Warren, ArnoldMareMagnum
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1961xl, 413 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Documents the vital but unrecognized contribution of this important segment of Canada's army. From North Africa to Normandy, from Germany to Korea, Asia, and the Middle East, and from home training camps to the bush strips of the Arctic, the story of the Corps with its unfailing service and bustling supply lines is told in lucid prose." - dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Former library copy with usual markings. Dust jacket in clear protection which has been affixed to map endpapers. A sound reference copy. Dornbusch 178, Cooke [3e] p.153, Spadoni & Donnelly 1599. Book
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
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
1945réf. 59068New York Chicago & Kansas City MO: Socony Vacuum Oil Company Inc. Tyner-Murphy 1945. Eight expertly hand-coloured silver gelatin photographs all w/ photographer’s imprint at lower right corner printed on glossy photo paper stock and w/ only the slightest bleed-through on versos of a couple images NF set of image. These nicely hand-coloured photographs vividly depict several outfitted Mobilgas trucks at the end of World War II filled with such products from Socony-Vacuum Oil as “Bug-a-boo” Inspect Spray Mobiloil Kerosene Power FuelMobilgrease and Mobiloil Gear Oils and even Sanilac Cattle Spray.The 1945 Chevrolet/GMC models continued much of the styling cues of the pre-War Chevy’s and GMC’s but featured larger engines updated wiring larger radiator for cooling and other changes which contributed to their reliability and durability as trucks. The Socony-Vacuum Oil Company was formed in 1931 as a merger between two of the Standard Oil Co. successor companies formed after the 1911 break-up and sold both Mobiloil and Gargoyle products. Eventually the company would be renamed Socony Mobil in 1955 and finally Mobil in 1966. Tyner 1886-1957 was a longtime commercial photographer in Kansas City well known for not only architectural photographs but also U.S. Presidents celebrities and major events in the Kansas City area until his death. Socony Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., Tyner-Murphy, unknown
19888vo., First Edition, with coloured photographs throughout; maroon cloth, gilt back, rose endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
