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The Tale of the Tremendous Trifle: The Connecticut Yankee is Still Alive and Kicking
by General Motors
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Bristol, Connecticut USA: New Departure, division of General Motors, 1944. First edition, 1944. Business history of New Departure, world's largest maker of ball bearings during the World War II years, and of its technologically significant new ball bearing mechanism affectionately called the Tremendous Trifle. Navy cloth with horizontal pinstripes in turquoise, silver gilt cover lettering, color illustrated endpapers, 215 pages, with dustjacket. The book has light edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is fair with some fading and shelf soil, minor chips, little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041372
- Title
- The Tale of the Tremendous Trifle: The Connecticut Yankee is Still Alive and Kicking
- Author
- General Motors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New Departure, division of General Motors
- Place of Publication
- Bristol, Connecticut USA
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- YELLOW CAB BALL BEARINGS AND RELATED INVENTIONS STATE OF CONNECTICUT INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS WAR HISTORY U.S. PRODUCTION GEARS ROCKWELL AUTOS BALL BEARINGS IN BICYCLE GEARS
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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