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Automobile Driving Self-Taught: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Operation, Management, and Care of Motor Cars.
by [Automobile Driving Self-Taught] Russell, Thomas H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Small Octavo (7 7/8 X 5 3/4 inches)Chicago: The Charles C. Thompson Co. ("Not Inc."), 1909. First Edition. 222 pages with numerous photomechanical illustrations of car parts, technical drawings and diagrams for a 1909 automobile, with detailed descriptive text.
Original red cloth hardcover binding with title in gilt on front cover and spine; very good condition (minor age wear at corners, and top and bottom of spine, but contents clean, intact, and in fine condition.)
A very thorough discussion of automobile driving, including subjects on: "Meeting horses, Cattle and Cyclists," "Laying Up tor the Winter," and "The Live Axle."
Also, "Don't try to wipe engine while in motion," "Don't fail to have a fine gauze screen put in your funnel and strain all gasolene put in the tank," and "Do not drive in street car tracks, ...."
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- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 787
- Title
- Automobile Driving Self-Taught
- Author
- [Automobile Driving Self-Taught] Russell, Thomas H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Charles C. Thompson Co. ("Not Inc.")
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1909
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Old and Rare; First Edition; Early Automotive; Technology; Automobilia;
Terms of Sale
Caravan Book Store
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About the Seller
Caravan Book Store
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Los Angeles, California
About Caravan Book Store
For more than 65 years, we have specialized in rare and out of print books on the Western experience, satisfying a vast and varied clientele. Our focus is on early California and Los Angeles, represented by books, ephemera, paintings, and prints. Fine press, printing history, literature, gastronomy, aviation, railroads, and voyages are also available. Our store opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1954, and is now closed; but we are still available by phone, regular mail, and email. We issue occasional catalogs online.
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