Automotive from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

New York: The Derry-Collard Company, 1903. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Khaki green cloth over beveled boards with black lettering and red decorations. 81pp. Frontispiece, numerous figures, decorative endpapers. Very good. Quite mild binding soiling only, else tight and internally near fine. Attractive first edition of the first book by this pioneering American mechanical engineer, inventor and machine shop innovator (1848-1923).… Read more about this item

London: The Automobile Association, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow paper over boards. 272pp, 48pp maps. Text and map endpapers. Very good. Binding mildly mildly worn, with spine slightly sunned, but overall tight, clean, nice. First edition of this in-depth road guide to, as front board notes, "Hotels Garages Service Map General Information" for travelers in England, Wales and Scotland. A… Read more about this item

New York: The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co, 1918. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. 51900, 40pp ads. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, line drawings, figures (one foldout). Very good. Mildly edgeworn, though tight and internally quite nice; preliminary leaves rather age toned and foxed. Attractive revised fourth edition of this how-to (first published 1916). For a hands-on… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Floyd Clymer, 1952. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. 277pp, (2pp ads). Numerous illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Mild edgewear, mainly along spine. A tight, attractive 11th edition of this popular 1932 study -- "a survey," notes the front wrapper, "of all modern diesel engines and installations.

Los Angeles: Merle Norman Cosmetics, 1978. Hardcover. Photographs by Dennis R. Millard. 4to. Red pebble-grained cloth with copper embossed lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 277pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First, unspecified limited edition of this sumptuous production, with "The Sounds of San Sylmar" 45prm record in sleeve… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 208pp. Extensive illustrations (many color or partly color). Very good. Ford Tractor dealership name/address inkstamped inside front wrapper. Bright, tight and attractive first edition of this annual compilation of (to cite front wrapper) "Practical * Scientific * Up-to-the-Minute" advice meant for "Farm * Ranch * Home"… Read more about this item

Dearborn: Ford Motor Company, 1977. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown paper over board with gilt lettering and pictorial giltstamping, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Numerous small graphics. Fine/fine. First edition -- tight, handsome -- of one of the few automotive-related cookbooks you'll find! A sharp, lovely copy.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 226pp. Illustrations, tables. Fine/near fine. Tight, handsome second printing -- boldly signed by Lutz in black fineline on the front flyleaf. Copies of this title signed by the legendary Swiss American auto executive (born 1932) are surprisingly… Read more about this item

Oregon, WI: Old Time Auto Parts, Inc, 1974. Paperback. 4to. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. 17pp. Near fine. Outer wrappers (only) a tad age toned, else internally fine. Rather crude, homespun mimeographed production, a parts catalogue for Model A restorers -- with prices that bring a tear to one's eye. Interesting.

Chicago: The Model T Ford Club International, 1992. Paperback. 13 issues, running from 1992 (November-December), 1994 (full year, lacking July-August), 1995 (January-February, July-August, September-October, November-December) and 1996 (January through June). 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers, all but one with stiff yellow decorative outer mailing wrappers still present. 48pp, 48pp, 48pp, 48pp, 52pp, 48pp, 48pp, 48pp, 56pp, 48pp, 48pp, 48pp,… Read more about this item

Port Washington, WI: Model A's & Things, n.y.. Paperback. 4to. Pictorial wrappers. (14pp). Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) lightly age toned and worn, though internally near fine. Catalogue No. 273 of this Model A parts catalogue for restorers, undated but circa 1972. Accompanied by a seconds, similar item: "Rick's 1973-1974 Model A Catalog #210," a 67-page small 4to… Read more about this item

Burbank: The Model T Ford Club of America, 1987. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 57pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Tight, nice issue of this bi-monthly publication for vintage Ford aficionados -- restoration tips, how-to, adventures, anecdotes, etc.

Greenwich, CT: Bison Books Corp, 1988. Hardcover. Folio. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Near fine/near fine. First edition of this superbly illustrated overview, tight and nice.

Cleveland: Corday & Gross Co, 1945. Hardcover. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Foreword by Jerome C. Hunsaker. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 125pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, color charts, hand tipped illustration, decorations. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn, with small edge chips (mainly along top) and somewhat sunned spine. First edition, tight and decent. Goodyear Tire business history.… Read more about this item

Peoria, IL: Caterpillar Inc, 1990. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine. Edition not ascertainable, but a thorough self-published business history of this famed builder of tractors and other farm and construction equipment.

Glen Ellyn, IL: Crestline Publishing, 1971. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards. 320pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Revised edition.

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pink wrappers (plastic spiralbound) with color front cover label housed in original presentation box with color label. Near fine/very good. Minor separations on the box corners, but archivally repaired, thus strong and attractive -- and the calendar itself, having remained in the box, is as close to pristine as it… Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books, 1983. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Extensive illustrations (most color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Small red remainder mark on outer page edges. Tight, handsome reprint edition.

Somerset, U.K.: Haynes Publishing Group, 1983. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards, dust jacket. (Ca. 100pp). Extensive illustrations (many color). Very good/near fine. Boards very slightly bowed. A tight, most handsome first edition of this highly unusual love affair between (to quote the jacket front flap) "a twentieth-century American art director and... a very British, and rather haughty,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Theodore Audel & Co, 1964. Hardcover. 16mo. Black cloth, dust jacket. 584pp, (8pp ads). Illustrations, diagrams, decorated endpapers. Very good/good plus. First edition. Detailed, step-by-step procedural manual covering maintenance and repair for ten import cars including Fiat, Volkswagen, Volvo, Saab and others.