193580 pages. Nice Ivan Glassco cover illustration of Scottie dog helping his master who is groping for a towel. Features: Fads and Faddicts; The N.H.L. All Stars as selected by the managers and coaches - with photos of Cecil 'Tiny' Thompson, Eddie Shore, Art Coulter, Frank Boucher, Charlie Conacher, and Harvey Jackson; Truck vs. Train - fascinating photo-illustrated article examines these competing modes of moving goods; A Cheechako Goes North - photo-illustrated article on a visit to Two Brothers Valley in northern British Columbia; Is This a Soviet? - Blairmore, Alberta renames its main street Tim Buck Boulevard, in honour of the leader of the Communist Party of Canada; Strange Street - Lord Beaverbrook and the Empire Crusade; Farm Debt Relief - 728,000 depression-era Canadian farmers struggle with $1.2 Billion of debt - which the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act (F.C.A.) is intended to combat; Norse Canadians - immigrants from Norway develop Bella Coola, B.C. (article with photos). Fiction: Paging Andy Sears; Four Gold Bands; Lulu Comes Home; Track of Destiny (serial). Nice one-page illustrated Studebaker ad for the new 1935 'Miracle Ride'. One-page Westinghouse refrigerator ad features illustration of elegant party guests admiring a well-stocked fridge. Nice colour one-page Winchester cigarette ad shows lady with riding crop. Champion spark plug ad includes inset illustrations of racers Tadini, S. Mortimer Auerbach, and Joel Thorne. Photo-sequence of the sinking of the Dutch liner Oranta by the Portuguese freighter Loanda in the harbour of Leixeos, Portugal. Great photo-illustrated Plymouth car ad; Half-page photo ad for Canadian Pacific and their Banff holiday offerings; Canadian Pacific half-page ad for the Empress of Britain and its service to Europe. Lovely one-page colour ad for the new Ford V-8 for 1935. Half-page colour Lifebuoy ad features sexy sepia-toned image of model in peach negligee. Crossword partially completed in pencil, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1946104 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for Hilton Hotels features the Palmer House of Chicagp; Superb one-page color ad for Ford Trucks features green pickup in pleasant farm scene; Dow Chemical ad features illustration of kettle and steam inventor James Watt; (Labor) Strike Wave Threatens Essential U.S. Needs; Sam Rayburn - Texan; Joan Bennett's "Scarlet Street" is censored for 'tending to corrupt morals'; Photo of Jane Russell in low-cut blouse posing for painting; Fantastic color one-page Coke ad features crowded soda shop scene with boy singing into napkin holder microphone; Classic one-page color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes titled "More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette"; World Watches First Assembly of UNO; Photo of Mickey Rooney shaking hands with De Gaulle; Classic color ad for White Trucks features soda factory and happy end-user; Trial of Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma in Manila; Religious Emancipation is the Jap's by MacArthur's Grace; Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan, chief of UNRRA's activities in Germany, states that the movement of Jews from Poland into Germany looked like a "second Exodus... a well-organized, positive plan to get out of Europe" to Palestine, and that he had seen Jews arriving in Berlin "well-dressed, well-fed, rosy-cheeked and (with) plenty of money..They certainly do not look like persecuted people."; U.S. Need to keep peace pledges slows homeward trek of troops; A Safe American Must be founded on Strength; Nice Firestone Tire color centerfold features race car; Nice Old Thompson whiskey ad features piano keyboard; Photo of ex-POW Pvt. Cleo Brown and his bride in Milwaukee hotel; Photos of changing Navy fashions; Doukhobor article with stripping photo; Oil strike in Chile; Color photo ad for Chrysler features Andre Kostelanetz leading orchestra; Classy one-page color ad for the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation; Brief obituaries for William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw); Hector Charlesworth; William T. Dewart Jr., Slim Summerville; Germ Warfare Article with photo of Major Merck inspecting Camp (Fort) Dietrich laboratories - US was set for biological war more terrible than enemy knew; Rare Great Northern Railway ad features the opening of modern China (very prescient); SN 7618 for Malaria; photo of Lt. Col. Margaret Craighill; Great photo ad by the Cuban National Tobacco Commission features Edward G. Robinson lighting up; Article on Branch Rickey; Jockey Woolf, 1909-1946; Sensational one-page color ad for Grace Line features illustrations of their new fleet of twenty "Santa" ships; Rare one-page ad for Cuba Mail Line entitled "Ice Cubes for Cuba" shows happy family table; Curious ad for National Company's Radios features small illustration of 'slant-eyed' Chinaman above text "Gung Ho"; The Press, the Radio, and Mr. La Guardia; Color-photo ad for Canadian Club features mountain climbing on Mexico's Popocatepetl; and more. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
193572 pages. Profusely and exquisitely illustrated in black and white. Undated but probably circa 1935. Presumed first edition as no indication of reprinting present. Includes information about the Trix Permag Motor (4-8 Volt) and Dynamo. Projects include such marvelously authentic contraptions as a railway crane, motorcycle, aeroplane roundabout, racing car, locomotive and tender, tip lorry, mechanical navvy, H.M.S. Hood, and more. The Permag motor is used to power a number of these projects. Unmarked. Toning of paper and amount of wear are consistent with that of a respectully used vintage copy. Pagination begins at page 1. If this item was originally issued with covers they are no longer present. A great Trix collectible. Book
194196 pages. Features: Cover photo of the first Canadian-built Hampden Bomber leaving Canadian Associated Aircraft Ltd. hangar for its first flight; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Great illustrated full-page ad for Brewster shows a great aircraft carrier scene; Nice full-page Vickers ad includes photo of a "Stranraer" - the largest aircraft ever built in Canada; Full-page ad for the Ryan ST-3; Great Wright Aircraft Engine full-page photo ad shows dozens of their large new engines in a warehouse waiting to be shipped; Nice two-page two-colour ad for Snap-On Tools shows a map with their 35 dealer branches in North America; Canada Wire & Cable ad shows their product being used by assemblers at Fairchild; The Bristol Bolingbroke Bomber-Night Fighter is Made in Canada - article with fantastic photos; When Pilots Reach the Ceiling - what the Luftwaffe has learned about the effects of altitude on men; Observations in an Avro Anson - article with photos; Great two-page two-colour photo ad for Snowgo runway snow removal equipment; Ad for teh Vega 35; Canadian Fighter Pilots Score - the story of Bader's Famous All-Canadian Squadron in the R.A.F.; There are no Miracles in Aircraft Production - the case for a great, growing industry; National Steel Car ad with photos; Canadian Aircraft Production - major feature articles; Intelligent Vigilance is check on Saboteur in aircraft production; Great two-page colour Lockheed ad boats of their stamina; Great photo ad for the National Defense Cessna AT-8; Aircraft Accessories offer Easy engine starting; Beautifully illustrated Bristol engine ad shows what appears to be a large Caribou flying over a huge ship; Text of speech by Horace T. Hunter on Courage; Great illustrated Avro ad for their Reconnaissance and Training Aircraft; Cygnet ad; Stylish ad for Bell Airacobra; T.C.A. Reports Year of Rapid Expansion; Index to advertisers; Report on Contracts Awarded by Munitions and Supply Dept; Intava ad on back cover announces their new Aviation Oils D.M.S. oils; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Clipping from page 73 has removed half the page; Covers present but free of staples, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
195752 pages. Features: Beverley Baxter on Censorship and Sex; Nice one-page colour ad for Oldsmobile featuring a convertible and little flower girl in back seat; A look forward to the fall TV lineup - article with many photos; Theo Parker's One-Man War Against the State - hog farmer resists Hog Board - article with photos of Parker in barn and with his wife Laura; The Native Genius We've Never Discovered - Montreal artist Jean-Paul Riopelle - article with colour photos; Vancouver's Enchanted Evenings Under the Stars - Theatre Under the Stars - article with photos; The Canada Aerial Surveyor Douglas Kendall Sees From the Sky - article with photos; We Travel With Our Kids - And Like It! - article with photos of how Joseph N. Bell and his family vacation by car; Colour General Motors centrefold ad called "The Saturday Trip to the Moon" features grocery store scene with little boy in spaceship ride; Coke ad on back cover shows beach couple admiring their instant photos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1942130 pages. Features; Canadian Pratt & Whitney photo ad inside front cover; General Electric Wire and Cable ad; Nice National Steel Car ad; Martin ad; Incredible full-page Beechcraft ad shows literally dozens and dozens of their aircraft under construction; Inner Motors ad; Interesting ad for Pyrene fire extinguishers; Great illustrated ad for the Douglas "Havoc" night fighter; Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific War - great article with photos; The Hoover Propeller - detailed article with illustrations; Editorial Comment; Annual Survey of Military Aircraft in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain - *Massive* section with photos and write-ups of 107 aircraft; Attractive colour full-page ad for Wright engines with futuristic theme shows people being loaded into a "Flying Daycoach" (which looks a lot like an Airbus A380); Nice ad for Sensenich Propellers; Fairchild ad shows two "Bolingbrokes"; Canadian Aircraft Production - The Priority System, Fairchild M-62 Manufacture, Good Posture boosts Production - correct seating aids plant workers; Nice Brewster ad; "So I Bailed Out" - report of a Canadian fighter pilot; Nice Rotal propeller ad; G.Q. Parasuit ad; New Equipment Section; Index to advertisers; Two-colour Lockheed ad inside back cover illustrates the "Convoy of Commerce" featuring a Hudson Reconnaissance Bomber in action over the sea; Intava ad on back cover; and more. Somewhat average wear. Unmarked. Chips from backstrip. Mailing label on front cover; A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1956Features: Editorial - Parliament No Longer Governs; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for the Chevrolet 2-door Bel Air Hardtop; Let's stop building $15,000 shacks - how unscrupulous inept builders cheat thousands of Canadians; How Stratford went to Broadway; Southern Ontario - Bruce Hutchison Rediscovers The Uknown Country, Part VII; The Lady and the Crooks - Lawyer Vera Parsons - she mingles with some of the toughest hoodlums in Canada; The Enchanted Isle of Sudden Death - Lionel Shapiro reports from Cyprus; Robert Thomas Allen says "Don't Tell Me Your Secrets"; Is Jean Beliveau the Best Hockey Player Ever? - by Trent Frayne; Colour Chrysler centerfold promotes the safety features of their vehicles i.e. seat belts, safety-rim wheels, sealed-beam headlights, electrically-driven windshield wipers, wrap-around windshield, etc.; Colour half-page ad for the 'Big New Studebaker' car; Quarter-page black and white ad for the movie "Simon and Laura"; Nice colour photo ad inside back cover for the Plymouth 6's and V-8's, with photo of the transmission push-buttons. 3/8" chip from lower edge of front cover. Surprisingly moderate wear. A nice tight copy of this vintage issue. Book
1941132 pages. Many dozens of fantastic black and white photos throughout this issue - far too many to list. Features: Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover shows inside their propeller plant at Longueuil, PQ; Prenco Progress & Engineering Corp. ad shows anti-aircraft machine gun being used in the Battle of the Atlantic; Diamond State Fibre Company ad; Great 2-page two-colour ad for Snogo snow removal equipment; Stylish ad for Jacobs Engines; Nice Snap-On Tools ad; Super G.Q. ad for their parasuit; Speed Nuts ad by the Wallace Barnes Co. of Hamilton; Handsome ad for Rotol constant speed airscrews; Nice two-colour Fleet Aircraft ad for their trainers used in the Empire Air Training Plan; Nice illustrated Brewster ad entitled Wings over Waikiki; W.D. Beath & Son snow clearing equipment ad; The Sky is the Limit - Hon. C.G. Power reviews war aviation; Canada Manufactures Wings for Freedom - the Director-General of Aircraft Production surveys the industry in Canada; The Aircraft Production Branch; Air Transport Association Convention; The "Canadian Car" Programme; Bolingbroke Production Multiplies; Noorduyn Speeds Harvard Output; Fleet Delivers; Vickers Swings to PBY's; Federal Produces Ansons; National Steel Car Prepares - great photos of the Malton plant and its expansion; De Havilland Breeds "Tigers"; Nice Player's cigarette ad shows smiling flier in Christmas theme; Two-page colour Lockheed ad with Leadership theme; MacDonald Bros - Ansons and Overhaul; Goeing Gathers Momentum; Parts Production at "Ottawa Car"; Clipper Crossing - Floyd S. Chalmers' interesting article about crossing the Atlantic in this huge craft; Canadian Aircraft Production - great feature section covers welding for aircraft, how to read blueprints, big bomber production, are welding at Vultee, Utilization of Labour, Plastic Eyes for B-26, New Extrusion Miller and New Equipment Section; Nice photo ad for Pioneer Instruments; Interesting Cockshutt Aircraft Division ad; Dowty levered suspension tailwheel ad; Bell Airacobra ad; Sicard snow blower ad; Nice illustrated Rotax ad; Cygnet ad; Lightplane Legion; The Morrow Plywood Trainer; Canadian Aviation News; Two photos showing the R.A.F. in Russia; Nice Martin Aircraft ad; North American Aviation ad; Two photos of the Curtiss AT-9 trainer; Nice photo ad for National Steel Car; Illustrated ad for the Blackburn "Botha"; Nice ad for Avro reconnaissance & training aircraft; Vickers ad with photo of the "Stranraer" - largest aircraft ever built in Canada; Wright engine ad with illustrations of Vultees; Nice Poulsen & Nardon ad with photos; Northrop ad; Index to advertisers; Wright engine ad inside back cover shows Boeing "Flying Fortresses"; Back cover ad for Intava highlights the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Chips from ends of backstrip. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
194298 pages. Features; Interesting Canadian Pratt & Whitney photo ad inside front cover shows dozens of damaged propeller blades which will be repaired in Longueuil; Nice ad for the Bell Airacobra; Nice Dowty ad shows man standing beside huge tire/levered suspension; Snap-On Tools ad mentions Trans-Canada Airlines; Lockheed ad shows their Lightning shooting a Nazi plane; Great Canadian General Electric Aircraft Instruments ad for Canadian Bombers has great photos; Sweet two-page photo ad for "Avro-Ansons" by De Havilland; Nice Jacobs Engines ad; This is the Red Air Fleet - a verbal and pictorial blueprint of Russia's air power; Builders of Air Power - a brief sketch of the Air Council which is the Air Training Plan's Board of Directors; Aircraft Carriers in the Atlantic; Glider Training for Canada - the story of De Havilland's glider club, the glider they are building, and the training technique they will employ; Aircraft controls - an interesting description of engine and flight controls in general and of the Anson and Bolingbroke control boxes in particular; Astral Aircraft Navigation - the first article in a series; Canadian Aircraft Production; Nice colour ad for Wright engines with air transport theme; Great full-page colour-illustrated ad for Player's cigarettes shows a deptch charge exploding behind a Canadian destroyer; Interesting article on the replacement of low alloy steel and plywood for aluminum in advanced trainers; Manufacturing Propeller Hubs; Photo ad for Black & Decker portable electric tools; Brewster ad; Plane Builder William A. McGuire passes - article with photo; Interesting photo ad for Gleeson & Leahey of Ottawa who recycle oil; Canadian Car & Foundry photo ad for their propellers; Nice ad for Eclipse Aviation shows their North American advanced trainer; Photos of Pilot officer N.D.R. Dick of Cenora, Sask., Sgt. Pilot G.D. Robertson, Toronto, and Sgt. Pilot O.F. Pickell; Intava ad on back cover mentions T.C.A.; Index of advertisers; and much more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Chips from backstrip. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
196792 pages. Features: Torado Iwasaki was cheated out of his 640 acres on Salt Spring Island; Ernest Manning's offer to merge the Alberta Social Credit Party with the federal Conservatives; Egyptian travel posters in West Germany include swastika; How We've Come to Love the Car - a 10-page exploration of this surprising cultural shift - Peterborough's Superblock and architect Gerald Robindon, Monteal's new Place Bonaventure-Canada Trade Centre (cutaway view) - with photos and brief write-ups of the following people and their vehicles - Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, Al Hamel, Dr. Morton Shulman, Harley Neilson (of the chocolate business), Dorothee Hebert and Kenneth Jarvis; Does Canada Need the Tories?; Wonderful photographic celebration of Orillia, Ontario's Centennial - with text by Jack Batten; Expose '67 - the unpredictable other half of Expo '67; Alan Eagleson and the formation of the NHL players' union (NHLPA) - article with great full-page photo of Eagleson with Carl Brewer - who later became an implacable opponent of Eagleson and his misdeeds - amazing NHL history, some of it from the dark side; Spiritualist James Wilkie of Vancouver - is his body taken over by timeless spirit Rama?; Lotta Hitschmanova helps the starving, sick and homeless in foreign lands - article with photo; Nice colour photo ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo centrefold ad for Eskilon winterwear; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Ski-doo; The Investigation Service of the Post Office Department - the secret watchers who guard your mail; Fantastic two-page colour photo ad for CBC-TV with photos of 17 of their shows/personalities; Photo ad for GM's short-lived Epic car; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1952rif. 123DGGenf, Atar S.A., 1952. Farbiger Offsetdruck auf Leinen aufgezogen. Bildformat: 74 x 94 cm.
2001rif. 22995Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut 2001. HB NODJ ISSUED Maroon Red LEATHER with Tooled Raised Bands on Spine Titled on Spine FINE CONDTION NODJ 2001 1st Edition THUS Outer Edges of pages Gold Gilt 307 PAGES with Silk Bookmark SewnIn Easton Press Books are also printed on archival-quality acid-neutral paper that is Smyth-sewn for strength and durability. . A scarce edition. Most famous of Jack Kerouac's works Fictionalized Autobiography with a cast made of Kerouac's real life friends lovers and travelers along the Road. Sal Paradise is Narrator one of Kerouac's alter-egos On the Road is a Bohemian cross-country Story that not only influenced writing in the years since its 1957 publication but permanently started Revolution in the Way Young American Think. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut hardcover
2008rif. DADAX0415988411Routledge 2008-09-04. hardcover. New. 6.50x0.75x9.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge hardcover
1985rif. 050326013Brooklands Books Ltd 1985-05-31. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Very good condition. Pages look free of notations. Brooklands Books Ltd paperback
2001rif. 22978Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut 2001. HB NODJ ISSUED Maroon Red LEATHER with Tooled Raised Bands on Spine Titled on Spine FINE CONDTION NODJ 2001 1st Edition THUS Outer Edges of pages Gold Gilt 307 PAGES with Silk Bookmark SewnIn Easton Press Books are also printed on archival-quality acid-neutral paper that is Smyth-sewn for strength and durability. . Most famous of JaCk Kerouac's works Fictionalized Autobiography with a cast made of Kerouac's real life friends lovers and travelErs along the Road. Sal Paradise is Narrator oNE OF Kerouac's Alter-egos On the Road is a Bohemian CROss-country Story that not only influenced writing in the years since its 1957 PUblication but permanently started Revolution in the Way Young American Think. First Thus. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut hardcover
1931rif. 012575Chicago: General American Tank Car Corporation 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Trade publication promoting the railroad tank car and ist consequence to the US economy. Identifies all chemical and some foodstuff liquids and how the tank car enables by way of safe speedy transportation the products and commodities it delivers. 4to brown patterned pebbled cloth gilt titles 189p illustrated with charts graphs and b&w images plus some striking ArtDeco chapter title vignettes. Uncommon railroad item. General American Tank Car Corporation hardcover
1931rif. 012575Chicago: General American Tank Car Corporation 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Trade publication promoting the railroad tank car and ist consequence to the US economy. Identifies all chemical and some foodstuff liquids and how the tank car enables by way of safe speedy transportation the products and commodities it delivers. 4to brown patterned pebbled cloth gilt titles 189p illustrated with charts graphs and b&w images plus some striking ArtDeco chapter title vignettes. Uncommon railroad item. General American Tank Car Corporation hardcover books
1990rif. 3113736Kiel: Nieswand Verlag. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Metal-bound card covers. 3926048417 . First Edition. SIGNED by bebop jazz pianist and composer Russ Freeman who also contributes to text on title page. 43pp. 13 1/4" x 19" Text in German and English. Near fine in over-size card covers bound by metal rail. Trace of foxing at blank preliminaries. Couple tiny spots on rear cover. ; 13 1/4" X 19" . Nieswand Verlag. unknown
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1973rif. 166648Wien, Springer, 1973. 3 Bde., Bd . 1 XI, 1069 S., Bd. 2 XIII, 1048 S. Bd. 3 ca. 46 S., Mit 1486 Abbildungen sowie 46 Falttafeln. Original-Leinwand, 4°. Ausführliches technisches Handbuch in drei Bänden (Band 1 und 2 Textteil, Band 3 Ringordner mit den Tafeln) mit hunderten Skizzen, Plänen (darunter auch zahlreiche Konstruktionspläne der verschiedensten europäischen Lokomotivtypen), technischen Zeichnungen, elektrischen Schaltplänen und mathematischen Abbildungen. Aus dem Inhalt: Erster Abschnitt "Berechnungsgrundlagen", zweiter Abschnitt "Der mechanische Teil (Wagenteil)", dritter Abschnitt "Die elektrische Ausrüstung", vierter Abschnitt "Triebfahrzeuge für Zahnstangenstrecken", fünfter Abschnitt "Der Trolleybus", sechster Abschnitt "Speichertriebfahrzeuge". 2. Auflage. Hardcover Band 1 noch mit Schutzumschlag, Band 2 und 3 ohne Schutzumschlag, , davon abgesehen schönes Exemplar.
2025rif. x-1032972343Routledge 2025. Hardcover. New. 282 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.45 inches. Routledge hardcover
2005rif. 132882Carindale: The Vintage Car Club of Queensland 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Carindale The Vintage Car Club of Queensland 2005. Oblong small folio 472 pages with hundreds of illustrations mainly from photographs plus a tipped-in errata slip. Gilt-decorated papered boards; front cover lightly mottled; essentially a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Number 121 of only 200 copies. Provenance: the ownership details of 'E.J. Harris 2/06' are written in ink on the front pastedown and a double-sided sheet of pencilled notes on Bentley Drivers Club South Australia Inc. letterhead. The Vintage Car Club of Queensland hardcover
1912rif. 49077Autocar Sales and Service Co: Newark NJ 1912. Very Good. Newark NJ: Autocar Sales and Service Co. 1912. Archive relating to the design sale and maintenance of an ice cream truck for the New York Ice Cream Co. Contents include a blueprint of the design 25.5x49cm; seven pieces of signed typescript correspondence from the Newark manager of the company dated October and November 1912 six typescript receipts on company letterhead dated December 1912 to May 1913; and a two-page Commercial Chassis Order Contract accomplished in typescript and manuscript signed by a representative of the New York Ice Cream Co. Some light toning and old folds else Very Good in excellent legible condition. Technical but still revelatory archive relating to a very early ice cream truck preceding the launch of Good Humor by eight years. The truck was designed in beet red and gold with black striping "New York Ice Cream Company" printed on the side with a Neapolitan Brick design on the belt panel. The total cost of the vehicle set the New York Ice Cream Company back $2375. What is lacking--and what would make Good Humor the lead in the field--are any bells or a gramophone announcing the arrival of the truck to the neighborhood. Further Reading: Daniel Tannehill Neely's "Soft Serve: Charting the Aural Promise of Ice Cream Truck Music. Newark, NJ unknown
1912rif. 49077Autocar Sales and Service Co: Newark NJ 1912. Very Good. Newark NJ: Autocar Sales and Service Co. 1912. Archive relating to the design sale and maintenance of an ice cream truck for the New York Ice Cream Co. Contents include a blueprint of the design 25.5x49cm; seven pieces of signed typescript correspondence from the Newark manager of the company dated October and November 1912 six typescript receipts on company letterhead dated December 1912 to May 1913; and a two-page Commercial Chassis Order Contract accomplished in typescript and manuscript signed by a representative of the New York Ice Cream Co. Some light toning and old folds else Very Good in excellent legible condition. Technical but still revelatory archive relating to a very early ice cream truck preceding the launch of Good Humor by eight years. The truck was designed in beet red and gold with black striping "New York Ice Cream Company" printed on the side with a Neapolitan Brick design on the belt panel. The total cost of the vehicle set the New York Ice Cream Company back $2375. What is lacking--and what would make Good Humor the lead in the field--are any bells or a gramophone announcing the arrival of the truck to the neighborhood. Further Reading: Daniel Tannehill Neely's "Soft Serve: Charting the Aural Promise of Ice Cream Truck Music. Newark, NJ unknown books
1915rif. 60717Omaha NE: McKeen Motor Car Co. 1915. Oblong 8vo. 16 pp. With photo illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers w/ cover art of Streamline Motor Car and McKeen Highway Coach on front cover photo on back cover minor shelfwear date annotations in upper right corner still a VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce catalogue touting the pioneering Streamline powered railway 300 Horsepower Motor Car which a successor to his famed gasoline car run as Union Pacific Railroad’s Motor Car 1. His later designs featured large round portholes evoking Jules Verne and innovative industrial and mechanical designs. The double trouble twin motored McKeen cars were said to have pulled twenty freight cars and the M21 was the first 70-foot car followed by M23 & M24 intended to pull passenger cars hotly supported by E.H. Harriman. McKeen redesigned carburetors transmissions running gear and the compressed air often did not work properly. The inventive genius also produced a special motor coach with Streamline features rounded rear portholes and depressed side door intended to offer highway service between Minneapolis and St. Paul MN with its’ specially designed seats which allowed for greater comfort. See: William M. Schopp Born Thirty Years Too Soon: William Riley McKeen got his Air Foi Sections reversed but had Trouble with the Power Transmission Railroad Magazine 1950. McKeen Motor Car Co., paperback
