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By: Baldwin, Nick
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, England, Osprey Publishing Limited: 1987
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A32811
Condition: Very Good+
Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book cover have some beginning bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "Why classic American Farm Tractors? If you have flipped through the pages already, you'll know why. If you haven't, then there's only one quick answer. A longer answer is that there is around the world a strong enthusiasm for old machinery of all kinds." View more info
By: Elliott, Ben G. and Earl L. Consoliver (M. E. )
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc.: 1932
Edition: 4th Edition
Seller ID: A35863
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The lettering on the spine of the book has dulled a bit. The text pages are clean and bright. "A gasoline engine is a type of internal combustion engine that burns gasoline for fuel. It uses a spark ignition system to generate an electrical charge with spark plugs that ignites the fuel and air inside a cylinder resulting in fuel combustion. The fuel is then... View more info
By: Ephemera [Midget Auto Racing] [Automobiles][Auto Racing]
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Oakland, CA, Bay Cities Racing Association: 1949
Seller ID: A35674
Condition: Very Good-
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized booklet with illustrated self covers and a stapled spine. This booklet is in Very Good- to Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers have some crumpling from being held. Both spine ends have some beginning tears. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes handwritten notations on the entry list page, including times for some competitors races. The trophy dash pages with heats has been filled in (three pages worth). "Midget car racing was officially born on August 10, 1933 at the Loyola High School Stadium in Lo... View more info
By: Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
Price: $175.00
Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company: 1918
Edition: 4th Edition
Seller ID: A36956
Condition: Very Good
This is a tall thin hardback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. There is one spot of beginning fraying to the rear spine joint. The book covers have some ground-in dirt and discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some beginning cracking to the rear inner hinge of the book. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name on the front endpaper. "The Automobile Club of Southern California was ... View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Dearborn, MI, Ford Motor Company: 1964
Seller ID: A36604
Condition: Very Good
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book covers have noticeable ground-in dirt, finger marks and there is a previous owner's tape reinforcement to the spine joints of the book covers. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. View more info
By: Frattolillo
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1979
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: 31795
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Photographs; This is an oversized (oblong) paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some bumping and creasing to the bottom corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "In 1934 car design altered radically. Beginning with the '34 Chrysler Airflow, the automobile developed from a functional means of transportation to a symbol of advanced design, an arbiter of taste. The face of the car became the focus of the new style and originality: people began to recognize and differentiate cars primarily by their gri... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Sacramento, CA, Towe Ford Museum of California: 1987
Seller ID: A34813
Condition: Very Good
This is a trade sized booklet with illustrated self covers and a stapled spine. The covers have some light toning, especially to the spine joints and foredges. The text pages are clean and bright. "California Automobile Museum is an automobile museum located in Sacramento, California. It has a collection of over 150 classic cars, race cars, muscle cars and early models displayed throughout 72,000 square feet (6,700 m2) of museum space. The mission of the California Automobile Museum is to preserve, exhibit, and teach the story of the automobile and its influence on our lives. The Californi... View more info
By: Gray, R. B.
Price: $100.00
Publisher: St. Joseph, IL, American Society of Agricultural Engineers: 1954
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 31384
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This is a two Volume set of oversized paperback books. Volume One has cardstock covers and a side stapled binding. Volume Two has cardstock covers and a glued binding. Both books are in Very Good+ condition and were issued without a dust jacket. The books and their contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The front cover of both volumes have a previous owner's inked name. The text pages are clean and bright. A limited edition of this (volume one) was issued in 1954 - demand for copies grew and the author, after his retirement finished Volume Two approved the Ameri... View more info
By: Gray, R. B.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: St. Joseph, MI, American Society of Agricultural Engineers: 1975
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 31391
Condition: Very Good
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers have some rubbing and light wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "The success of American agriculture may be largely attributable to the development of the agricultural tractor. A 1975 statement by Jerome A. Mark of the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that the most sustained high rate of growth in productivity has occurred in agriculture. In the last quarter of a century, fa... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Exeter Books: 1988
Edition: 1st American Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A32820
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Admiration of outstanding cars is as old as the enlightened acceptance of the car itself - since the last years of the 19th century people have flocked to motor shows to admire cars they will almost certainly never own." View more info
By: Jackson, William S. (editor)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Lewisburg, PA, Antique Automobile: 1963
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34310
Condition: Very Good+
Color Illustrations; This magazine is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a small nick / tear to the bottom spine end of the magazine. The text pages are clean and bright. "ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE magazine is published bimonthly by the Antique Automobile Club of America for its members. ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE is the country's foremost automotive historical magazine. A bimonthly publication, amply illustrated, it contains a wide range of fine antique car feature stories, historical articles, to... View more info
By: Jackson, William S. (editor)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Lewisburg, PA, Antique Automobile: 1962
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A34315
Condition: Very Good+
Color Illustrations; This magazine is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a small nick / tear to the bottom spine end of the magazine. The text pages are clean and bright. "ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE magazine is published bimonthly by the Antique Automobile Club of America for its members. ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE is the country's foremost automotive historical magazine. A bimonthly publication, amply illustrated, it contains a wide range of fine antique car feature stories, historical articles, to... View more info
By: Langworth, Richard M. and Jan P. Norbye
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Beekman House: 1985
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A32819
ISBN: 0517448130
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. "Few business stories have generated as much public interest - or as much public controversy- as the events surrounding Chrysler Corporation in the Eighties." View more info
By: Lines, Donald and Gertrude, Et Al. (editors)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Sacramento, CA, Northern California Regional Group of the Horseless Carriage Club of America: 1962
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A32226
Condition: Fair
This issue of the Brass Nuts (the Northern California Regional Group of the H. C. C. A - Horseless Carriage Club of America) is in Fair condition only. The front cover is detached but still present and has water spotting to the top edge. The magazine is side stapled The interior pages are intact, though with several edge tears. The rear cover has a hand-drawn illustration and owner's name on the lower half. There is a large circular chip missing from the spine edge right at the mailing crease. "Many collector car clubs throughout the U. S and the rest of the world recognize specialty marqu... View more info
By: Locomobile Company Of America
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Bridgeport, CT, Locomobile Company of America: 1910
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Edition
Seller ID: A36955
Condition: Very Good-
This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. There is bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The top spine joints have tearing to both, and some bumping and wrinkling. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "The Locomobile Company of America was founded in 1899, the name coined from locomotive and automobile. John B. Walker, editor and publisher of the Cosmopolitan magazine bought the plans for an early steam-powered... View more info
By: Post, Dan R. (Post-Era Books)
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Arcadia, CA, Post-Era Books: 1972
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: A37400
Condition: Near Fine
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of thebook covers have some beginning rubbing and edge wear, along with some spots of ground-in dirt. "Ford Model The Ford Model A (also colloquially called the A-Model Ford or the A, and A-bone among rodders and customizers) , was the second huge success for the Ford Motor Company, after its predecessor, the Model T. First produced on October 20, 1927, but not sold until December 2, it replaced the venerabl... View more info
By: Russell, Thomas H. with Revisions by John B. Rathbun
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Chicago, IL, Charles C. Thompson Co.: 1916
Edition: Later Printing
Seller ID: A35505
Condition: Very Good
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. "An ignition system generates a spark or heats an electrode to a high temperature to ignite a fuel-air mixture in spark ignition internal combustion engines oil-fired and gas-fired boilers, rocket engines, etc. The wides... View more info
By: Scott, Jason
Price: $45.00
Publisher: St. Paul, MN, MBI Publishing Company: 2001
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A36572
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Color Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light, but noticeable rubbing to the spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing to the edges and spine ends. "Few cars have so entrenched themselves in American history that they have become a household word, recognized and appreciated by nearly everyone. Chevrolet's Camaro is just such a car." View more info
By: Wik, Reynold M.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: St. Joseph, MI, American Society of Agricultural Engineers: 1984
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A32815
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The spine joints of the dust jacket have noticeable toning as well. The text pages are clean and bright. "Benjamin Holt and Caterpillar: Tracks and Combines is the first definitive history and scholarly study on the life and inventive genius of Benjamin Holt. Not only does it portray his invention and successf... View more info
