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).

Oakland, California: Automobile Pricing Publications, Inc., 1959. The very first Auto Blue Book, Volume 1 -- Number 1, dated Summer 1959. Very Good condition. Light cover soil. Pages mildly age-tanned (see photos). NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Softcover. 5.25" wide by 7.75" tall. Gives retail and wholesale prices for new and used cars and trucks with sections on Volvo, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, Ford, Edsel, Mercury, Lincoln, Plymouth, Dodge, Desoto, Chrysler, Imperial, Nash, Rambler, Studebaker, Packard, Austin, Hillman, Jaguar, Metropolitan, Morris, M.G., Triumph, BMW, Borgward, D.K.W., Goliath, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Citrogen, Renault, Simca, Corvette, etc.. First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Very Good condition. (v), 91pp.

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.

Daytona: Faza Propaganda Stampa Book. Very Good. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. light cover rubs, light cover creases. corner wear to spine. 192pp..

Plainfield, New Jersey: Mack Manufacturing Corp.. Very Good. 1937. First Edition. Soft Covers. Issue #1, May 1937, issued by Pricing & Specification Department, Mack Manufacturing Corporation, General Service Division, Plainfield, New Jersey. Typewritten pages illustrated with a blueprint of ball bearings in current use in New Brunswick N. J. Illustrated with 3 fold-out & 10 single page illustrations. Includes: Transmission, Booster, Oil Pump, Carburetor, Exhaust System, Clutch, Steering Gear, Frame Assembly, Carrier and Front & Rear Axles. Covers are lightly edge worn with a chipped front corner. Interior of text is tight and clean without grease stains. Page 15-3 has a mended edge tear . Automotive; Drawings Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

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 .

St. Louis, MO: Wagner Electric Corporation, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. 10" x 11-1/2" Hardcover Binder; Approx. 400pp; Texture dark blue hardcover binder with red embossed titling to front, yellow titling to spine, slight shelfwear to boards, front paste-downs age-toned, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, in very nice shape, includes tabbed sections, VG condition. Vintage manufacturer's catalog of motors, brakes and transformers from Wagner Electric Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri. Tabbed sections include: General; Fractional HP Motors; Condensed Prices and Data; Enclosed Fhp Motors; Modifications Fhp Motors; Multi-speed Squirrel-Cage Int. Hp Motors; Vertical Int. Hp Motors; Wound Rotor Int. Hp Motors; Gear Drives; Polyphase Integral HP Motors; much much more. Illustrated with photos & diagrams. Note: Book weighs over five pounds.

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.).

Detroit, MI: De Soto Division, Chrysler Corporation, 1955. Softcover. Very Good-. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 415pp; Yellow and black illustrated card covers, minor creasing to front cover, spine lightly creased, book slightly curled, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Scarce, vintage factory service manual for the 1956 De Soto models Firedome S-23 and Fireflite S-24. Also includes Manual for Mopar Music Master radio Model 843 custom built for De Soto S23, S24. Illustrated throughout with diagrams & photos. Includes several color diagrams.

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.

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.

London, England : Caxton Publishing Company Limited, 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. In Fair Condition, With Binding Coming Loose And With Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Modern Motor Cars, Their Construction, Maintenance, Management, Care, Driving, And Running Repairs. Vol. 1,2 And 3

Dorchester, England: Veloce Publishing Limited, 2007. Hardcover. VG in VG DJ. Interior is clean, tight, bright, and unmarked. Rear pastedown ripped and delaminated in two places. Corners lightly bumped. DJ shows moderate shelf and handling wear with a sun-faded spine, as well as creasing and a 1" tear. Overall, a clean, solid copy. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.