Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia
by A.L. Dyke
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€28.03€19.62
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The Goodheart-Willcox Company, 1949 The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Chicago, IL. 1949. Hardcover. Stated 21st Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips and board edges; board bottom edges have areas of wear through fabric; fold-out tri-fold sheets in addenda have wear to edges from a misfitting in the text. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright white lettering and borders on the spine and front board. Indexes and advertisements as endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 1244 pp + 144 pp Addenda 4to. This book contains the Elementary Principles, Construction, Operation and Repair of Automobiles, Gasoline Engines and Automotive Electrical Systems; including Trucks, Tractors, Motorcoaches, Automotive Diesel Engines and Motorcycles. This book has been compiled with three general classes of readers in mind: the student, the repairman, and the car owner. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping. Priority mailing will require additional postage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016922
- Title
- Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia
- Author
- A.L. Dyke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Publisher
- The Goodheart-Willcox Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia, automobile repairs, automobile fuel systems, automobile electrical systems, clutch functions, carburetor functions, automotive industry, understanding automobiles and trucks, automobile mechanics,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Automobiles;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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