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HOT ROD MAGAZINE CUSTOM LIBRARY (Bound set of twelve titles in one volume)
by Barris, George, Bob Russo et. al
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
BERKELEY, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles, California: Peterson Publishing Company / Robert E. Peterson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962-1963. Hardcover. Titles include: (First seven by George Barris) Twenty Top Customs, Custom Car Wheels and Lowering, Custom Dashboards and Detailing, Custom Scoops and Sculpturing, Custom Car Engines, Customizing with Fiberglass, Custom Pickups, Custom Hot Rods (by the Editors of Rod and Custom), Custom Headlights (multiple authors), Hot Rodding the FORD V8 by Bob Russo, Customizing the MODEL A (multiple authors) and Hot Rodding the BUICK by Bob Russo. Individual issues were released during 1962 and 1963 with a cover price of 35 cents. Bound with the original wrappers preserved, in publishers custom blue cloth binding, with gilt listing of titles on front, gilt spine lettering with publisher logo. Each issue with 64 pages, well-illustrated in b&w. Uncommon, especially in this format.; 5-1/2" x 8"; Covers rubbed along edges, small spot of damage on front cover, prior owner name and address inside front cover, front hinge slightly tender, page edges trimmed, pages generally very good but closed tears to right page edges of "FORD V8". .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Langer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3279
- Title
- HOT ROD MAGAZINE CUSTOM LIBRARY (Bound set of twelve titles in one volume)
- Author
- Barris, George, Bob Russo et. al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Peterson Publishing Company / Robert E. Peterson
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, California
- Date Published
- 1962-1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Automobiles and Trucks;
Terms of Sale
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Telephone 510-684-4146. Photos available upon request, happy to answer questions.
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About the Seller
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
BERKELEY, California
About Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Member ABAA, Member IOBA
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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