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The Star and the Laurel: The Centennial History of Daimler, Mercedes, and Benz, 1886-1986
by Kimes, Beverly Rae
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0936573015
- ISBN 13
- 9780936573014
- Seller
-
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Montvale, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Mercedes Benz of North Amer, 1985. 368pp. Illustrated with over 700 b&w photographs and 144 colour plates. Decorative endpapers. Index. Half-inch tear to top edge of front panel of dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth with the Mercedes-Benz logo to the front in gilt, the spine carries the title and the six logos that the company has used over the last century. A magnificently presented history of the company, its cars, and the men who drove them to victory. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003618
- Title
- The Star and the Laurel: The Centennial History of Daimler, Mercedes, and Benz, 1886-1986
- Author
- Kimes, Beverly Rae
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0936573015
- ISBN 13
- 9780936573014
- Publisher
- Mercedes Benz of North Amer
- Place of Publication
- Montvale, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Mecedes Benz Automobiles German Cars Racing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation;
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About the Seller
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.
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- Good+
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- Spine
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Folio
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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