tears. Includes a 4 page schematic diagram of the vehicle laid in, with diagrams for the various operating systems throughout and 10 pp. list of parts for Model 40 Series "V". The National Motor Vehicle Company operated in Indianapolis for 25 years, 1900-1924, and its cars enjoyed success at the early Indianapolis 500 Races. . Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 6 3/4" H x 9" W.

Connersville, Indiana: The Lexington - Howard Co., 1917. RARE. 52 pp. with Application for Standard Warranty unused at front, fold-out Wiring Diagram at rear, and 2 pp. fold-out Lexington Model 6.0.17 Oiling Diagram at middle of book. Very Good, wrappers lightly soiled, small hole to rear wrapper, Includes numerous black and white photos and diagrams. The Lexington was manufactured in Connersville, Indiana from 1910-1927. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Detroit, Michigan: ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CHEVROLET CENTRAL OFFICE, 1947 Book. Very Good (+) Book. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Lime green paper with reinforced green cloth on spine, with black title & cover art. 11 x 8-1/2 with 185 pages. Rare 1947 Chevrolet book #897 (at title page)!.

Original Photographs A collection of seven 7" x 9" and five 8" x 10" original black and white photographs, undated but appear circa 1970s-1980s, eight depicting motorcycle racers and four, automobile racers including one SCARCE photo of Paul Newman sitting in a race car. No attribution as to photographers and no writing to verso of any of the photos. Five of the 7 x 9 motorcycle photos are European, as some of the signage shows "BMW Clubs of Europe". All are Fine to Near Fine, light soiling to the right-hand margin of the Newman photo. . Photograph. Near Fine.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1931. Presentation Copy, with slip pasted to front end page -"With the Compliments of The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill", above which the ownership signature of Joseph Hyde Pratt, noted North Carolina geologist, conservationist, civic and state leader, and activist in the North Carolina Good Roads Association. Near Fine, no jacket, one fold-out flow chart (Fine), one folded state map in pocket at rear (Near Fine, slight toning from pocket), a handsome copy with distinguished North Carolina provenance. SCARCE in current commerce. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. Uncommon in lovely collecible dust jacket. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, small chips at spine ends, light rubbing. Illustrated with photographs. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wight Mouse Editions / New Cavendish Books, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Large & heavy volume house in a pictorial slipcase. Firmly bound and very carefully read. The book is in excellent clean condition without inscription or ownership markings. No torn, loose or missing pages. The slipcase has some light wear but there is no structural damage. Very heavy book weighing about 5 kg & not suitable for overseas shipping.

Chicago: Diamond T Motor Car Company, 1936. 1936 trade brochure of the legendary 3/4 ton Model 80. -- 11 x 8.5 inches, unfolded 33 x 16 1/4 inches. -- Very good condition, no tears, no fading. Ships from Hawaii. Midyear in 1936, the company joined International, Federal, Reo, and Mack as a heavy-duty player in the light-duty game with the three-quarter-ton Model 80. Two versions were offered: the Model 80S (standard) and 80D (deluxe). The deluxe model added an electric clock and jeweled cigar lighter. Model 80 production was brief; it ended midway through 1938. Common estimates claim "a few thousand" were built during that short run.

Waltham, Mass: Waltham Manufacturing Co,, 1908. wrappers. very good. Waltham Manufacturing Co.1908. Very rare original trade catalog for Waltham cars and delivery vehicles. 9" x 6 '. In wrappers. 48 pages, Of those 24 have full page images of cars. There are lots of smaller images of motors, etc in the text.. I very good condition, no damage, no markings. Only very light shelf wear to wrappers. Ships from Hawaii.

SATIRICAL LITHOGRAPHS OF EARLY FRENCH CARS
Encyclopédie Automobile: La Belle Epoque et Les Pionniers de L'Automoile. Illustrated with 16 original color lithographs by Guy Sabran. Oblong Folio. Original pictorial olive green folding cover; title in a frame representing the entrance to the Parisian metro station. Guimard, Champrosay, Editeur, Paris, 1956. First Edition.
Loose illustrations, as issued, inserted in folding cover. A wonderful series of color lithographs satirizing early French car culture. Illustrations are: Coupé de Ville Renault 1905; Zèbre 1904; Double Phaéton Morse 1903; Double Phaéton Delaunay-Belleville 1911; Landaulet d'Amédée Bollée 1878; Phaéton Panhard Levassor 1891; Léger George Richard 1893; Peugeot Grand Luxe 1895; Delahaye 1897; Le Petit Phaéton Renault 1898; Cabriolet Chenard et Walker 1904; Le Phaéton Bardon 1899; LA "Jamais Contente" de Jenatzy 1899; Phaéton Grand Sport Panhard 1899; - La Limousine de Ville de Léon Bollée 1899; Taxi Renault 1905. Covers… Read More