The Complete Motorist
A. B. Filson Young
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1904
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Hardcover
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1904. Second and Revised Edition. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Deckled edges. Pages are mildly tanned with heavy foxing. Notable cracking to hinges, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Notable warping to boards. Book has forward lean. Seller Inventory # 1704467922ABS
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Complete Motorist
Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd
Publication Date: 1904
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
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The Complete Motorist
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The complete motorist : being an account of the evolution and construction of the modern motor-car, with notes on the selection, use, and maintenance of the same, and on the pleasures of travel upon the public roads
Published by
Wakefield : EP Publishing, 1973
ISBN 10: 0854098755
ISBN 13: 9780854098750
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The Complete Motorist
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This is the 1973 edition of the 1904 original 338 pages well illustrated. A comprehensive guide to Motors & Motoring at the time. Knowledge at the time, for the Man in the Street was 'sketchy' to say the least! and Books of this type gave an authoritive view in easy to understand terms, this was considered one of the very best & was regularly updated & revised up to WW1. Chapter Headings include the Evolution of the Motor-Car, Some Types of Petrol Car, Steam Cars, Electric Cars, The use & running of a Motor Car, The Motor Car Abroad, Concerning Tyres. etc. The final Chapter entitled: The open Road is the Authors experience as passenger to the Racing Driver Charles Jarrott during Eliminating Trials for the Gordon Bennett Race of 1904. The Book although apparantly Ex.Lib is in very good condition , it's had the fly leaf pasted back to the inside front cover and there is evidence of a label having been there . No actual library stampings the one would expect. The Jacket it a little slack and faded on the spine and across the upper part. Seller Inventory # LD 313
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The Complete Motorist
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Seller: Simon Lewis Transport Books, Coleford, GLOS, United Kingdom
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The Complete Motorist
Published by
Methuen, London, 1906
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. 6th edition. Hardback copy in red buckram, faded spine. Full-page illustrations and frontispiece. Foxed half-title page. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY. Seller Inventory # 035295
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