Automobile Quarterly, Volume 1, Number 1 Spring 1962 - Volume 35, Number 4 October 1996 (with Indexes) by Automobile Quarterly

Hardcover in original pictorial slipcase. Slipcase has light wear at a few spots on the edges. Inside front cover has a bookplate (sticker) on which is printed: "Autographed Courtesy of The Motorsport Collector 5120 Belmont Road, Suite L, Downers Grove, IL 60515." Michael Turner has signed this bookplate in bold black marker. (The Motorsport Collector has a long-standing relationship with Michael Turner.) Barcode on slipcase: 9782909413181. Out-of-Print.

Background: The Jackson Automotive Company was known for its extraordinarily well built cars; particularly, their luxury models built in 1914 with the Jackson Imperial at $1885.00 being their largest and most expensive and while sales were made all across the Eastern United States, the New York sales division was where the greatest number of sales took place. Earlier their focus was on racing cars and in 1908 the Jackson entry led at the Indianapolis 500 which was stopped at 235 miles due to poor track conditions and a deadly wreck; therefore, the organizers refused to declare a winner. After entering three race cars in the 1911 Indianapolis 500 they moved to emphasizing beautiful cars instead of the racing variety and at one time had 500 works producing 2,000 cars a year before the assembly line concept was introduced. E.A. Dorflinger with whom they worked closely and whose letters are in this collection was known for his craftsmanship and entrepreneurial life. Among the enclosed papers is the… Read More

Very Good softcover. Staple bound with pictorial thin card covers. Front cover is bright and clean with full autograph signatures of New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and of New Jersey Governor Richard J. Hughes in blue ink; rear cover is bright and clean but for few small, light coffee stains and very slight age darkening at tail edge; tightly bound; bright, clean interior; rear pocket is intact with three color reproductions of the bridge in Fine condition. Cf, OCLC #10504670 "Brochure on the history, design and construction, engineers, etc., involved, from the original opening of the George Washington Bridge in 1931 to the opening of the second deck of the George Washington Bridge in 1962.". Original envelope from Port of New York Authority laid in is scuffed, lightly soiled with chips and tears along edges.

LANSING, MICHIGAN: TRU-WAY CO., 1973 Book. Very Good (+) Book. Spiral Bound. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red oblong metal spiral bound book with heavy black title. Rare automotive book showing 1973 body frame diagrams and specifications. Just a few of the cars included in this (starting from front): American Motors - Javelin-AMX, American Motors Gremlin-Hornet, American Motors-Matador-Ambassador, Buick Electra, Buick LeSabre-Centurion, Buick, Buick Riviera, Buick Century - G S, Cadillac, Cadillac Eldorado, Chevrolet, Chevelle, Chevrolet Nova, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Vega, Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler, Chrysler Imperial, Dodge Monaco-Polara, Dodge, Dodge Dart, and many more!! About 8-3/4 x 11-1/2 oblong . Just mild cover wear with some light creases & nice clean pages. Very scarce!!! .

Detroit, Michigan: ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CHEVROLET CENTRAL OFFICE, 1947 Book. Very Good (+) Book. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Lime green paper with reinforced green cloth on spine, with black title & cover art. 11 x 8-1/2 with 185 pages. Rare 1947 Chevrolet book #897 (at title page)!.

Hardcover in original pictorial slipcase. Slipcase has light wear at a few spots on the edges. Inside front cover has a bookplate (sticker) on which is printed: "Autographed Courtesy of The Motorsport Collector 5120 Belmont Road, Suite L, Downers Grove, IL 60515." Michael Turner has signed this bookplate in bold black marker. (The Motorsport Collector has a long-standing relationship with Michael Turner.) Barcode on slipcase: 9782909413181. Out-of-Print.

Detroit: Motor Times, 1911. quarto. 34p. No copies recorded in OCLC. The publisher, in 1911 advertised he was desperate for subscription salesmen. Articles on Road, Track, Hill with pictures of Ray Harroun, Winner of the Indianapolis 500, also his race at Indianapolis Fair where he finished one minute behind after taking only 47 seconds to change his tire after the third mile. Articles on self-starters in 1912 cars; how owning a car saved people went there was a streetcar strike, "Milady at the wheel" (showing stylish women attired for riding in cars), Harvey Johnson employee of the E-R-I-T Company demonstrated how he could hurdle his car at high speed over railroad tracks, many photographs, ads. Very scarce in very good condition bound in original wraps.

Background: The Jackson Automotive Company was known for its extraordinarily well built cars; particularly, their luxury models built in 1914 with the Jackson Imperial at $1885.00 being their largest and most expensive and while sales were made all across the Eastern United States, the New York sales division was where the greatest number of sales took place. Earlier their focus was on racing cars and in 1908 the Jackson entry led at the Indianapolis 500 which was stopped at 235 miles due to poor track conditions and a deadly wreck; therefore, the organizers refused to declare a winner. After entering three race cars in the 1911 Indianapolis 500 they moved to emphasizing beautiful cars instead of the racing variety and at one time had 500 works producing 2,000 cars a year before the assembly line concept was introduced. E.A. Dorflinger with whom they worked closely and whose letters are in this collection was known for his craftsmanship and entrepreneurial life. Among the enclosed papers is the… Read More

Long Island City, NY: (Mack) Pricing Department. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Soft Cover. Typed Pages bound with staples and placed loosely in brown folder with silver Mack Emblem. April 1927. Pricing Department, International Motor Company. Long Island City, New York. This booklet is divided into two sections, parts list, No. 79 "AC" winch equipment and parts list No. 80, "AB" winch equipment. 17 pages of b/w plates and drawings with their mounting parts. First and last two pages have fore-edge wear with a staple hole. A few small mended edge tears. Automotive, Mack Trucks; Drawings &B/W Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Very Good softcover. Staple bound with pictorial thin card covers. Front cover is bright and clean with full autograph signatures of New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and of New Jersey Governor Richard J. Hughes in blue ink; rear cover is bright and clean but for few small, light coffee stains and very slight age darkening at tail edge; tightly bound; bright, clean interior; rear pocket is intact with three color reproductions of the bridge in Fine condition. Cf, OCLC #10504670 "Brochure on the history, design and construction, engineers, etc., involved, from the original opening of the George Washington Bridge in 1931 to the opening of the second deck of the George Washington Bridge in 1962.". Original envelope from Port of New York Authority laid in is scuffed, lightly soiled with chips and tears along edges.