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THE AUTOMOBILE: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor-Cars
by Hasluck, Paul N.,
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1909. THE AUTOMOBILE: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor-Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric [3 volume set]. ND [foreword dated 1909]. Subscribers only special issue. 3 volumes complete. xvi, 480pp; xii, 451; xi,452- 864 12 plates, 16 portraits, 1323 illustrations and a disesectional colour model of a car [lacking tipped-in front wheel]. Bound in the original red cloth. The spines have sunned as usual but sound text block and in generally sound condiiton. Volume one spine in need of attention. Based on Lavergne's L'Automobile sur route pub. in 1900 in French.. 1st 3 volume edition. Hardback. V.g.. large 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Le237
- Title
- THE AUTOMOBILE: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor-Cars
- Author
- Hasluck, Paul N.,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- 1st 3 volume edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- large 8vo
- Keywords
- vintage cars
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transport;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Thomas Rare Books
7 day return if mis-described
About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
Out-of-print books and maps
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