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The Motor year book 1951
by POMEROY, Laurence & WALKERLEY, Rodney
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/in illustrated wraps
- Seller
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Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Temple Press, 1951-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/in illustrated wraps. Hardcover, First Edition Temple Press 216 pages. Very Good+, in a Good+ DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to blue cloth boards with gilt titles - corners sharp. Boards are nice and clean. Previous owner stamp on inside front cover (he was an Automotive Historian). Moderate shelf/edge wear and some chipping to original Clipped DJ - now in mylar. Previous owner used old-fashioned tape to reinforce the DJ edges which caused them to turn brown.Endpapers show minor shadowing from the yellow DJ. An illustrated review of the year's new cars, technical trends, racing and records for 1951 in the UK(England). information on many lesser known marques. LOC SSS-22
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 181019001
- Title
- The Motor year book 1951
- Author
- POMEROY, Laurence & WALKERLEY, Rodney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- in illustrated wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Temple Press
- Date Published
- 1951-01-01
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
Biblio member since 2007
Dearborn, Michigan
About Eyebrowse Books - MWABA
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Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Gilt
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- LOC
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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