The Big Book of Cars - Racing Cars, Test Track, Sport Cars, Old Cars - Information and Authentic Pictures About All Types of Cars

Sutton, Felix

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1954

About this Item

24 Un-Numbered Large Pages. Minor scuffing to top and bottom spine area. No other defects noted and interior text and illustration pages are near flawless. Colorful laminated wrap-around boards. Yellow endpapers with the logos of Ford, Chrysler, MG, Hudson, Austin, Jaguar, Buick, Cadillac, Rolls-Royce, De Soto, Pontiac Chevrolet Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, Lincoln, Oldsmobile Studebaker, Nash, Dodge Kaiser, Plymouth, Willys, and Packard. The pages are filled with very colorful photographs of many if not most, pre-1954 Automobiles. Some examples 1898 Pope-Columbia, Duryea, 1903 Winton, Ford Model-T, Chrysler C-200 Convertible, and all of the 1954 production cars. There is a Maserati that boasts of a powerful engine that develops 145 h.p. and a top speed of 150 mph. There is double spread of a colorful illustration How A Car Is Assembled that begins with a Stock Storage and ends with a Final Inspection. It takes eight hours and 38 minutes to put a body together. On the final assembly line it takes 87 minutes to turn a chassis into a finished car. There is a full page illustration on types of engines and another page demonstrating the power cycles. The pages for unusual cars includes Franklin, Stutz, Riker Hansom Cab, Hewitt Electric Bus, and the Cord. There are two pages of Traffic Signs and Rules of The Road. In 1954 there more American cars built than the rest of the world combined.

Seller Inventory # 19534

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Big Book of Cars - Racing Cars, Test Track, Sport Cars, Old Cars - Information and Authentic Pictures About All Types of Cars
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, New York
• Publication Date: 1954
• Binding: Hard Back
• Illustrator: Hill, Tom - Pictures
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued