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Bennett, Martin. . Rolls-Royce: The History of the Car. . NY: Arco (1974). Hard Cover. Illustrated history of the Rolls from 1904 to 1966. 179 pp, index, specifications. Jacket has 1/2" tear & 4" crease on back panel, light edgewear. . Near Fine in Very Good DJ
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Bennett, Martin. . Rolls-Royce: The History of the Car. . Somerset : Haynes / Oxford Illustrated Press (1988). Hard Cover. Reprint. New revised edition includes Rolls from 1904 to 1980s. 183 pp, index, specifications. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Bird, Anthony and Ian Hallows. . The Rolls-Royce Motor Car. . NY: Crown 1972. Hard Cover. Third edition. The cars and the men who designed and made them. 328 pp, specifications, index, b&w photos. VG with light bottom shelfwear, in VG- dj with 2" tear, edgewear. Revised edition. Very Good in VG- DJ
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Boyne, Walter J. . Power Behind The Wheel: Creativity and the Evolution of the Automobile. . NY: Stewart, Tabori and Chang 1988. Hard Cover. First edition. The design and technical advances of the automobile, with chapters on history, chassis & engines, automotive misadventures and the great custom cars, past and present. A square book, 10 X 10", with many historical and contemporary photos and a good index. Photographs by Lucinda Lewis. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Burness, Tad. . Cars of the Early Twenties. . Philadelphis: Chilton 1968. Hard Cover. First edition. 271 pages, numerous photos, a few in color. Light wear on bottom board edges. Dust jacket has a few creases. Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Frostick, Michael. . The Mighty Mercedes. . London: Dalton Watson 1973. Hard Cover. Revised. 450 b&w photos of the cars from earliest to current. Slightly dusty dj with 1/2" tear. . Near Fine in Very Good DJ
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Georgano, G. N. (editor). . The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. . NY: Dutton 1970. Hard Cover. Fourth impression/printing. Over 4100 automobiles. 48 color photos & 1974 black & white. 640 pages of text. Large heavy book in green cloth boards. Dust jacket has a one-inch tear and some creases at the edges. Fine in Very Good DJ
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Georgano, G. N. (Editor). . Encyclopedia of American Automobiles. . First American edition. NY: Dutton 1971. Hard Cover. First edition. 222 pages, index, over 450 b/w and color photos. Includes almost every Canadian and American made autos from 1891 to 1960s. Blue cloth boards. Silver dust jacket . Clean and unmarked. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ
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Hornung, Clarence P. . Portrait Gallery of Early Automobiles. . NY: Abrams 1968. Hard Cover. Fascinating view of automobiles from 1853 to 1915 contains 100 color plates by Hornung, with introduction, notes & comments. 14x11". Small bump on rear board corner & last few few pages. Dust jacket has small creases at top corners. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ
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Hough, Richard (Editor). Aldous Huxley, Henry Miller, etc. . Motor Car Lover's Companion. . NY: Harper & Row 1965. Hard Cover. Well-known writers, among them Aldous Huxley, W. O. Bentley, Ian Fleming, Henry Miller and Osbert Sitwell, tell of their love affairs with automobiles. A nice copy, marred only by a couple of one-inch scrapes on the jacket's back panel. Photos of old cars. . Fine in VG+ DJ
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Lewis, David L., Mike Mccarville, Lorin Sorensen. . Ford 1903 to 1984. . NY: Consumer Guide/ Beekman House 1983. Hard Cover. First edition thus. Year-by-year chronicle of the cars and the people who made them. 384 pp, photos, index. . Fine in Fine DJ
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Nicholson, T. R. . The Wild Roads: The Story of Transcontinental Motoring. . NY: Norton 1969. Hard Cover. First edition. VG (couple of water spots on front board). First inter-urban drive in 1888, 1st transcontinental trip in 1903, and round the world in 1908, etc. . Index. Dust jacket has rubbing at rear fold and corners. Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Norbye, Jan P. . BMW: Bavaria's Driving Machines. . Skokie, IL: Publications International 1984. Hard Cover. First edition. Comprehensive history with black & white and color plates, technical data and index. 256 pp. Fine in VG+ jacket with light edgewear. Fine in VG+ DJ
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Schrader, Halwart. . The Supercharged Mercedes. . Lausanne, Switzerland: Etita 1979. Hard Cover. First English language edition. Translated by D.B. Tubbs. History, details, photos & drawings of the classic & racing cars from 1922 to 1939. 96 pages. 11x12". Small spot on bottom board edge, trace of small stamp (BBB) on bottom page edges, in dj with 1/4" tear on back, 1/4" chip at top front corner. Carlo Demand drawings. . Very Good in Very Good DJ
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Setright, L. J. K. . The Designers: Great automobiles and the men who made them. . Chicago: Follett 1976. Hard Cover. No statement of edition. 199 pages, numerous photos, b&w and color, index. Dust jacket has slight edgewear. Fine in Very Good DJ
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Stern, Philip Van Doren. . A Pictorial History of the Automobile as seen in Motor Magazine. . NY: Viking 1953. Hard Cover. First edition. VG (corner bumps) in VG dj (edgewear, 2" tear). History in text and black and white photos and illustrations of cars from the earliest in 1890s to 1953. Index. . Very Good in Very Good DJ
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