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Bob Bourke Designs for Studebaker
by John Bridges (AUTHOR and SUBJECT SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Nashville, TN: J.B. Enterprises, 1984 J.B. Enterprises, Nashville, TN. 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author and the subject on the FFFP dated 7/19/85. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to head and upper tips; shelfwear to head, tail, and lower board edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($20.00); closed tear to bottom of front panel; rubbing to panels; moisture stain to bottom of front panel; light humidity waves to front panel. Red buckram boards and spine with silver lettering on the spine and front board. 194 pp 4to. This book tells the story of the association of Robert Bourke and Studebaker and the beautiful Studebaker cars of the 1940s and 1950s that he designed. The author, a long-time friend of Bourke captures the mood of the times by mixing inside stories and heretofore unpublished photographs with direct quotes from the men where there in the Studebaker Styling Department. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015301
- Title
- Bob Bourke Designs for Studebaker
- Author
- John Bridges (AUTHOR and SUBJECT SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Enterprises
- Place of Publication
- Nashville, TN
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Studebaker Automobiles, Studebaker Trucks, Robert E. Bourke, Automotive styling, Automotive engineering, Studebaker Styling Department, cars of the 1950s, cars of the 1940s, Raymond Loewy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Automobiles; Architecture/Design;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Edges
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Price Clipped
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