Language: English
Published by Leslie-Judge Company, New York, 1922
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Some rub to edges of the semi-stiff wraps, including to corners, which are purposely rounded, as made. Not largely applicable to more modern vehicles, but presumably priceless for those pre-1930 classics. Care of curtains and folding top? (Don't put them away wet!) Do you know how to keep wooden wheels from squeaking? How a mechanical oil gauge works? Fold-out chart showing the 34 points of necessary chassis lubrication. Stop car thieves by using padlocks to hold the transmission in reverse and the starter pedal in "off" position! 303 pp. including Index followed by a one-page ad for "Judge" magazine, at $5.00 per year. This antique now reduced from $11.
Language: English
Published by New York: Bantam Books # 12018 1st Edition, 1978
ISBN 10: 0553120182 ISBN 13: 9780553120189
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Darrell Greene (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------paperback. A first edition paperback original, a later Conan novel by a writer other than Conan's originator Robert E. Howard. Spine and cover creases, some edgewear, a VG copy.
Language: English
Published by Air Service Publishing Co., Washington, DC, 1926
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
No Binding. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked with very little toning. There is a chip in one page. Light soiling to the covers. The front cover is almost detached. Some chipping to the upper left corner of the front cover. Some light creases or bends in covers and pages. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Airplane's Twenty-Second Birthday" (Tribute to the Wright Brothers, its inventors--A pleas for governmental recognition of their place in history" by Comdr. John Rodgers; "Anti-Aircraft Gunnery" (An Editorial) by C. deF. Chandler; "The Aerial Torpedo (Illustrated)" with an introduction by Co. William Mitchel by Lawrence Sperry; "The City that Would Fly" by Townsend Godsey; "The Sky of Europe is Alive with Planes (Illustrated)" (Of all civil aviation companies abroad, German Aero-Lloyd appears to be the largest and most successful) by Bettie Larimore; "Society Woman Makes Army Flying Suits (Illustrated)" (Mrs. Norman DeR. Whitehouse of New York has recently received her first contract from Army Air Service) by Howard E. Greene; "Colonial Air Transport Enters Commercial Field"; "Colonel William Mitchell Declared Guilty" by H. F. Ranney; "Flights of Fact and Fancy" (The First World Flight. A Review) by Thomas R. Reed; "New Engines for Light Airplanes to be Made in Quantities by the Wright Company Model Aeronautics (Illustrated)" by Paul Edward Garber; "Sole Damage--One Broken Prop (Illustrated)" by Robert McKnight; "President's Board Advocates Expansion of Civil Aviation" (Three Cabinet Assistants to deal with aeronautical problems, and two more brigadier generals are recommended by Morrow Committee--Air Unity Opposed--Mitchell Plan Rejected. This issue contains Committee's full report.); "Notes from the Air" (Including: Must be no competition between the Government and the industry, says President Calvin Coolidge: Burgess Field of Uniontown, Pa., now open, The Collier Trophy Committee will meet in January, Colonel Bouve addresses D. C. Chapter N.A.A., Schneider Cup Race to Norfolk in 1926, Personals, etc.).
Published by Leslie-Judge Company, New York, 1926
Flexible Boards. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. The manual is richly illustrated with halftone photos and line drawings. It covers essential topics of the era, including: Engine care and lubrication. Lighting and transmission systems. Tire maintenance and driving rules. A glossary of automotive terms. A fold-out chassis lubrication chart (in certain editions). Moderate age/use wear including scuffs and rub marks. Book.
Language: English
Published by Museum of Fine Arts (MFA, Houston), in association with Scala Publishers, London, Houston, 2006
ISBN 10: 185759424X ISBN 13: 9781857594249
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine gray cloth-covered boards with title stamped in silver on spine; with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Sculpture by Joseph Havel. Essays by Howard Singerman, Alison de Lima Greene and Amelia Jones. Interview with the artist by Peter Doroshenko. Includes an exhibition checklist, exhibition history, selected bibliography and an index. 172 pp., with 80 four-color plates and additional illustrations. 12-1/4 x 9-3/8 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Published by Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publication dates: Vol. I: 1956; Vol. II: 1957. Two octavo volumes bound in blue/green cloth. B&W illustrations; endpaper maps. Condition: slight wear to bindings; bookplate mounted on copyright page of Vol. II; else very good.
Published by Three Pay Sales Corporation, New York, 1930
Seller: ABC Books, Panama, NY, U.S.A.
Flexible Cloth. Condition: Good +. B&W Photographs & Illustrations (illustrator). Revised Edtion. 408 pgs with index. Very rare title flexible cloth SC book has blind stamed black covers, with reverse gold font on fc and spine, and is in GOOD + Shape. Bumped and worn corners and spine ends, chewing upper front corner, some wrinkles, overall light soiling, blue eps, both gutter hinges split to spine and starting to seperate. Pencil doodles first few pages, some scattered foxing throughout, grease fingerprint marks on front page edges. (Apparently, this copy was actually used and rode around in the auto tool box, not just stuck in a desk drawer somewhere)! Books is square, text block is tight, without any missing or damaged pages, but with a musty odor. No DJ as issued. Neat & unusual piece of early automobile transportation history! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. MAGAZINE, 1954, 1ST EDITION, 1954. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. AS-IS. Very good- in original wrappers. General wear one corner creast on the front panel, page haloing, and a very slight marginal dampstain on Front Cvr & Light creases. Numerous photographs on the cover and inside of Hughes and his romantic interests.Light Fox & Toning back cvr which shows Chesterfield Cigarette AD feturing Actress, Deborah Kerr,Interior nice, tight clean Light Fox wear THRUOUT, & SOME small DOG EARED PGS, Approx 13 X 10 1/2 in, With Original 15 CENTS printed price on Front, Cover photograph of Hughes and "The Howard Hughes Story" in LOOK MAGAZINE Numerous photographs on the cover and inside of Hughes and his romantic interests. ETIQUETTE OF SMOKING BY AMY VANDERBILT. Men's Fashions Boys will be men. Hughes Aircraft Co. in Culver City, CA, All America Cities, Basketball Dick McGuire, Mamie Van Doren, Actress, Martha Raye, at home she's Quieter, Somerset Maugham at 80, English british author.
Published by State Historical Society of Wisc, 1956
Seller: agoodealofbooks, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1956 hardcover. no jacket. no marks. clean text. solid binding. very light age wear. Fast service with confirmation, no international or priority orders over 4lbs.
Published by Hyperion Books, New York, 1999
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Quarto. Printed white wrappers. Small sticker shadow on front wrap, else near fine.