The Age of the Automobile by Perkin, Harold James

London: Quartet Books, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.

1976. The author parallels the advance of the internal combustion engine in a way which is both enlightening and entertaining. Lilac hardbound covers with silver lettering in fine condition, D/J in fine condition.. First Edition.

London: Quartet Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0704321122 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 28 b/w photographs and illustrations on plates. 250 pages clean and tight. The internal combustion engine is only a little older than the twentieth century itself, and for better or worse it has done more to shape the character and development of the modern world than any other mechanical invention. As the nineteenth century was the age of the railway, therefore, so the twentieth century is the age of the automobile, and Harold Perkin follows the success of his fascinating book The Age of the Railway with this new history - not simply of developments in the motor car and its sinister cousins the tank and the warplane, but of their impact on British society in peace and war from Edwardian times to the present. 'The well-intentioned motor car', 'this lovable,… Read More

Quartet Books, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Quartet Books, 1976. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g./V.g.. Little used.

Quartet Books, 1976-08-23. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First Edition with dust jacket & SIGNED BY AUTHORas a dedication to the actor Robert Hardy -Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post

London: Quartet Books, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiii 249 pages, indexed, illustrated. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. "The internal combustion engine is only a little older than the twentieth century itself, and for better or worse is has done more to shape the character and development of the modern world than any other mechanical invention...."

London,, 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good with some shelfwear at edges. In good dust jacket, with light creasing and surface wear.. 8vo. pp xiii, 250. Colour illustrated dust jacket with yellow and white lettering on black. Publisher's purple boards with silver lettering at spine. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Signed by the author, inscribed to Madeleine Ginsburg and her husband Leslie at title page; ""To Madeleine + Leslie, with all good wishes, Harold Perkin."" ISBN: 0704321122

London,, 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good with some shelfwear at edges. In good dust jacket, with light creasing and surface wear.. 8vo. pp xiii, 250. Colour illustrated dust jacket with yellow and white lettering on black. Publisher's purple boards with silver lettering at spine. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Signed by the author, inscribed to Madeleine Ginsburg and her husband Leslie at title page; ""To Madeleine + Leslie, with all good wishes, Harold Perkin."" ISBN: 0704321122