1919 Book for Motorists Barney Oldfield 1st Edition Firestone Tire Advertisement

Barney Oldfield

Published by Small, Maynard & Company Publishers, 1919

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Barney Oldfield s Book for the Motorist. By Barney Oldfield. With a Sketch of Barney Oldfield s Life by Homer C. George. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers. 1919. First Edition. 264 p + adverts. Original navy cloth binding measuring 7.5 x 5", 12mo. In fair condition. Navy cloth boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. White lettering on front board dulled at line 3 ("Barney Oldfield"). Ink marginalia at top edge of front end-page. Ex-libris blind stamp found on bottom corner of front end-page: "Library of William S. Jackson." Blind stamp found on bottom corner of page 16: "Rolling Wheels, Incorporated 1969 Pennsylvania." Light age-staining found on front and rear fly-leaves. Text-block clean. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Barney Oldfield (1878 - 1946) was born in a farmhouse on the outskirts of Wauseon, Ohio. In 1889, when he was 11 years old, he moved with his family to Toledo. By 1904, Oldfield was America's most famous race car driver, owning the most track wins and virtually all the world's track speed records. Until 1913, during the peak of his career and popularity, Oldfield called Toledo home. Oldfield's place in racing history and American popular culture was not due simply to his success in competition. Indeed, if this was the only measure of his success, his achievements would be viewed as mixed. Oldfield never won the greatest races of his day - the Gordon-Bennett Cup, the Vanderbilt Trophy, or the Indianapolis 500. No other driver of his day spent as many years banned from official competitions for violation of the American Automobile Club's rules. Rather, Barney Oldfield's fame and significance were achieved as a result of his being a pioneer and, more importantly, as being the man most responsible for introducing Americans to auto racing and for preventing it from becoming a gentleman's sport in the same league with Polo and Yachting. Oldfield was a pioneer, not only as a racer, but as a working class racer. First Edition. RAREA1919AFGA - 10/19 COLN1919GAFB - 02/25 - HKREV527.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1919 Book for Motorists Barney Oldfield 1st Edition Firestone Tire Advertisement
• Publisher: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers
• Publication Date: 1919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
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