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1911ref. 2949Salt Lake City: Souvenir Novelty Co. Inc 1911. 40pp Oblong duodecimo 16 cm x 3 cm Tan string tied wrappers. Good only. Complete with some of the leaves loose from the string binding and laid in. 39 views of Salt Lake City and the surrounding area including views of Mormon buildings with brief descriptions and past and present leaders of the Mormon Church. The vast majority of the images are from the firm of C.R. Savage. Flake/Draper 7608d. Souvenir Novelty Co. Inc unknown books
1998ref. 171590Durham NC: Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University 1998. First edition. Softcover. Spring 1998. 144 pages. Features an interview of Bruce Springsteen by Will Percy. Includes articles by Susan Faludi an essay by Barry Lopez and Martin Scorsese. Poetry by John Updike and Donald Hall. Also includes photographs by W. Eugene Smith of his Pittsburgh series. Also includes images by Carl De Keyzer and Alan Lomax. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University unknown books
1930ref. 145940Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1930. Release Dialogue script post-production for the 1930 pre-Code film. With holograph pencil annotations throughout. An early uncredited role for Carole Lombard who performs the song "You Appeal to Me." A young man is set to inherit a large sum from his uncle on the caveat that he learn the ways of the world beforehand. As such he enlists three chorus girls to guide him around the underbelly of New York City. Set in New York. Tall white titled self wrappers noted as RELEASE DIALOGUE SCRIPT on the front wrapper dated April 18 1930. Title page integral to the first page of text. 69 leaves with last page of text numbered REEL 10-PAGE 7. Mimeographed rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus unbound. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1974ref. RWILPRO00TWNP 1974. Very Good. Wilson Wm. M. The Scribbler and Old Bus Driver. Provo Utah: Early Pictorial History: Nostalgic Voyage into the Past. NP: NP 1974. reprint. Illustrated. 12mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. Two inspirational labels a tipped in historic note a folded Open Letter to the Bus Students and an inscription from Wilson appear on front endsheet. NP hardcover books
1973ref. 142105Paris: Filmsonor 1973. Vintage reference photograph from the 1973 film a striking image of Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in bed together. Vadim's attempt to explore female freedom and sexuality for women by changing the classical figure of Don Juan into the modern figure of Brigitte Bardot. The fifth film Vadim made starring Bardot and one of two released in 1973 after which she retired from acting. Shot in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Filmsonor unknown books
2000ref. 2312676s.n 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First edition. Wrapper edges lightly rubbed. 2000 Trade Paperback. 104 pp. "Norton Bus Bird a Raquette Lake native has in his memoirs written a vivid account of an extraordinary Adirondack life that spanned most of the twentieth century. s.n paperback books
ref. 15226Technical manuscript in French describing in great detail turn-of-the-century automobile technology and car engine mechanics contained in an 8" x 10" notebook 54 pages early 20th century. The manuscript is illustrated throughout with hand-drawn schematics and diagrams and headings. The notebook covers the basic concepts necessary to understand an automotive engine "Elementary Mechanical Concepts" "Elementary Concepts of Electricity" etc. This notebook includes handwritten descriptions of the Hispano engine a groundbreaking vehicle maker which begun production in 1902. "In the engine of the Hispano 12 cylinder in V with each of the rows composed of a single aluminium block which includes the combustion chamber. The valves are adjusted when warm and are made of nitrided steel." Other notes include vehicle anatomy such as "Vehicle crank shaft for 12 cylinder engines" "Carborators" "Cooling systems" "Starting system including spark plug and magneto" coachbuilder including a Hispano-Suiza. Automobile early manuscript with detailed explanation and drawings of engine carburetor magneto etc. unknown books
1939ref. 1594941939. AUTOMOBILES. ACME Production Colors. WITH Rogers Automotive Color Mixing. 2 volumes. Thick 4to. 270 x 210 mm bound in original embossed black and maroon expandable binders respectively with company logos. Detroit: Acme White Lead & Color Works 1939-48. First Edition of two scarce automotive colour sample books recording automobile colours in the years preceding and following World War II with hundreds of paint samples arranged in sections separated by tabs for various cars: Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Lincoln Oldsmobile Packard Plymouth and more. The Acme White Lead & Color Works was a pioneering developer of the first automotive lacquers besides black a repertoire of colour that made the company an auto industry leader. Sherwin-Williams acquired Acme in 1920. unknown books
1950ref. 19312New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1950. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good -. The 1950 1st edition of this charming instructional on swimming authored by the head swimming coach at Yale and published by Yale University Press. Tight and VG just a touch of soiling to the rear panel in a bright price-clipped VG- example of the pictorial dustjacket with roughly 1/4 of the rear panel missing. Still though quite presentable. Octavo hundreds of black-and-white photos supplementing Coach Kiphuth's text. Yale University Press hardcover books
1941ref. 288538Hudson Motor Car Company 1941. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. An advertising brochure for the 1941 line of Hudson automobiles. Slight loss to the fore edge of the front cover. Stapled paperback. Color illustrated paper covers. Very Good binding. Hudson Motor Car Company unknown books
1984ref. 284081New York: MSBA 1984. unbound. very good. Map. Page unfolded measures 22 1/2" x 27 1/2" and folded 7" x 3.75". Charming 1984 pocket guide of Nassau County's bus routes. Covers all of Nassau County and color codes bus routes according to destination/origin Queens Suffolk County north/south in each Western Central and Eastern Nassau County as well as non-MSBA lines NYC Transit Authority Western Suffolk County and private route lines. Route numbers and subway stations are also noted. On the right side of the map there are in depth maps of the bus terminals in Great Neck Hicksville Roosevelt Field Sunrise Mall Rockville Center and Freeport as well as the bus terminals in New York City from which busses leave for Long Island Jamaica and Flushing Verso of the map includes more bus terminal maps of Nassau Community College Hempstead Lynbrook Far Rockaway and Mineola. Additionally there is a list of communities served by MSBA routes MSBA bus routes and destinations LIRR stations served by MSBA Places of interest served by MSBA and passenger information. The map is great condition. MSBA unknown books
ref. TB29955Lansing Mich.: Reo Motor Car Company. Third Edition. Very good- in heavy printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with wear and chipping to the lower edge of the spine the title page and first couple of pages foxed as well as the last two pages in the book. Without a dust jacket. 63 pages including an index. Illustrated from black and white photographs and line drawings. Reo Motor Car Company paperback books
1935ref. 8619bdDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1935. “Lovely to Look at - Delightful to Drive.” Oblong quarto stiff color-illustrated self-wrappers stapled 20 pp. Color illustrations photographs throughout. Sales brochure with specifications for the Terraplane DeLux Six and the Terraplane Custom Six. Very Good; scuffed and corners bumped with handwritten slip laid-in with prices for various models. Hudson Motor Car Company, (1935). unknown books
1940ref. 51664bdDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Co. 1940. 16mo printed self-wrappers stapled 47 1 pp. Addresses “Exlusive Hudson Features” “Important Hudson Advantages” and compares and contrasts each of the Hudson models with parallel industry models. Very Good. Hudson Motor Car Co., 1940. unknown books
1938ref. 8622bdDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1938. Octavo stiff illustrated wrappers stapled 70 2 pp. Fold-out lubrication chart and wiring diagram photos illus. With several items laid-in: 1 Memorandum of Agreement dated 12/21/1938 for a Hudson 112 Black Sedan with original handwritten price trade-in value for a 1936 Terraplane and a Balance Due; 2 a Pennsylvania Automobile Transfer Certificate to transfer license tags from a 1936 Terraplane to a Hudson 112 dated 1/6/1939; 3_ original Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Registration dated 1/10/1939 for a Hudson Sedan signed by the original owner; and 4 an initial service invoice dated 6/2/1939 in the amoung of $1.50. Near-Fine; in a worn and torn original Hudson Owner’s envelope. Hudson Motor Car Company, (1938). unknown books
1939ref. 51660bdeDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Co. 1939. Single double-sided color-illustrated sheet folded into oblong octavo multiple panels. Color photographs and illustrations advertising “Three New Hudsons for 1940 Including a New Kind of Low Priced Straight Eight!” Very Good; some tears along folds. Hudson Motor Car Co., (1939). unknown books
1939ref. 51661bdeDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Co. 1939. Duodecimo self-wrappers stapled 12 pp. “The scope of mamnufacturing and service facilities its record of progressiveness in important engineering advancements it product leadership in terms of advanced and exclusive features -- particuarly those which add to safety -- place the Hudson Motor Car Company in a pre-eminently favorable position to serve the motoring public. Very Good. Hudson Motor Car Co., [1939]. unknown books
1940ref. 51663bdeDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Co. 1940. Oblong quarto color-illustrated self-wrappers stapled 28 pp. Color illustrations throughout with each individual model’s price added in manuscript. Good; some wear and scuffing; was once folded in half length-wise. Hudson Motor Car Co., (1940). unknown books
1939ref. 51666bdeDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Co. 1939. Duodecimo illustrated self-wrappers stapled 32 pp. Illus. “In this booklet which you can read in a short time we touch on some of the modern features you about to enjoy with your 1939 model -- many of them yours to enjoy alone as they can be found only in Hudson cars. Also we have put down a few facts which we think will interest you in the company behind the car and some of the basic features which have contributed to the enviable reputation Hudson enjoys.” Fine. Hudson Motor Car Co., (1939). unknown books
1964ref. 51658bdeDetroit: General Motors Corp. Cadillac Motor Car Division 1964. Small octavo gray ring-binder 117 pp. Photographs illustrations. Sales reference manual showing available models with their features styling options and specifications. 1964 models include: Series 62 Coupe de Ville Fleetwood Eldorado Sixty Special Seventy-Five and Limousine. Very Good. General Motors Corp., Cadillac Motor Car Division, 1964. unknown books
1938ref. 51665bdeDetroit: Hudson Motor Car Co. 1938. Quarto color-illustrated self-wrappers stapled 24 pp. Color photographs illustrations. Advertising the “New Hudson One Twelve” the “New Hudson Six” and the “New Hudson Country Club Series.” Good; some wear and scuffing was once folded in half length-wise. Hudson Motor Car Co., (1938). unknown books
1925ref. SGG313B-20Los Angeles CA: California Parlor Car Tours Inc 1925. Very Good. 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches. 28 pp. Numerous halftone photographic illustrations map of California's El Camino Real from Los Angeles to San Francisco glossary schedule; text clean unmarked pages toned. Self wraps halftone wrap-around photographic illustration stapled; binding square and tight toned corners lightly bumped foot of spine chipped. Very good. Promotional brochure for the California Parlor Car Tours Inc advertising various all-expense-paid trips between Los Angeles and Monterey. Provides descriptions of different tour options with many halftone photographic images of tourist locations along El Camino Real including the Redwoods Carmel Mission "Hollywood's Famous Movie Colony" and so forth. A one-way three-day trip cost $47.50. A glossary at the back provides translation and interpretation of the Spanish names along the Camino. California Parlor Car Tours was founded in 1924 and is still in operation in 2013. California Parlor Car Tours, Inc paperback books
1961ref. 39981n. p.: Fred Harvey Service Consolidated Tours 1961. 1st printing presumed. White paper printed in brown ink. Moderate wear to paper light soiling/foxing faint creasing to top left edge. Otherwise an almost VG example. Single sheet printed recto only. Small brown and white illustration of an Indian Chief's head to top left corner. 9" x 5-3/4" "To serve you better and expedite service waiters are NOT permitted to serve orders given orally. Please write your order." Menu clean and unmarked. Includes choices such as Freshly Squeezed California Orange Juice California Select Prunes Grapefruit Rolled Oats with Cream Omelette with Stewed Fresh Tomatoes French Toast or Grilled Ham and Eggs. Fred Harvey Service, Consolidated Tours unknown books
1941ref. 143462Los Angeles: N.p. 1941. Collection of six vintage photographs of California midget car racing each with the same decorative border at the short-lived Atlantic Speedway in Los Angeles circa 1941. Featuring an unknown race car with number 23 painted on the tail and "Warner Spl." painted just below the cockpit a few of the mechanics responsible on-hand. "X34" rubber-stamps on the versos. Midget racing began in California in the early 1930s in Los Angeles the sport then owned and operated by the Midget Auto Racing Association MARA. Small custom cars many called "specials" looped on small wood tracks formerly reserved for bicycle races. A notable venue was Gilmore Stadium built in 1934 by Earl Bell Gilmore an heir to the Gilmore Oil Company. The Atlantic Speedway operated about 1935-1942 near Compton at the intersection of Atlantic and Banducci Boulevards now part of Long Beach Expressway and this collection offers a humble pocket-sized look at that lost California track. 2.5 x 4 inches silver gelatin. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1988ref. 49564Tampa Florida: Distinctly Styled Corvettes 1988. 1st Edition. All housed in 2 black leather zippered portfolios 13" x 16-3/8" with handles. One with gilt lettering applied to one side: "D S C Greenwood". Images generally clear & sharp Nr Fine. Portfolios show light wear VG. 57 primarily large format 11" x 14" color photographs of different Corvettes & divers aspects thereof one stamped on the recto "Michael Daniel xxx Photograph Tampa" Here offered a no-doubt unique pair of sales portfolios compiled by Corvette customization firm and dealer Distinctly Styled Corvettes of Tampa Florida. According to publicly available Florida corporate records the firm run by a Graddy Richard likely the Cajun ‘Ree-shard’ pronunciation operated from about 1986-1988 the height of production of the C4 Fourth Generation Chevrolet Corvette. Richard seems to have sourced fiberglass aerodynamic and ground effects packages from the prominent boutique customizer Greenwood also packaging his own custom-designed modifications to the seminal American sports car including options for wood-inlayed dashboards upgraded wheel packages etc… The included brochures contain a photocopied appearance on the company in a 1987 issue of MOTOR TREND magazine: "Distinctly styled Corvettes is another tuner that turns out high quality work. We had the opportunity to drive three examples from the company including a striking Callaway Twin Turbo and left quite impressed with the company’s commitment. Like Quality Motorsports Distinctly Styled Corvettes uses a number of Greenwood components. Special care is used in mating these pieces to the body and color-matching the paint. The company is also noted for individual touches like adding Corvette badges to the targa bar and gold lettering of engine identification. Distinctly Styled Corvettes often uses BBB component wheels and mates them with Michelin XGT tires. Genuine wood dash panels are also a frequently installed modification. The firm’s prices vary considerably since each car is built to the owner’s preference. Typical modifications generally run between $2000 and $5000.†Motor Trend September 1987; p. 44 A must-have primary source photographic archive depicting the iconic late 1980’s American Sports car. Distinctly Styled Corvettes hardcover books
