Search Results: Transportation: Automotive from The Owl at the Bridge

University of Chicago Press [1965]. Hard Cover. xiv, 265 p., illus., maps, ports.; 25 cm. While the automobile was not an American invention, mass production was; it was mass production which allowed the growth of the industry. ISBN (10): 0226702634. Stock#47168. Vg / dj vg.

Long Island City, N.Y.: Daimler Manufacturing Co., 1961. Soft Cover. [35] p., illus.; 20 cm. Title continues: "the Daimler Motoren-Gesellschaft of Unterturkheim, Germany by Mercedes-Benz Sales, inc. (South Bend, Ind.); Daimler Manufacturing Company." "A faithful copy of a brochure issued in 1906." Stock#45295. Vg / soft cover.

Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, c1916. Hard Cover. 302 p., illus., diagrs.; 17 cm. Manual for electrical systems of automobiles of a century ago. Good, cover darkened with spots, this book has been used in a garage. Stock#47165.

Philadelphia, Chilton Book Co. [1968]. Hard Cover. 186 p., diagrams, photos, color 3-sheet transparent overlay; 26 cm. Technical editor and writer: Ronald M. Weiers. Volkswagen automobiles, "all types and models 1949-1968." Stock#39908. Bound in Brown cloth stamped in black & white; Good; ex-library; corners worn/ no dj.

Greenwich, CT, Bison Group, [1983]. Hard Cover. 96 p., 81 color, 33 b/w illus., , index, .31 cm. The history of this prestigious English automobile from the early models, Silver Ghosts, Phantoms, Springfield built models, post WWII cars up to models of 1982, Stock# 43,928. Vg / dg good, portion of front corner torn off.

NY, Gallery Books, ©1989. Hard Cover. 288 p., color illus.; 34.5 cm. This seems to be just a pretty book because of its many color photos. But it's a serious study of the development of the Corvette, with a chapter on its technical history. Stock#46260. VG / dj vg.

NY, Gallery Books, ©1985. Hard Cover. 192 p., illus. (mostly color); 31 cm. "America's first and only sports car." "Conceived by Harvey Earl, Corvette was given proper sports car power by Ed Cole." Stock#46261. Vg / dj vg.

NY, Volkswagen of America, Inc., 2006. [16] p., illus.; 21.5 x 10.5 cm. Volkswagen had some fun promoting its Passat model. The reader could judge from 15 categories with humor listings how much ego emissions they generated. Considering how Volkswagen was fudging on exhaust emissions there is ironic hubris in this Germanic smugness. Stock#47840. Vg / pamphlet.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1957]. Hard Cover. x, 374 p. illus., index, 25 cm. During the first decade of the 20th Century, Automobile races were where performance was developed and where the public's attention was captured. This well illustrated book is rich in historical detail. Stock# 42,475. Vg / no dj.

NY, Mallard Press [1990]. Hard Cover. 112 p., color illus.; 37 cm. "Founded mainly on the talents and energies of William Lyons, [Jaguar] succeeded in producing an attractive performance car at a much lower cost than their competitors. " Stock#46259. Vg / dj vg.

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & Co. [©1916]. Hard Cover. vi, 384 p., 1 leaf, color front., 15 plates, 12 maps; 19 cm. Novel composed as a series of letters from an English traveler who explores the northeastern U.S.-- Long Island, upper New Jersey, the Hudson Valley, the Connecticut coast, the White Mountains... very good for automobile travel in those early years. Stock#47097. Vg / color pictorial front cover; no dj.

N.Y. Privately Printed, 1941. Hard Cover. 41 p., 4 plates, 21.5 cm. A Note on the Society with List of Members and Chronicle of the Society's Activities. Presentation slip from Society President Albert Eugene Gallatin. The club seems to have met at Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and held elaborate dinners, the menus for many of which are printed here. One of 125 copies. Stock #29,176. Vg, tan boards, spotted; internally bright & clean.

Detroit, Mich., Chrysler Corporation. Plymouth Division {1939]. Soft Cover. 52 p., illus.; 21.5 cm. Manuals for these pre-WWII Plymouths don't appear in the market or in libraries. Good+, covers slightly used / soft cover. Stock#47167.

San Francisco, Calif., Polyprints [197-?]. Soft Cover. [v], 120, [7] p., ill.; 22 cm. "Reprinted with permission of Ford Motor Company by Polyprints, San Francisco, California." "This parts price list is an exact reproduction as published by the Ford Motor Company at the time model A and B cars were being manufactured by the company" (p. [v]). Includes index. Good, well used, covers soiled, text clean. Stock#47166.

Detroit, Mich., Chrysler Corporation. Plymouth Division. 1940. Soft Cover. 194 p., illus., 27.5 cm. Cover title. Well illustrated guide for mechanics to attend to every part of the pre-WW/II Plymouth. Stock#L-285. Good, used, bookplate / softcover, soiled.

Bendix S.A., Clichy, Octobre 1935 [Damour, Paris]. Advertising pamphlet for Bendix motor parts (boulon traversant; clavette; barillet); in French. 17.5 x 69cm. folded in thirds, 2 sketches, 4 photos; printed in red & black on cream paper; folds worn; good+. Stock#29322.

NY, Bonanza Books [c.1950]. Hard Cover. 213 p., illus., ports., facsims.; 28 cm. "In 1910 Floyd Clymer was the youngest car dealer in the US. He started selling cars at age 11, in Berthoud, Colorado." Stock#46304. Vg, owner stamp on fly leaf / dj edges soiled, no tears.

Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, 1970. Soft Cover. [40] p., illus. (8 color); 23 x 30 cm. Exhibition held July 19-Sept. 20, 1970. Catalog design by Malcolm Greer. Vg, bookplate / soft cover. Stock#47170.