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1950 2nd ed NOT co-authored by Jennings - 1960 print - (2e/10p) - hardb/8vo/614pp ~  Full blue cloth on boards with gold title letters on a black strip ~ In very good condition with no dj issued - The covers have slight rubbing and sun to the backstrip - Owner name on slightly tan eps - All else are clean, secure, unmarked and not worn ~ Contents:  This textbook provides  fundamental and factual knowledge of the 1950's internal combustion engine and its components for students of engineering - Numerous detailed figures, tables and  four 22x17 in. pull-out grafts as well ~ YSB #11648

Albany, NY: Delmar, 1992. Soft cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 450pp. Indexed. Photos & drawings. Front corners a bit thumbed.

Laminated boards with very minor surface wear, otherwise very good throughout. 79 pages outlining the history from 1868 of a foundry and engineering works which became the manufacturing base for Volvo engines. Illustrated in both black and white and colour.

Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, (1991).. Previous owner's name stamp, Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1991.

New York, New York: Castle Books. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. 237 pages: 8 x 10.25 in.: 1.8: KB#005021: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. LCCN# 68-27198. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for white out spot) , brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Copy has small whited out area on front and back flyleaf pages. Dustjacket has many small edge cuts. "Thus begins this thrilling photographic essay on what is perhaps the greatest cinema prop that has ever been conceived of - the automobile. In more than two hundred photographs, many never previously collected within the pages of a book, you will meet some of the screen's greatest stars of yesterday and today as they embark upon adventures in cars old and new - Tin Lizzies, Rolls Royces, and even racers. " .

New York: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to, 456+ pages, maroon cloth; ex Abraham Smardyk, inked letters on bottom margin These papers from the engineers focus largely on the special challenges posed by the WWII, such as air cargo, problems in wood aircraft, wartime replacement parts, storage battery performance at low temperatures, deficiences of passneger planes converted for cargo transport, etc. Diagrams, charts, photogravures.

Washington DC: War Department, 1942. Revised edition. Stapled wrappers. Very Good. 8vo, 144 pages, wrappers, inked name on top cover Extensively illustrated, comprehensive treatment of the Indian and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, both chan and shaft-driven, used by the U. S. military.

acceptable. paperback. cover and corner wear. 2nd edition. small stains on book edge. bent page corners. notes.

Boston: Christopher Publishing, ( 1941 ). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 12mo, xii, 155 pages, red cloth Stevens, a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers argues that research and design can eliminate 2/3ds of road deaths. Has Ralph Nader read this? "The mission of this volume ... is to call attention to the visibility factor in automobiles, which heretofore has been overlooked in organized safety work - Foreword." Was this book suppressed? Bought up? Its scarcity suggests that it was - but so does the blue-pencilled message on the front pastedown, "Destroy" !!