Search Results: Auto from Andre Strong Bookseller

Milan: Electa, Massimo Osti Studio, 1990. first edition. Hardcover. Good +. 17 x 12 in. Elephant folio. Paper boards. Full-pg photos of race history in color and B&W. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers have some stains, spots and wear to corners and spine ends. Final signature of the text is a bit pulled, but overall the binding is solid. Text/photos clean and unmarked. Extra shipping may apply. Auto. RGR.

Saab Motors Inc, Competion Press, Car and Driver, Mechanix Illustrated, 1965. Paperback. Very good. Various sizes, most are 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Dates range from 1961 - 1969. Road tests, company brochures and price list, Saab newsletter, etc. Condition is Very Good; light foxing in the margin of one brochure otherwise very clean and unmarked. STK

Garden City: Doubleday and Co., 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 9 x 13 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; n wear, front has two dents. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean, a bit rubbed. Auto. Stax.

New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 10 x 8 in. Pictoral paper boards. Lavish B&W photos. Condition is NEAR FINE ; no wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; price-clipped, a bit toned with a faint stain. Auto. Stax.

New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 10 x 8 in. Pictoral paper boards. Lavish B&W photos. Condition is NEAR FINE ; no wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; price-clipped, a few tiny spots. Auto. Stax.

New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 10 x 8 in. Pictoral paper boards. Lavish B&W photos. Condition is NEAR FINE ; no wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; price-clipped, a few tiny spots. Auto. Stax.

London: Arlington Press, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 9 x 11 in. Blue paper boards. Lavish color and B&W plates. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. DJ is NEAR FINE ; no wear, very clean. Auto. Stax.

Ardmore PA: Autocar Messenger, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9 x 12 in. Full year of the periodicals bound in black cloth boards with gilt titles. Autocar Messenger was a periodical for the trucking industry. This volume has a printed plate on the front pastedown, noting that it is copy #8, and the name of the ad manager it was presented to. Condition is VERY GOOD ; just the edges of the boards appear to have been partially chewed by mice. Binding tight and text bright and unmarked. Auto. Stax.

New York: Automobile Blue Book Pub. Co., 1912. first edition. Hardcover. Very good +. 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. 994 pp. Semi-rigid dark blue calf boards with gilt titles. Numerous maps and advertising, some chromolitho color ads. The name of the Acadian Hotel (which was in Castine Maine) is stamped in gilt on the upper front, clearly this was an option in ordering copies. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; leather is supple with no splits to joints. Covers extremely clean with minimal wear to edges. A few chips to calf at the spine head. Binding tight and solid. Text spotless. Scarce 1912 edition. Auto/Travel. RGR.

Chicago: Automobile Blue Books, 1926. Hardcover. Good +. 5 x 9 in. Faux morocco-semi-rigid covers. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers very dusty with faint stains. Minor wear. Binding tight, text very clean. Aut. Stax.

New York: Hastings House, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 7 x 10 in. Blue paper boards. Lavish B&W plates. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not price-clipped, very clean, a bit rubbed, spine sunned.

Chicago: Automotive Publishing Co., 1920. Hardcover. Fair. 11 x 8 in. 768 pp. Blue cloth boards. Some text but mostly blueprint pages with diagrams. Condition is FAIR ; covers a wreck. Covers detached but present. First 2 blanks detached but present, Text binding is otherwise fine. Lacks last few blanks. Text has some spotting and foxing, but the blue prints are all very clean and sharp. Highly useful for auto restoration. Auto. Stax.

UK: Profile Pub., 1967. Pamphlet. Very good. 7 x 10 in. Paper wraps. 9 pp. with B&W photos. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers have a small stain, one corner dogeared. Stapled binding tight, text clean. Auto. Stax.

Los Angeles: Floyd Clymer, 1948. Paperback. Very good. 6 x 8 in. Paper wraps. B&W plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; very clean, toned at spine, mild edge wear. Binding tight. Gift message on title pg., text unmarked. Auto. Stax.

US: Automobile Quarterly, 1978. Second edition, fifth printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. 10 x 8 in. Faux morocco boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild wear, upper edges dust stained. Binding tight and text unmarked. PO's bookplate on front pastedown. DJ is GOOD+ ; rubbed, edges chipped with small closed tears, some with internal tape repairs. Auto. Stax.

Cincinnati OH: Crosley Corporation, 1950. Paperback. Very good. 14 page Manual, 2-sided, folded Service Policy and red hang-tag, in original printed envelope. No date - Crosley was active from 1939-1952 so I am guessing 1950. Condition is Very Good; all very clean and unmarked, service policy has not been filled-out. STK

Berlin: Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. 405 pages + ads. Text in German. Condition is Very Good; Cloth on spine darkened, small tears at top of spine, front hinge starting to crack, but holding well, text & illustrations are very clean. STK

USA: Dupont Registry, 1998. Paperback. Near Fine. 8 x 11 in. Magazine. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like new on all points. Auto. Stax.

MA : Bentley Publishing, 2006. first edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 8 x 11 in. 683 pp. Scarlet cloth boards. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. Covers and text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; very clean, a hint of rubbing, small PO's address sticker on rear. Auto. Stax.

UK: Dakton Watson Books, 1993. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 9 x 10 in. Red faux calf boards. Lavish color photos. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like new on all points but with two ink marks on lower edge. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; clean and bright, a bit rubbed. Auto. Stax.