Racing Album 1949 West Coast First Annual by Mel Steiner, Editor; Biographies by Dorothy Sloan and Tim Corkery - 1949

South Bend, IN: The Studebaker Corporation, 1925. Stamped "Indiana University Library Mar. 13, 1925" on front wrapper. 8 1/4" by 10 3/4" , 16 pages, light brown stapled wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled, Else Fine. Scarce.. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1972. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To Lenny, Good Luck Jose Torres". Fine, prior owner name and 1/72 front paste down, hidden by front flap, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, front flap price-clipped, light rubbing, 2 small closed tears bottom edge front panel. Torres was light heavyweight champion in 1965, President of the WBO from 1990-1995, and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, with a career record of 49-3-1. A boxing classic, and uncommon SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Great Lakes Athletic Association , 1918. SCARCE. 14 monthly issues with great illustrated covers bound in quarto, green cloth, gilt lettering at spine, marbled end pages, Very Good, cloth rubbed, hinges cracked yet binding holding well, some small creases and small tears to pages. Published monthly by the Great Lakes Athletic Association, devoted to the interests of the United States Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois, the Navy’s largest training installation and the home of the Navy’s only Boot Camp. Great WWI era magazines, numerous black and white photographs, lots of articles and photos about athletic teams, and wonderful color rear cover ads for Wrigley's gum. The Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team compiled a record of 7-0-2 and won the 1919 Rose Bowl, featuring three players (George Halas, Jimmy Conzelman, and Paddy Driscoll) who were later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Feb. 1919 issue features a team photo with those three… Read More

New York: Rizzoli, 1985. SCARCE. Publisher's promotional poster, 20"w x 30" h, featuring a vintage Cadu=illac on a sun-drenched street lined by palm trees. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1985. Near Fine, faint creases at corners. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20" x 30".

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1845. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt, marbled end papers, the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges, binding solid, contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

Indianapolis, Indiana: National Motor Vehicle Company RARE. No date circa 1909-1914. 48 pp. in paper over cloth stapled wrappers. The operation and care manual for National Motor Cars Car No. 7001 to --- IMPROVED SERIES V Model 40, 4 - Cylinder 4 7/8 " x 6 " Motor. Very Good, some pages with bottom corner crease, a few pages with tears. Includes a 4 page schematic diagram of the vehicle laid in, with diagrams for the various operating systems throughout and 10 pp. list of parts for Model 40 Series "V". The National Motor Vehicle Company operated in Indianapolis for 25 years, 1900-1924, and its cars enjoyed success at the early Indianapolis 500 Races. . Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 6 3/4" H x 9" W.

Connersville, Indiana: The Lexington - Howard Co., 1917. RARE. 52 pp. with Application for Standard Warranty unused at front, fold-out Wiring Diagram at rear, and 2 pp. fold-out Lexington Model 6.0.17 Oiling Diagram at middle of book. Very Good, wrappers lightly soiled, small hole to rear wrapper, Includes numerous black and white photos and diagrams. The Lexington was manufactured in Connersville, Indiana from 1910-1927. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Original Photographs A collection of seven 7" x 9" and five 8" x 10" original black and white photographs, undated but appear circa 1970s-1980s, eight depicting motorcycle racers and four, automobile racers including one SCARCE photo of Paul Newman sitting in a race car. No attribution as to photographers and no writing to verso of any of the photos. Five of the 7 x 9 motorcycle photos are European, as some of the signage shows "BMW Clubs of Europe". All are Fine to Near Fine, light soiling to the right-hand margin of the Newman photo. . Photograph. Near Fine.

New York: Rizzoli, 1985. SCARCE. Publisher's promotional poster, 20"w x 30" h, featuring a vintage Cadu=illac on a sun-drenched street lined by palm trees. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1985. Near Fine, faint creases at corners. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20" x 30".

New York: Rizzoli, 1992. SCARCE. Publisher's promotional poster,20"w x 30" h, featuring the same great close-up photograph of Ali as the cover of the book. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1992. Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20 " x 30".