Automobilia

London: Butterworth & Co. 1910, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 592, 27pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Colored folding plans, appendix, index. There is a previous owner's name. Locale:. (Law, Law, Motor Cars, Transportation).

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.

Hardcover in original pictorial slipcase. Slipcase has light wear at a few spots on the edges. Inside front cover has a bookplate (sticker) on which is printed: "Autographed Courtesy of The Motorsport Collector 5120 Belmont Road, Suite L, Downers Grove, IL 60515." Michael Turner has signed this bookplate in bold black marker. (The Motorsport Collector has a long-standing relationship with Michael Turner.) Barcode on slipcase: 9782909413181. Out-of-Print.

Ed. Hazan, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One of the scarcest and most interesting works in the Doisneau canon, this work was issued to accompany the exhibit (1988-89) in Paris of his superb work for the French automobile maker Renault. House in a metal case made from vintage car panels at Renault. The images include fashionable portrayals of Renault autos aRobert Doisneau; Andre Maisonneuve; Grande Halle de la Villette (Paris, France)B&W Photographs.

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).

Long Island City, NY: (Mack) Pricing Department. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Soft Cover. Typed Pages bound with staples and placed loosely in brown folder with silver Mack Emblem. April 1927. Pricing Department, International Motor Company. Long Island City, New York. This booklet is divided into two sections, parts list, No. 79 "AC" winch equipment and parts list No. 80, "AB" winch equipment. 17 pages of b/w plates and drawings with their mounting parts. First and last two pages have fore-edge wear with a staple hole. A few small mended edge tears. Automotive, Mack Trucks; Drawings &B/W Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

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.

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)!.

Motorbooks International, 1990. 4to size hardcover with dust jacket; 96 heavyweight glossy pages with color and black and white photographs throughout. Contents include: AC Ace and Aceca Leaf Sprung AC Cobra 260 and 289 427 Cobra and AC 289 From jacket: "Exquisitely good-looking, hand made and quite reasonably fast, the AC Ace was launched in 1954 as a sports car of rare culture. It was to evolve through many guises: Bristol and Ford six-cylinder engines were fitted to endow a stronger punch, an elegant fixed-head couple arrived in the shape of the Aceca, and Carroll Shelby's Ford V8 transplant created the awe inspiring Cobra. Fifteen years after it's introduction, the Ace had metamorphosed into the fearsome Cobra 427, the fastest road car of its era. Yet in all this time a tiny number - just over 2000 - of Aces, Acecas and Cobras were built... Drawing from factory records as well as the accumulated knowledge of respected owners and enthusiasts, this book provides the evidence… Read More

Boston & New York: E.F. Hodgson Co., Display & Salesrooms, 1932. 8vo. 16 pp. Photo-illust. title, photo illustrations, floorplans, and text illustrations throughout. Printed softcovers (minor shelfwear, light rubbing), NF copy. First edition of this well-illustrated catalogue detailing Ernest Hodgson’s “Tiny Homes” business in the early 1930’s, who had originally founded his business producing “Auto Stables” for automobiles in the Brass Era. His pre-fabricated small homes, bungalows, vacation homes, and Camps (cabins) were very popular with sportsman and vacationers across New England and the East Coast. This catalogue details the available heating systems, sizes, floor plans, and even garden furniture, equipment and birdhouses for prospective buyers which could be seen as outdoor exhibits in Dover and South Sudbury, MA. Worldcat locates 6 copies (Columbia, Bancroft, Hagley, U of MI, U of MN, Cleveland Pub.).

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.

Institute of Police Technology Management, 2006. Hardcover. Good. 11x9x1. Neil F. Robar and George L. Ruotolo's massive technical guide to advance traffic crash analysis. Professional level instruction. Chapters include Mathematics Review, Vehicle Damage Analysis, Time and Distance, Airborne Equations, Conservation of Linear Momentum and Vector Analysis, Photograph, Advances Measuring and Diagramming and Trial Preparation and Courtroom Testimony. Also includes Glossary of Terms, References, Measurements, Equivalents, Temperature, Measurement Abbreviations and Index. 495 pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Tight copy with small tears to front and back panels and ownership names printed to top and fore edges of text block. Internals clean and unmarked. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

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.

Mankato, MN: Free Press Company, 1923. Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt title. 7"x5" 12mo. Near Fine. Some slight foxing to half-title and title pages, a clean and square copy with no bumping as shown in photos./No Jacket.. The Ultimate Christmas brag letter. Charles R. Butler, the publisher of the Mankato Free Press, travelled in his motor car from Minnesota to New England and back home. He had this trip journal printed and given out as Christmas gifts. There are a few offered for sale and 7 copies in libraries according to WorldCat. From what I can tell, this is the only copy where recipient is left blank. from the Half Title: "The Rambling Tale of a Summer Motor Trip Done Into Booklet Form and Presented to _______ With the Christmas greeting and best wishes of author, December 1923.