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1887réf. 6832Providence R.I.: the company; Geo. F. Chapman Printers 27 Pine Street 1887. Bi-fold handbill 21.5 x 15 cm. 8 pages plus folded broadside. Illustrated. A small trade catalogue promoting barrel trucks wheeled racks which hold barrels and allow them to be moved around a warehouse or shop. Illustrated with two full-page images interior scenes of a "wholesale liquor store" and of a "retail grocery" each showing the barrel trucks in use. The broadside folded inside is a list of first-year purchasers of the "1665 Barrel Truck" and is torn at the edges. The handbill itself is fine clean and bright. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies. the company; Geo. F. Chapman, Printers, 27 Pine Street unknown books
1925réf. 49939New York: Mack Trucks Inc. The International Motor Company 1925. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. New York: Mack Trucks Inc. The International Motor Company 1925. Numerous b/w photographs illustrations and charts. 268 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Head heel and corners bumped and rubbed heel lightly worn; former industrial number to spine. Interior clean and sound. Very good/No jacket issued. Mack Trucks, Inc., The International Motor Company hardcover books
1870réf. D11847c. 1870-1920. Hardcover. Very Good. This collection includes 1 a family photo album depicting Selden circa 1885; 2 a carte-de-visite of Selden circa 1871; 3 three handsome mounted albumen photographs circa 1910 presumably depicting Selden cars; 4 a later photograph of a Selden motor truck; 5 a photostat copy of a legal illustration "Comparative Scale Drawings of Selden Vehicle"; and 6 a 1920 company pamphlet titled "Yesterday Today Tomorrow." The photo album 1 contains 18 cartes-de-visite showing men women and children identified by name in a contemporary hand in ink; family names include Woodruff Tomlinson Sayre Drake Rogers and -- of course -- Seldon. The single carte-de-visite of Seldon 2 was taken by O. F. Weaver of Chicago; a handwritten notation on the verso indicates that it was taken in 1871 as the fire of October 8 1870 "closed his business venture barrel hoop machinery." The mounted albumen photos 3 range in size from 5.75x7.5 to about 7.5x9.5 inches in excellent condition on heavy dark grey mounts with wide margins; showing a couple or a group of gents in Selden cars; it is charminging to see onlookers peering from the windows of the building in the background. A single photograph c. 1915 6.5x4 inches shows a Selden motor truck 4 loaded with Brass Goods from Henry Wray and Sons. Photostat copy 5 of a legal illustration 18.5x7.5 inches with flattened creases from folding and a little smudging shows comparative scale drawings of Selden Vehicle with 2 H. P. Engine of Selden and of Brayton Otto Otto-Langen and Lenoir; showing single- and 3-cylinder engines and listing the weight speed and horsepower of the engine. The company pamphlet 6 offers of 4 different Selden trucks plus text. George Baldwin Selden 1846-1922 invented an early lightweight combustion engine intended for use in a four-wheeled vehicle and applied for a patent in 1879. This gives him some claim to be the inventor of the automobile. The patent went through years of legal challenges before being granted in 1895 and then faced further decades of lawsuits from Henry Ford and others eventually suffering defeat in 1911. In the meantime he launched the Selden Motor Vehicle Company in 1905 moving into truck manufacture after his patent defeat. Selden trucks are shown in the aformentioned pamphlet "Yesterday Today Tomorrow." hardcover books
1996réf. x-3540609598Springer 1996. Paperback. New. 149 pages. German language. 8.27x5.83x0.37 inches. Springer paperback
2017réf. 081526-IMacon GA.: Gallery West 2017. Book. Illus. by Kirk West. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st. Edition 1st. Printing 2017 Hardcover in illustrated boards 208 page book. This is a scarce signed copy by Kirk West signed & inscribed by him on the main title page. Illustrated with some of the best images in full page black & white of the musicians venues in the world of blues. You will not find one well researched and illustrated like the one Kirk has put together. Condition : NEW . Gallery West Hardcover
1920réf. 234641920. Commercial truck photo archive documenting motorized industrial transport in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s when businesses increasingly replaced horse-drawn delivery and rail-dependent local hauling with branded gasoline-powered fleets. The archive records commercial vehicles serving construction suppliers rubber companies bakeries grocers oil and tire service firms newspapers appliance companies and regional contractors across the East Coast and Midwest. These trucks made modern urban and industrial labor faster more mobile and more visible carrying company names through city streets while linking factories job sites warehouses and consumer markets. Photo archive of 40 large silver gelatin photographs each 8 x 10 inches United States circa 1920s-1930s. Trucks appear posed outside dealerships factories quarries service garages storefronts and company buildings with visible signage for businesses including Quaker Rubber Corporation Needham's Motor Service Liebman's General Electric Capparrell Construction Co. Charleston Daily Mail Carter Berkeley Co. and General Tire & Rubber Co. Vehicles include dump trucks panel delivery trucks refrigerator service trucks construction supply trucks newspaper delivery vehicles and commercial vans many with painted company lettering and product advertising. Several images appear staged for catalogue or promotional use showcasing staged vehicle bodies dump beds fleet arrangements chassis design cargo capacity and business-specific customization. The archive shows how trucking became a defining technology of interwar American industry especially for construction retail distribution and service labor that required movement beyond fixed rail lines. By the 1920s and 1930s commercial fleets allowed contractors to move sand gravel tools and materials directly to expanding roads suburbs and building sites while branded delivery trucks turned transportation into public advertising. The repeated construction and supply vehicles make the archive especially strong for documenting the equipment behind Depression-era and New Deal-period building roadwork and urban maintenance. Light handling wear curling toning scattered edge wear and occasional surface marks. Overall in good condition. unknown
1924réf. 64508York PA & Detroit MI: Martin-Parry Corp. Ford Motor Co. 1924. Three pieces. 1st - Oblong 4to. One colour-printed dealer’s showroom display ad printed in yellow & black sized 12.5 x 9.5 in. preserved in original frame w/ glass cleaned & w/ archival foam core; 2nd -- Oblong pen & ink drawing on translucent paper sized 20.5 x 15 in. signed by Weis in lower right corner minor age toning some soiling to left margin preserved in original frame & glass archival foam core backing; 3rd -- Oblong pen & ink drawing on translucent paper sized 29.5 x 15.5 in. Ford logo coloured in red in upper right signed by Weis in lower right corner minor dustsoiling edgewear preserved in original frame & glass backed w/ archival foam core still all VG. These three pieces including original concept drawings for the Martin-Parry Ford De Luxe Depot Woodie as well as the Martin-Parry Fire Engine on a Ford Model TT 1 ton chassis offer vivid examples of an industry in transition as Ford Motor Co. largely moved from outsourcing their commercial and private truck bodies to such body companies as Martin-Parry to in-house after 1925. The splendid De Luxe Depot Woodie wagons featured beautiful varnished side panels roll up canvas shades and in this case the dealer advertisement features the version with center and rear seats while the drawing depicts version without and just side benches in the cutaway. Martin-Parry marketed their bodies as knock-down kits which could be ordered and then assembled in cities across the country with their largest locations on the West Coast including Los Angeles San Francisco Portland OR and Seattle WA where customers could bring in their Ford Model T’s and have them fitted with the special order bodies.Martin-Parry fire engine bodies are notably scarce and were largely unavailable in their catalogues for later assembly. These appear to have been special order items and possibly only available at their Indianapolis IN or York PA factories for installing on the Ford Model TT 1 Ton truck chassis. In 1919 Parry Manufacturing and Martin Truck & Body Corp of York PA decided to merge following World War I and the consolidation was known as the Martin-Parry Corp. with F.M. Small as President and Guy Tripp of Westinghouse Electric as chairman of the board of directors. They specialized in commercial bodies truck bodies and commercial vehicles for Ford Model T and Ford Model TT trucks and would operate independently until they were purchased by Chevrolet Motor Co. in 1930 to produce their truck and commercial cars. See: Martin-Parry Corporation Activities General History; Woody Evolution; Dealer Catalogs 1919-1928 2026. Martin-Parry Corp., Ford Motor Co., unknown
1910réf. 64485Cleveland OH: White Company Makers of Steam and Gasoline Automobiles 1910-1914. Four vols. 1st-3rd -- 32mo. 3.5 x 6.25 in. 56; 68 4; 20 pp. All with photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams some sepia tinting colour-tinted paper. Self-printed softcovers 1st two w/ White stave trucks illustrated on front covers lettering in black & red minor shelfwear slight rubbing minor soiling to 3rd vol. still a VG set; 4th - Tall 8vo. 40 pp. With photo illustrations text diagrams throughout. Printed gray softcovers uniform interior toning minor shelfwear still VG. Second & third editions of the first two advertising promotional brochures on White Gasoline Trucks including the 3 ton 1 1/2 ton and 1500 lb. Delivery Wagon while the 3rd focuses on the newly introduced White “GE” Model Roadster and the very reliable White Steamer Cars. Although The White company originally built White Steamers and White Motorcars by 1911 they had largely moved to producing heavy trucks tractors and commercial vehicles. These dealer brochures not only include testimonials but also product information for White Company delivery wagons trucks special body excursion buses seating 22 people brewery trucks and many more. First edition of the White 3/4 ton truck model GBBE instruction book and parts manuals with extensive illustrations lists of parts and focus on the use of a 3/4 Ton White Truck for general merchandise stores. The White Company buses became especially well known in the 1930’s when their Model 706 buses carried passengers throughout the major National Parks such as Yellowstone Yosemite and Glacier in the west and were called Red Jammers. Gettysburg National Battlefield still operates two of the White buses. White Company, Makers of Steam and Gasoline Automobiles, paperback
1947réf. 64456Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor Co. General Motors Sales Corp. 1947. Oblong 4to. 9.5 x 7.5 in. 47 1 pp. printed in yellow blue & black photo illustrations and diagrams throughout. Self-printed illustrated softcovers minor shelfwear slight rubbing dustsoiling still a VG copy. First edition of this relatively uncommon Chevrolet Dealer’s brochure for 1947 Chevrolet trucks which indicated the first major design changes after World War II and upgraded since their earlier AK series. First available in dealers June 28 1947 these 1947 trucks introduced the 5-window trucks which offered “Nu-Vue” windows at the corners of the cabs for improved visibility and also featured 3 or 4-speed transmissions as well as newly updated grilles and gas tank nocated under the front bed section. No copies in Worldcat. Chevrolet Motor Co., General Motors Sales Corp., paperback
1939réf. 64426Detroit MI: Ford Motor Co. Sales Development Corp. Subsidiary of McCann-Erickson 1939. Oblong 4to. 11 x 9 in. 96 pp. With colour plates colour illustrations black & white photos & text illustrations illustrated ads throughout. Colour-illustrated publisher’s boards patented plastic comb-binding as issued minor scuffing & edgewear minor scuffing light dustsoiling back cover still a VG bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare original dealership showroom catalogue touting the specially designed equipment for 1939 V-8 trucks designed to increase the range of usfulness and application across many industries.The 1939 models featured Stromberg carburetors a change in grilles from the 1938 models used bulb and reflector lamps moved farther apart now sitting almost in front of the wheels and the side grilles and louvers were removed in favor of chrome strips. Included are special Timken 6-wheel conversion units; Marmon-Herrington designed All-Wheel Drive conversions for Ford Trucks; several hydraulic hoist dump bed kits; and moto-mixers produced by Blaw-Knox and Chain Belt for use in the 1939 Fords. Of particular interest are the fire truck conversions engineered in Detroit by the General Fire Truck Corp. Howe Fire Apparatus and W.S. Darley out of Chicago. Also featured are several different Art Deco Streamline school bus models produced by Wayne Bender Body Union City Hicks and an especially striking model from the Biederman Motors Co. all on Ford truck platforms. Other equipment offered include winches and pole derricks; Vacuum power and Wagner air brakes to convert Ford truck brakes into power brake systems; limousine extensions to convert Ford trucks into 11 passenger limousine; Ford-powered Brookville Locomotives featuring Ford truck engines clutches and transmissions and much more. The 1939 Ford Trucks were outfitted with the Mercury 239 cubic inch V-8 engine capable of 95 horsepower and also the year that Ford upgraded from mechanical brakes to hydraulic units. No copies in Worldcat. Ford Motor Co., [Sales Development Corp., Subsidiary of McCann-Erickson, hardcover
1969réf. 62996Grosse Pointe Farms MI: Verbiest Publishing Company; Chevrolet Motor Division General Motors Corp. 1969. Oblong 4to. 12 x 8.5 in. 2 170 pp. With 100’s of illustrations photos diagrams some leaves printed on yellow paper stock w/ thumb tabs at fore-edge introductory leaf printed TLS from Henry on Chevrolet company letterhead. Colour-illustrated softcovers plastic comb-binding as issued minor shelfwear slight scuffing still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce and invaluable Chevrolet Dealer guide for special bodies and equipment on the highly desirable and iconic 1969 Chevy C10 pickup and Suburban platform along with extensive advertisers and suppliers information on heavy truck bodies and modifications. The extended opening section Chevy C10 includes builders and suppliers for Campers Motor Home and Van conversions trailers from such famed companies in Michigan Washington Oregon Kansas Indiana Florida and California as Wolverine Campter Co. Open Road Campers Chinook Mobilodge Co. ChevVan Motorhome Turtle Topp Chevrolet Travel Cruiser and Gem Top camper shells. Extended sections on ambulances and rescue vans school buses and school vans food truckstep vans fire engines are all featured. Verbiest 1926-2018 was originally a mortgage banker and sales agent for insurance company before founding Verbiest Publishing in the 1960’s and contracting with Chevrolet Motor Division. No copies in Worldcat. Verbiest Publishing Company; Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp.], paperback
1957réf. 62997Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor DivisionGeneral Motors Corp. Feb. 1957. 8vo. 180 pp. printed in red & black many illustrations thumb tabs at textblock fore-edge. Textured light blue flexible covers blue lettering front cover rounded corners minor edgewear slight scuffing minor rubbing still VG- bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare dealer’s sales handbook filled with proprietary “inside information” for the iconic 1957 Chevrolet trucks redesigned along with the passenger cars. This model year featured the redesigned body style with wrap-around windshield hooded headlights egg-crate grille and the pickup became famed for its popularity with street-racers. This catalogue enabled Chevy sales staff to easily select the model of truck that best suited the body style length load capacity and accessories that the customer needed. For each model including pickups sedan delivery vans panel vans Suburban Caryalls Tandem Trucks School Buses and more specifications for tires axles brakes cabs and bodies along with engines radiators and suspension with photos and diagrams are shown. No copies in Worldcat. Chevrolet Motor Division,General Motors Corp., unknown
1931réf. 62995Detroit MI: General Motors Corp. Chevrolet Motor Division 1931. 4to. 7.75 x 11 in. 8 pp unpaginated. which folds out into large 15.5 x 20.5 in. colour-lithograph dealer’s poster black & white and colour illustrations green & red colour lettering fold creases as issued minor dustsoiling edgewear very slight stain at 1 fold still VG- copy. First edition of this scarce Dealer’s brochure for the 1931 Chevrolet Series AE trucks. The Chevrolet Series AE was launched in 1931 to replace the 1930 Series AD models and it was a year of many changes. The 1931 Chevrolet trucks were powered by the 194 cubic in. “Stovebolt” 6-cylinder engine and would serve as the basis for the first “Bedford” trucks manufactured by Vauxhall Motors in the UK as a subsidiary of GM. No copies in Worldcat. General Motors Corp., Chevrolet Motor Division, unknown
1926réf. 62993Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor Co. General Motors Corp. 1926. Folio. 10 x 14 in. 6 pp unpaginated. printed & illustrated triptych in orange & black self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers fold creases as issued for mailing minor dustsoiling shelfwear offsetting from removed postage on verso still VG copy. First edition of this very rare dealer’s brochure issued for the 1926 Chevrolet Superior Series X trucks with carryover engines disc clutch with floor mounted gearshift semi-floating rear axle external rear brakes water pump and fan cooling fitted with the stylish hood fenders lights and running gear of the Superior V passenger cars. Designed by Chevrolet to be the lowest cost per ton hauled they were available in stave format butcher and packing house trucks screened trucks for wholesale grocers & carpet cleaners and an additional oil tanker version as well. No copies in Worldcat. Chevrolet Motor Co., General Motors Corp., paperback
1916réf. 62233Grand Rapids MI: United Motors Co. Etheridge Printers ca. 1916. Oblong 8vo. 9.25 x 6.25 in. 12 pp. printed in blue & black. Tan-coloured illustrated softcovers cover art of United Motors truck in blue black & tan front cover yapp fore-edges minor soiling to far right fore-edge slight shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce dealer’s showroom catalogue for the pre-World War I United Motors Co. filled with factory photos advertising their innovative 6-ton tractor and semi-trailer configurations as considerable cost savings. For 2/3 of the cost of a 5-ton truck the retailer shipper etc. could field a tractor and trailer for less than $ 3300.00. Founded originally as the United Motor Trucks Co. before World War I as a division of the United Light & Railways Co. conglomerate to not only produce trucks and utility vehicles for their own needs but to meet burgeoning demand brought on by improving roads and fast-growing commercial demands before and after World War I. By 1922 Hulswit Kanary and Eckburg were building and selling United Trucks powered by a four-cylinder Continental Engine the lightest model featuring a worm drive and the others often fitted still with chain drives moving to shaft drive and by 1925 would be manufacturing what they called the “Highway Special.” Hulswit 1875-1933 was the president and organizer of the United Light & Railways Co. which held 13 railroad and public service gas & electric utilities and corporations in five states and was forced out of his company in 1926. By that time Kanary had decamped to Hollywood California and the truck manufacturing unit was spun off to ACME Motor Truck Co. of Cadillac MI which continued the badge for a short time. Advertisements for their truck line cease by 1928. Very few of the original company catalogues survive some business records and material can be found in the Austin Automobile Co. Collection Grand Rapids Library Special Collects. Finding Aid May 10 2018; See: Mroz American Cars Trucks & Motorcycles of World War I pp. 365-366; United Trucks Grand Rapids Spectator Vol. 11 Feb. 1922 pp. 17; Buys United Motor The Indianapolis Star Dec. 12 1926 p. 71. United Motors Co., Etheridge Printers, paperback
1948réf. 62693New York: Mack Manufacturing Corp. 1948. 4to. 8 pp unpaginated. printed in yellow & black photo-illustrated throughout. Self-printed softcovers cover art of Mack Coca-Cola bottle truck minor sunning to front cover still VG- copy w/ former ownership marking at lower fore-edge front cover. First edition of this uncommon dealer’s brochure for Mack bottling trucks encouraging bottlers brewers and beverage companies in Post-War America that these commercial vehicles offered a splendid rolling advertisement that could boost profits. No copies in Worldcat. Mack Manufacturing Corp., paperback
1951réf. 61863Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor DivisionGeneral Motors Corp. 1951. Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. 35 1 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout text illustrations diagrams graphs. also the engine & transmission revealing interior working parts with each layer. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers with colour cover art with assorted Carryall Suburbans Pickup Trucks Flatbeds and Heavy Box Trucks slight shelfwear slight rubbing still a VG bright copy. First edition of this uncommon Dealer’s catalogue for the 1951 Chevrolet truck line-up which included the Model 1508 Sedan Delivery Model 3105 Pickup Models 3106 & 3116 Carryall Suburbans Model 3805 Panel Delivery Model 4108 flatbed up to the Model 6802 School Bus with 212 in. wheelbase. The 1951 Chevrolet truck models had raised and squared off the rear ends reshaped the taillights and moved the trailing edges of the fenders. Engines were upgraded with more horsepower for the heavy trucks and General Motors redesigned the instrument panel. No copies in Worldcat Similar title copy w/ 48 pp. at Stanford. Chevrolet Motor DivisionGeneral Motors Corp., paperback
1932réf. 60264Edgerton WI: Highway Trailer Co. ca. 1932. Oblong folio. 17 x 11 in. 36 pp. Photo-illustrated throughout some double page spreads. Textured printed burgundy softcovers black lettering metal spiral-bound as issued fold at center some age toning rubbing minor scuffing couple leaves w/ minor closed tears still a VG copy. First edition of this surprisingly scarce trailer and heavy equipment catalogue issued by the Wisconsin-based manufacturer at the outset of the Great Depression. The photographs depict the production facilities the machine shop pattern shop chemical & mechanical laboratories as well as detailing the development of the Martin Rocking Fifth Wheel hitch and the series of patents up to 1921 allowing for heavier semi-trailers and travel trailers. The wide varieties of models clients and advertising are all included from dairy company’s to Schlitz Beer specialized pole digging equipment and heavy equipment for installing telephone lines and more. The company was founded originally by Menhall in 1917 in Beloit WI who later leased the Edgerton Wagon Works to begin production before buying the site to expand his factory. The company specialized in commercial semi-trailers as well as small produce trailers and would later become a major supplier for the U.S. Army and Navy during World War II. No copies in Worldcat. Highway Trailer Co., paperback
1922réf. 58048Grand Rapids MI: United Motors Products Co. Eckburg Automobile Co. Distributor 310 Ioia Ave. NW formerly Michigan Cadillac Co. Ltd. ca. 1922. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.5 in. 41 silver gelatin images 29 linen-backed sized 8 x 9.75 in. many w/ sales and product information on verso some typed others in manuscript a few w/ photographer’s stamps all hinged at gutter margin 11 loose inserted into archival mylar sleeves bound in at gutter margin w/ photographer & dealer’s stamps on versos many w/ style pricing and product information on versos as well in manuscript some chipping & edgewear to these some corners torn creasing from wear. Contemporary limp calf Proudfit Loose Leaf Co. post-binder brass screw-posts at gutter margin rounded corners minor rubbing VG exemplar. An exceptional dealer’s showroom photo catalogue for the post-World War I United Motors Products Co. filled with factory photos advertising a variety of 1 1/4 ton up to 5 ton models in assorted finished configurations. Founded originally as the United Motor Trucks Co. before World War I as a division of the United Light & Railways Col. conglomerate to not only produce trucks and utility vehicles for their own needs but to meet burgeoning demand brought on by improving roads and fast-growing commercial demands before and after World War I. By 1922 Hulswit Kanary and Eckburg were building and selling United Trucks powered by a four-cylinder Continental Engine the lightest model featuring a worm drive and the others often fitted still with chain drives moving to shaft drive and by 1925 would be manufacturing what they called the “Highway Special.” An artist’s rendering features a birds-eye view of the Grand Rapids MI plant bearing the name change in 1922 to United Motors Products Co. and subsequent images show stave flatbed delivery specialized dump trucks and more. Companies such as Henry Smith Floral Heyman Home Outfitters Van Den Berg Bros. Sample Furniture Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Co. Elston Packing & Storage Central Michigan Paper Co. Perfected Grave Vault Co. and others all featured fleets of UMP Co. Trucks. Many of these images bear the stamp of Eckberg Auto Co. of Grand Rapids which before 1916 was the Michigan Cadillac Co. Ltd. and later became truck distributor first for United Motor Products Co. and then ACME Truck Co. Hulswit 1875-1933 was the president and organizer of the United Light & Railways Co. which held 13 railroad and public service gas & electric utilities and corporations in five states and was forced out of his company in 1926. By that time Kanary had decamped to Hollywood California and the truck manufacturing unit was spun off to ACME Motor Truck Co. of Cadillac MI which continued the badge for a short time. Advertisements for their truck line cease by 1928. Hulswit had been forced out with a $ 10 million dollar payment which he parlayed into the successful American States Securities Corp. which survived and thrived during the Great Depression only to die tragically while fixing his radio antenna at the Hotel Astor and plummeting to his death. Although no similar examples are found and very few of the original company catalogues survive some business records and material can be found in the Austin Automobile Co. Collection Grand Rapids Library Special Collects. Finding Aid May 10 2018; See: Mroz American Cars Trucks & Motorcycles of World War I pp. 365-366; United Trucks Grand Rapids Spectator Vol. 11 Feb. 1922 pp. 17; Buys United Motor The Indianapolis Star Dec. 12 1926 p. 71. United Motors Products Co., Eckburg Automobile Co., Distributor, 310 Ioia Ave., NW (formerly Michigan Cadillac Co., Ltd.), unknown
1906réf. 57483Grand Rapids MI: Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. Holson Motor Patent Co. Ltd. ca. 1906. Seven cyanotype photographs sized 7.25 x 9.25 in. to 7.75 x 9.5 in. w/ negative numbers w/in image at lower corner and four numbered as a series slight toning at fore-edges edgewear still bright contrast and clarity. Fascinating and remarkably scarce salesman sample cyanotype photographs by an early innovator in electric-powered vehicles. Heavy duty hauling trucks were a significant problem for reliability and maneuverability in the first decade of the 20th-Century because they were so slow terrible fuel economy and restricted to wider streets. Church & Knudson developed a unique electromechanical propulsion system called the “Gyroscope Motor” which allowed all four wheels to steer and eliminated a differential gear originally at 2 horsepower each. Initially manufactured as the Holson Motor Patent Co. they changed it to Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. in 1906 and began manufacturing and selling their heavy electric powered trucks capable of a 40 mile radius between charges. The one to two-ton trucks were front-wheel driven and steered and could haul significant loads while the 5-ton models had four-wheel steering four-wheel drive and four-wheel brakes. These cyanotype images show a series of 2-ton Holson trucks hauling electric power house parts with two of them distinctly having African-American teamsters working on the rigs. Other images show an electric-gasoline generator hybrid hauling timber similar to those developed for hauling the telescope parts up to the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California; a Couple-Gear stave truck hauling a large industrial part for The Bennke & Co. coal company which changed their name in 1907 to the Polonia Coal Co.; and finally a U.S. Armory truck with company logo painted on the side of the vehicle. The Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co. continued in business until 1922. No similar images located in Worldcat or other collections; See: David Traver Adolphus Couple-Gear Gas Electric A Hybrid Answer to the Suburban Haulage Question Hemmings Motor News July 2011; Coulbe-Gear 1906-1922 American Industrial Mining Company Museum 2017; The Motor Truck March 1914 pp. 176 245-249 552 843. Couple-Gear Freight-Wheel Co., Holson Motor Patent Co., Ltd., unknown
1964réf. 54590Detroit MI: Chevrolet Motor Division General Motors Corporation July-August 1964. 4to. 7 1; 11 1; 3 1; 11 1; 7 1; 7 1; 15 1; 15 1; Approx. 500 pp technical sections w/ thumb tabs and separately paginated. With 100s of text illustrations diagrams photo illustrations colour illustrations colour paint samples thumb tabs in yellow blue & white. Original Herculox Binder produced by the American Loose Leaf Corp. for General Motors Truck Division pebbled black cloth printed label in glassine window on spine rounded corners minor rubbing very minor shelfwear still NF copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce dealer’s showroom catalogue for the 1965 Chevrolet truck van Suburban commercial van medium- and heavy-duty truck and diesel truck models. The 1965 Chevy trucks gained the 250 horsepower 327 V-8 engine as an option also featured an El Camino which had reappeared in the lineup the year before and even air conditioning became an option for the trucks. The 1965 half-ton and 3/4 ton trucks were available in regular 2-wheel drive C or conventional cab; K or 4-wheel drive versions; as well as “P” forward control; “L” low cab forward and “M” heavy duty tandem model trucks. The separate model inserts in this showroom catalogue show the features of the Chevy Van introducing the Chevy Sportvan; the panel models based on the Suburban Carryall platform including a 1-ton version; step-van commercial models available from 7 to 12 foot long chassis the Suburban which included a 4-wheel drive version; along with the heavy-duty and diesel truck versions available in cab over and conventional formats. The extensive supplementary sections to this catalogue offers an invaluable reference guide to every possible factory option paint colour and type of pickup cab chassis cowl 4-wheel drive suspension axle combinations brakes steering frames electrical trim packages and more available that year with price lists. No copies located in Worldcat. Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corporation, hardcover
1968réf. 48629Pontiac MI: GMC Truck & Coach Division 1968. 4to. 36 pp. plus 13 leaves of paint samples w/ 102 vinyl and cloth samples for interior upholstery trim vinyl cloth and rubber floor mats numerous text illustrations colour photo illustrations. Original padded 3-ring binder faux-wood vinyl cover white red & silver lettering on front cover gilt & white lettering on spine rounded corners scuffing and minor damage to a few paint sample leaves-- 1 with some offsetting to facing leaf still VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original dealer’s catalogue for General Motors Light Truck Handi-Van Handi-Bus Value Van and Heavy Duty trucks interiors and paint colour schemes. These include deluxe cab interiors for the Super Custom Models which were introduced with a 350 cu. inch. V-8 for the 1500-3500 series trucks. The trucks could be purchased with bucket seat and bench seat interiors while the Value Van delivery vehicles were only available with maroon vinyl seats in 2 colours. There are also factory designs for Conventional GM 4500-8500 Heavy Duty Custom Cab Trucks the 9500 Heavy Duty 114” the GMC Medium Duty Tilt and the GMC Astro 95. This sample catalogue provides an invaluable historical reference to the colours and styles of the General Motors truck of the late 1960s and are far scarcer than those for General Motors passenger cars. No copies in Worldcat. GMC Truck & Coach Division, hardcover
1954réf. 48210Dearborn MI: Ford Motor Company October 1954. Oblong folio. 47 1 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout numerous black & white photos text illustrations diagrams. Colour-illustrated self-printed wrappers wraparound cover art of Ford trucks on a busy highway interchange including F-series and Heavy Duty NF. First edition of this scarce original dealer’s catalogue for Ford Trucks in 1955. Ford changed the front grille design in favor of a V-shaped dip in the upper bar indicating V-8 Engine as well as switched to tubeless tires on the F-100s and optional power breaks. Wraparound windshields and larger engines were aimed to give Ford trucks increased market share. Ford Motor Company, unknown
1949réf. 48196Pontiac MI: GMC Truck & Coach Division May 1949. Folio. 31 1 pp. Title in green brown black & gray w/ photo illustration. Colour-printing throughout with illustrations in black & white and diagrams. Textured green printed softcovers silver black & dark green decorated lettering on front cover slight sunning to upper fore-edge NF copy stapled as issued. First edition of this scarce original dealer’s catalogue for General Motors Heavy Duty trucks introducing the new H Series. HC and HF models 520 through 980 were phased into production during 1949. These models featured all-new larger cabs with improvements in safety visibility and comfort; the chassis were more rugged and provided better ride with increased power. Nine different GMC engines powered them ranging from the 228 through the 707 and diesels were available in the GM 4-71 and 6-71. GMC Truck & Coach Division, paperback
1928réf. 48143Cleveland OH: White Company Sept. 1 1928. 8vo. 132 pp. Numerous photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams 3 large folding. Tan softcovers black lettering & ruling on front cover uniform interior toning minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce technical work on the mechanics and repair of White Buses and chassis used for White Trucks. The White Motor Company also owned the truck manufacturing names of Sterling Autocar Diamond T and REO which continued up through the 1970s. Their buses became especially well known in the 1930s when their Model 706 buses carried passengers throughout the major National Parks such as Yellowstone Yosemite and Glacier in the west and were called Red Jammers. Gettysburg National Battlefield still operates two of the White buses. White Company, paperback
