Small 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. 51900, 40pp ads. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, line drawings, figures (one foldout). Very good. Mildly edgeworn, though tight and internally quite nice; preliminary leaves rather age toned and foxed. Attractive revised fourth edition of this how-to (first published 1916). For a hands-on manual that generally received heavy use this is a quite nice copy. Subtitle continues: "A Complete Exposition Explaining All Forms of Electrical Ignition Systems Used With Internal Combustion Engines of All Types, Also Includes a Comprehensive Series of Instructions Pertaining to Starting and Lighting Systems of Automobiles -- Describes Storage Battery Construction and Maintenance, Magneto Timing -- Care of Motors and Generators and Systematic Location of All Electrical Faults Invaluable to Motorists, Students, Mechanics and Repair Men Every Phase of the Subject Is Treated in an Easily Understood, Non-Technical Manner.".

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Title

Automobile Starting, Lighting and Ignition: Elementary Principles, Practical Application, Wiring Diagrams and Repair Hints.

Publisher

The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co, New York

Publication Date

1918

Binding

Hardcover

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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