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Johnson, Iver (Sporting Goods Company).
MOTOR CAR NECESSITIES. IVER JOHNSON SPORTING GOODS CO. (INCORPORATED). (Successors to John P. Lovell Arms Co.) (Established 1840).
128p. Profusely illustrated. Some pages have red and blue borders. Last page has a small tear without loss. Includes a 12 page insert of the 1913 Wholesale Price List. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. A generally fine and crisp copy of this scarce catalog. Auto parts, tools, and accessories of all types, including: horns; klaxonet; lamps; speedometers; thermos; mirrors; gas tank covers; steam vulcanizers; electric vulcanizers; tires; battery boxes; tool kits; carburetors; goggles; coats; ropes; illustrations; clocks; Schebler Carburetors; Stromberg Carburetors. Should also be of interest to collectors of Iver Johnson guns. AUTO/1
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Service Recorder Company.
HOW TO KEEP TAB ON YOUR MOTOR TRUCK.
14p. Numerous illustrations. 16mo. Original full printed wraps. Time-Stamped "Received Charles F. Kenworth Inc., Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 26, 1920. Old paper clip stain on front cover. Excellent copy. The service recorder is a device which keeps tabs on every movement of a motor truck in 1918. A very scarce and ephemeral item. Does anyone know if Mr. Kenworth of Waterbury has any connection with the great Kenworth Truck firm? AUTO/1
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Sears Roebuck and Company.
AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES.
92p. Numerous illustrations. Heavily damp stained. May lack order blank. 8vo. Original full pictorial color wraps. Worn and damp stained. Includes: all sorts of automobile accessories; gas headlights; electric lamps; tires; speedometers; tire patches; goggles; mirrors; ford parts; battery boxes; tool boxes; etc. AUTO/1
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Standard Oil Company of New York.
PRACTICAL LUBRICATION. For the Automobile.
63p. + Color pictorial frontis of the Standard Oil building. Profusely illustrated with some drawings in color. Title page decorated with Standard Oil's Socony Petroleum Products symbol. Printed in red and black throughout. Last page slightly torn without loss. Small 8vo. Original full wraps. Front cover decorated with a 1920's car and trees in black under a full gold moon or sun and title printed in dark blue in a light blue square. Wraps very slightly worn. AUTO/1
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Smith-Worthington Company.
SMITH-WORTHINGTON COMPANY. MANUFACTURES, JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS. Automobile Accessories and Equipment. Motor Car Supply Catalog No. 5.
88p. With a 4 page pink insert discount price list and a yellow advertising sheet from the Nation's Polish Co. illustrated with a black boy polishing silver. Profusely illustrated with auto parts and accessories. Oblong small 4to. Original full green printed wraps. Crisp copy. The accessories are amazing, Wombat fur coats and Black Siberian dog fur coats! Also includes: unvulcanized gum tires; seat covers; austrian muffs; raccoon fur coats; goggles; fire extinguishers; lubricants; batteries; spoke brushes; ostrich dusters; folding pails; etc. A fine example of a scarce catalog. AUTO/1
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Weiland, Chas.
CHAS. WEILAND, INC. AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES. Supplement No. 4. November 1915. Wholesale Exclusively. Automobile Accessories AND MECHANICS TOOLS.
36p. Numerous illustrations. Slightly soiled. Tall thin 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly soiled on front cover. Nice example. AUTO/1
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White, J. J.
FUNABOUT FORDS.
pp. 57, (1) [Publisher's List]. Foxed. Age stained. Old tape repair. Penciled ownership of John Whitaker. 16mo. Original full paper covered boards binding, worn at edges. Front cover has a humorous pictorial of a man driving a Ford. First edition. AUTO/1
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Wholesale Auto Tire Company.
WHOLESALE AUTO TIRE COMPANY. WATCO. Fall and Winter Catalogue No. 20. 1917.
64p. Numerous illustrations. Paper browned but not brittle. Small loss on some leaves. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Inked ownership of E. I. Bell, Durham Centre, CT. on front cover. AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES; ACCESSORIES; CATALOGUE NO. 20; ADVERTISINGS; GORDON RADIATOR; ENGINE ROBES; BUFFALO ROBES; LOCKS; TOW ROPES; TIRES; TIRE PATCH KITS; HORNS; BATTERIES; RADIATOR CAP ORNAMENTS; FORDS; AUTO/1
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Andrews and Company.
RE-PRINT OF THE STRANGER'S GUIDE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. Pocket Edition, for the Anniversaries, Containing a safe and clear directory of some of the most reputable, business houses in the city, A valuable book of reference for strangers and residents.
64p. A few margins torn with slight loss. 16mo. Original printed wraps, also with very slight loss. Don't be mis-led by "Re-print" in the title. This is the original first edition of this rare little piece. OCLC records only the copy at the Massachusetts Historical Society. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SCARCE. AMERICANA BOX 5
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Fitch, James Marston.
WALTER GROPIUS.
128p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and architectural plans. Small 4to. Original full cloth backed binding. The Masters of World Architecture Series. Examines the life and work of the great German architect - including his activities as an educator, designer, and social critic. ARCH 2
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Bourne, Cardinal.
A BRITISH CARDINAL'S VISIT TO THE WESTERN FRONT.
20p. + Plus frontis. Illustrated with full page photographs. 12mo. Original full printed wraps. Remains of album mountings on rear wraps. Signs of folding on front wrap. Nice copy. Very scarce. WWI 12
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Jackson, Joseph Henry (1894-1955).
TINTYPES IN GOLD. Four Studies in Robbery.
191 p. Pictorial end papers. Bookplate of Dr. John O. Haman on front paste down and first fly leaf. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, spine slightly faded. Origina dust jacket, slightly rubbed at extremities. First Edition. Signed by the author. Hardbound. Very good. Good information on famous outlaws like: Black Bart; Rattlesnake Dick; Dick Fellows; Tom Bell; etc. W7
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Jackson, Joseph Henry (1894-1955).
TINTYPES IN GOLD. Four Studies in Robbery.
191 p. Pictorial end papers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Second printing. Hardbound. Very good. Good information on famous outlaws like: Black Bart; Rattlesnake Dick; Dick Fellows; Tom Bell; etc. W7
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Merrill, Arch.
STAGECOACH TOWNS.
186 p. Illustrated with drawings. Ownership inked out. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, front cover torn without loss. Fifth edition. Hardbound. Very good. W9 RT FRONT STK
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Buzzonetti, Daniele (a cura di)
1914 - 2014 Maserati 100 Anni Di Storia Attraverso I Fatti più Significativi
Mm 250x300 Volume cartonato di pp. 319, sovraccoperta figurata, testo italiano ed inglese Italian and English text. Opera in stato di nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE
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Chiorino, Carlo - Olmo, Cristiana
Pier Luigi Nervi. Architecture as Challenge
Mm 230x280 Catalogo della mostra itinerante di Brussels, Roma, Torino e Venezia. Brossura originale con bandelle, 240 pagine con illustrazioni in nero e a colori nel testo. Lingua inglese - english text. Libro allo stato di nuovo - brand new in original shrinkwrap. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine
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Collectif -
Annuaire des Cinq Départements de la Normandie - Publié par l'Association Normande - 1932 - Quatre-Vingt-Dixneuvième Année - Congrès de Bayeux - 1931 Principaux Articles : Agriculture - Beaux-arts - L'enseignement primaire avant 1789 - Nicolas HAbard, évêque de Bayeux, a-il-condamné Jeanne d'Arc ? - L'aspect de Bayeux au temps de Saint-louis - Une grande-dame du Bessin, cause innocente de l'invasion de la Normandie en 1346 - Bayeux - Le Chastel en Hébécrevon - Eepisode de la vie du duc Guillaume - Les Néel -
Caen, Imp. L. Jouan & R. Bigot - Rouen, Lestringant - 1932 - In-8 - Broché - LVIII & 302 Pages y compris Table - Propre
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L'automobile. Anno XXIXI N. 46 - 18 Novembre 1973.
In 4? (cm 29,5), Graffato, pagg.47 con numerose ill. b.n. e a colori n.t., segni del tempo alla cop., al piatto post. Segni d'uso e etichetta con indirizzo di spedizione, buon es. Direttore Giovanni Canestrini. Dall'indice: "La tangenziale di Milano sotto accusa" di Marco Matteucci; "Le auto americane si restringono" di Tommaso Tommasi; "alla riscoperta del bus"; "prova della Peugeot 504 LD" di Gianni Rogliatti; "Fiat 126 giovani si diventa"; "Un artiglio per la neve"; "Lo scarico pulito" di gaetano Salvatore; "Ferrovie: il ?doposerpente?" di Fabio Montanaro; "A cavallo dell'Europa (2)" di Carlo Montella; "La casbah guarda Mirafiori" di Luigi Costantini
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Priaulx, Andy
Andy Priaulx, Triple World Champion : The Autobiography
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 274pp. The story of the man from Guernsey who was dubbed 'Britain's Schumacher' and hailed as the greatest Touring Car driver of all time as he won the World Touring Car Championship three times.
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The Editors
Morris Oxford Series V and VI Driver's Handbook
Note about oil and filter written at end of book and rusty staple mark to title page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Very clean pages in a tight copy with lightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Rusty staples to spine. 64pp. The official handbook that came with the car.
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Devillers, Marceau
James Dean : On Location
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked black cloth boards and minor bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little indenting to front and small nick to upper front corner. 207pp. Very well illustrated in black & white.
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Kidd, Cyril
Ashton, S.H.M.D. and Stockport : The Bus Tickets of the Corporations and Their Forerunners
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. Thirty-four images of actual tickets plus 41pp. The bus tickets of Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation, Stalybridge, Hyde. Mossley & Dukinfield Joint Board, Stockport Corporation and their Forerunners and neighbours. Text is typescript. Extremely scarce.
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Legg, A. K.; Rendle, Steve; Jex, Robert
Citroen Xantia Petrol and Diesel, 1993-1998
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. pp. Haynes standard workshop manual for the Citroen Xantia.
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Huggett, Frank Edward
The Past, Present, and Future of Travel and Communications : A Documentary Inquiry
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with dusty rear and rubbing to upper edge. 181pp. What travel was like in olden times and how did the early pioneers react to their new mobility. The consequences of new travel and communication developments are discussed and how they were discovered.
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Wilson, Colin (editor)
Lombard RAC Rally 1990 Official Programme
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Official Programme of the 1990 Lombard RAC Rally.
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The Editor
Manchester Public Transport : Withdrawal, Re-numbering and Revision of Services
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing. A very clean very tight booklet with no formal covers as printed, and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Details of Manchester, Stockport, North Western & Mayne and Son bus route changes, with new detailed timetables. Map of changes.
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B.M.C Service Ltd
Austin-Healey Sprite Mark 1 (I) Workshop Manual (Part Number 97H1585D)
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright very faintly marked boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 260pp.. Genuine vintage edition of the official workshop manual of the Frog-eyed Sprite. Undated ca 1961. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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The Editor
Bus Fares and Stages (1965)
No marks or inscriptions. Minor crease to top of spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards. 32pp. Booklet to be carried by bus conductor and shown to bus passengers to confirm fares. It shows all the fare stages of every route run by Halifax Corporation and fares between every one of these stages. Fascinating social history for the transport enthusiast. Very scarce.
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Iain Ayre
The Kit Car Manual
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 160pp. All the information required to choose a suitable car kit to construct yourself and how to complete it successfully to produce a safe, roadworthy car.
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Hudson-Evans, Richard
Roadworthy
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to upper corner of front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 72pp. Designed for the beginner, this book takes you through the typical 1970s car, explaining it and guiding you through car maintenance.
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The Editor
Halifax Passenger Transport Official Time Table 1965 (Buses)
No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to front cover. A clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 110pp. Bus timetable from 26th April 1965 for services run by Halifax Passenger Transport. Includes a list of train departures from Halifax railway station. Extremely scarce.
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Smith Maurice A
The Car: Its History, how it works, Motor Sport
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 252pp. A comprehensive study on the motor car including its history and development, its engineering aspects, types of cars, motor racing and car clubs. Very well illustrated.
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Mead, John S.
Austin, M.G.and Vanden Plas Montego 1984-87 Owner's Workshop Manual
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing/dust to page fore-edges and tiny bump/scuff to lower rear corner and spine foot. 199pp. Haynes manual for the Austin MG & Vanden Plas Montego 1984-1987.
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Peers, Don
SU Carburettors : Owners Workshop Manual
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Some creasing to corners of covers, none to spine. Very clean very tight pages with slightly marked and scratched, very well rubbed boards, very dusty/soiled page edges and no bumping to corners. 24 page appendix plus 63pp. This manual presents the dismantling, overhaul, reassembly and tuning of the SU carburettor in a logical sequence describing the component parts in the minutest detail. Appendix 1 lists each car model and the SU sepecification therein and Appendix 2 lists the needle charts. An errata slip enclosed explains the correct page order of the two appendices.
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The Editor
Canadian Armoured Car G.M. Mark I - Fox I
Appears unread. No marks or inscription to contentss. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. ca 300pp. Very similar to the British Humber Mk.IV armoured car, the Fox was manufactured by General Motors of Canada. It was armed with a .50 and .30 cal machine gun in a hand-cranked turret. It saw limited duty in the Italian theatre, reconnaissance and escort units in northern Europe opted for M3A3 Stuarts, as well as Staghound and Daimler armoured cars. 1506 Foxes were manufactured in total. This manual covers every detail of the vehicle, and includes stowage diagrams. Document originally published in 1942. Scarce.
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Metcalfe, Harry (Acting Editor)
EVO Magazine 2011 : Car of the Year Edition Number 164
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright front cover, small tear to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. 186pp. Performance car magazine Car of the Year 2011 Issue with features on BMW 328i, Ferrari 458 Spider, Audi S8, Citroen C1 GTI, Suzuki Swift Sport, Nissan GT-R, Vauxhall Astra GTC, Citroen DS5, BMW Z4 20i, Milltek Golf R, VW Golf Cabriolet GT, Chrysler 300C, winter tyres, Car of the Year challenge betwen 13 cars - winner Porsche GT3 RS 4.0, Le Mans 24 hour plus pages of news, performance car listings/statistics, engineering matters and lots more.
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Barker, John (editor)
EVO Magazine May 2000 : Number 19
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright front cover, storage rubbing to rear and no bumping to corners. 170pp. Performance car magazine with features on the Morgan Aero 8, Lamborghini Diablo VT, Lotus Elise Coupe, Britain's best handling car and the worst handling cars, Aston Martin Bulldog, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI RS, Audi TT, Lotus Exige, Lotus M250, Saab variable compression plus drive tests on more cars plus pages of news, performance car listings/statistics, engineering matters and lots more.
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Carr, Albert Z
John D. Rockefeller's Secret Weapon
Rockefeller's profits from the Standard Oil Company were efficiently generated by enhanced by this his secret weapon - the Tank Cars that facilitated widespread distribution pf oil by rail. This is an account of the machinations of Standard Oil to control distribution, and the development of the Union Tank Car Company from 1861-1961.Originally published in 1962 this 1986 reprint was sponsored by the nion Tank Car Company / Procor Limited, East Chicago, IN. 383p. bibliography.index Handsome volume in blue leatherette inside matching box sleeve. Book
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PIO ESERCIZIO DELLA S. CROCE PRATICATO, ed INSINUATO dal VENERABILE P. CESARE DE BUSSI FONDATORE della CONGRAGAZIONE de' CHIERICI SECOLARI della DOTRINA CRISTIANA
In 12° (15,5x10 cm); 14, (2 b.) pp. Bella croce entro cornice fiammeggiante al frontespizio. Opera che raccoglie i pii eserrcizi della Congregazione dei Chierici Secolari della Dottrina Cristiana detti "Dottrinari" fondati da Cesare Bus (Cavallion, 3 febbraio 1544 - Avignone, 15 aprile 1607) intorno al 1592. Bella placchetta stampata su carta forte che si presenta a parte la mancanza della brossura, in ottimo stato di conservazione.
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INCANDELA, S
The Anatomy and Development of the Formula One Racing Car from 1975.
Pet. In-4, 204 pages, illustr. In-t., index. Hardback with DW. VG/VG [EN-4].
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LACEY, R.
FORD, la fabuleuse histoire d’une dynastie.
in-8°, 433 pages, 1 carte en front., ill. hors texte N&B, tabl. geneal., broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [CA28-1][NAN-5]
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MARSHALL, David and FRASER, Ian.
British Leyland Minis, maintenance, tuning and modification. Third Edition.
Octavo, X-266 pages, black and white plates and other figures throughout. Hardback In very good condition dustwrapper in good condition [EN-2/3]
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GENDEBIEN, Olivier.
Dix ans de sport automobile. Quatre fois vainqueur au Mans. PARIS
in-8°, (21x15), 198 pages, photographies n&b, plan, broche, couverture illustree à rabats. Exemplaire convenable, un peu vieilli. [LA-9]
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PLATHNER-BITTORF.
La Fabuleuse Histoire de l'automobile et de la course. Traduit de l"allemand par Max Roth. Preface du Comte Hadelin de Liedekerke Beaufort.
in-8°, (19x14), 260 pages, photographies n&b, broche, couverture illustree. Bon etat. [CA31-2]
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BALL, Kenneth.
BEETLE Owners Workshop Manual, AUTOBOOK 760 (VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1200, 1300, 1302, 1302S, 1303, 1303S, 1500 - 1968-70 ; KARMANN-GHIA 1968-74)
Hardcover. Very Good ++. Hardcover (no dust jacket) in very good ++ condition. Pages inside clean and bright. Plastic covers very clean. [NV-13]
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POMEROY, L.
Motor Year Book 1953 - Illustrated Review New Cars Technical Racing & Records.
Hardbound 232 pages. ill. Condition Very good with age being taken into consideration. / Bon etat. [HA-109/8]
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TEISSEDRE, J.-M. & MOITY, Chr.
24 HEURES DU MANS 1991.
Hardcover in-4°, 177 pages entierement illustrees en couleurs, cartonnage illustre sous jaquette illustree. Tres bel exemplaire [VU-7] Histoire - Presentation - La course heure par heure - Resultats
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SMITH, Philip H.
Scientific Design of Exhaust and Intake.
Hardbound + DW - 212 pages. Illustrations + figures. A near fine copyin a very fine dustjacket/ Excellent etat. [NV-19]
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BALL, Kenneth.
FIAT 127 Owner's Workshop Manual - Fiat 127 Series A, AF 1971-75.
Hardcover in-4°, 128 pp, fig.- No DJ GOOD [AFF-1]
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N/A
RAMBLER 65 CLASSIC AMBASSADOR Technical Service Manual.
creases, moderate wear & soiling to covers. Approximately 400 pages. Thoroughly illustrated. Contains service procedures and specifications for 1965 Rambler Classic 6, and V-8 (10 Series), and Rambler Ambassador V-8 (80 Series). GOOD [HP-3]
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