Search Results: Automotive History from Mare Booksellers

No Place: Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. Wraps. Good. No place or date. Presumed New York, 1945. Illustrated wraps, with the red flying horse logo present on the front cover. 47 pages. Illustrations throughout. A promotional almanac promoting Mobil oil and gas for a variety of uses, accompanied by the usual monthly almanac information. GOOD condition. Wrappers a bit soiled, stained and toned. Minor creasing, tearing and curling to the corners. Faint dampstain present to the upper fore edge in the interior.

No Place: Ford, presumed Publisher. Wraps. Very Good. No place or date, presumed circa 1982. Color photo illustrated wraps. Square quarto. 19 pp. Color photos throughout. A promotional sales booklet advertising the various models of the 1982 Ford Mustang, including the GLX series, and providing a look at the technical aspects and features of the various modes. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, rubbing and edgewear. A hint of a musty odor when opened.

No Place: Ford, Presumed Publisher, 1970. Wraps. Very Good. Wraps. Quarto, approximately 8 1/2 by 11 inches. 8 pp., including covers. Color photos and illustrations throughout. A promotional booklet advertising Ford Club Wagons (passenger vans), including conversion vans designed for camping or travel. Including basic specs for the vehicles, as well as optional custom features. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and scuffing to the covers. Light edgewear. Minor soiling to the rear cover.

Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company/Easton Press, 1999. Full Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Green leather with gilt ruling and decorations. Pastedown color photo of a truck on the front cover. Silk endpapers. 160 pp., including index. No publication information from Easton Press on the interior, but their logo is present on the lower spine. With color photos throughout. A history of the production and evolution of the American pickup truck, covering its pre-history, minitrucks, modified pickups of the 1950s, the Ford Ranchero and the Chevrolet El Camino and others. NEAR FINE condition. A hint of rubbing and fading to the covers. Interior clean and solid.

Cleveland: The White Motor Company, Publisher, 1947. Wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps. 11 pp. A financial report issued by the The White Motor Company, including the usual tables, as well as a text summary that mentions transitioning from war to peacetime production, supply shortages and worker strikes. The White Motor Company was an US automobile manufacturer in operation from 1900 to 1980, with a focus on building trucks and larger vehicles. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor toning and soiling.

Boston: Walker Lith and Pub. Co, 1909. Unbound. Good. Single sheet, folded, about 27 by 34 inches unfolded. Paper mounted on linen. A color road map of Eastern Massachusetts, depicting the Boston area, as well as parts of the North and South Shore. GOOD condition. Heavy browning, with moderate to heavy scattered soiling and staining to the map and linen. Ink stain to the Lynn area.

New York: J.F. Taylor and Company, 1901. Half Leather. Good. #44 of 450 copies of the edition de Grande Luxe. Half leather with marbled boards. Folio. 411 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A history and survey of a variety of sports in the United States. This includes section on women's golf and records; men's golf and records; tennis and squash; New York tuxedo tennis; Boston tennis; polo; fox hunting and drag hunting; automobiles and driving; theory of play in modern lawn tennis; yachting and steam yachting, etc. GOOD+ condition. Uneven fading and minor to moderate scuffing to the covers. Leather worn along the hinges, with some scuffing to the spine.

Long Island, NY: Hampton Press, 1949. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 45 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A program guide to auto road races held in June of 1949. The Bridgehampton Road Races were first held on public roads from 1915 to 1921, with the races revived again starting in 1949. They were held on public roads until 1953, when a crash and death caused the state of New York to ban road racing. The Bridgehampton Road Races Corporation was then formed, creating a private road circuit where races were held again, starting in 1957. This program is presumably for some of the first of the revived road racing, and features biographies of the various drivers, as well as photos and descriptions of the cars being used in the races. Many ads, etc., also present. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading, toning and soiling. Light scuffing and wrinkling.

No Place: No Producer. Unbound. Good. No producer, place or date. Perhaps 1970s. 1 5/8 inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Advertising pinback for the VW or Volkswagen Beetle, reading "Bug Me" with the WV logo beneath. Small union slug on the curl. GOOD+ condition. General fading and scuffing to the face, with minor loss of blue ink in a few spots.

Brooklyn: Carbooks Inc. Soft Cover. Good. Un-paginated. With black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A manual to basic repairs, tune-ups, and maintenance for the 1966 to 1972 Corvette. GOOD condition with moderate soiling, minor staining and writing to the covers. General fading, scuffing and edgewear. Minor foxing and soiling to the page edges. Interior solid with minor scattered soiling.

No Place: General Motors, Publisher. Unbound. Good. No place or date, presumed early to mid 1960s, based on Frederic G. Donner's name listed as chairman. Cream folder with 5 loose plates. Oblong format. Plates measure approximately 8 by 11 inches, with the illustrations printed in black on gold foil, and tipped onto the larger thin matte paper. Brief note on the inside of the folder touting how far General Motors had come. Cars depicted include: Pontiac Coupe 1926, Chevrolet Royal Mail Roadster 1914, Buick Model C 1905, Curved Dash Oldsmobile 1903 and the Cadillac Model A 1902. GOOD to VERY GOOD condition. Folder with some stains, toning, foxing and soiling to the exterior. Minor foxing to a few of the plates (on the matte paper). Minor wrinkling to the pastedown illustrations, perhaps from the gluing process.

New York: National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, 1924. Wraps. Good. Illustrated card stock wraps. 230 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A catalog to various automobiles, including cars, trucks and other commercial vehicles, made by a variety of manufacturers. Includes cost, principal mechanical details and specifications. Manufacturers include Auburn, Apperson, Chevrolet, Durant, Haynes, Dodge, Studebaker, Olds, Nash, Pierce-Arrow, etc. Perhaps of note are four pages of electric vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles, made by Rauch and Lang, Autocar, and Ward Motor Vehicle Company. While electric cars had been around since the late 1800s, their use declined by 1920 due to innovations in gasoline power car design and discovery of vast amounts of oil, rendering them all but obsolete by the early to mid 1920s. GOOD condition. Five strips of yellowed tape present across the spine. Covers and text block a bit wavy, presumably from water exposure at some point. Minor soiling, fading and… Read More

Bern: Wagnersche Verlagsanstalt, 1914. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 314 pages plus index, as well as a fold out map in the rear. All text in FRENCH and/or GERMAN. A guide for the years 1914 and 1915 for automobiling and touring in Switzerland and the Savoy region of Europe. With many in text small and large road maps, in color. Advertisements appear throughout for various car parts and autos, etc. In VERY GOOD condition. General fading to the covers, mostly the front cover and the spine. Minor soiling and scuffing. Minor to moderate bumping and scuffing to the extremities with a bit of fraying to the head of the spine. Interior clean and solid with general but mostly minor darkening to the pages.

New York: Privately Printed at the George Grady Press, 1941. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. One of 125 copies. Brown paper covered boards. 41 pp., plus four black and white photos in the rear. A short work providing a brief history of the club and its members, as well as providing a chronologically arranged descriptive list of events. This includes menus, actions of members, etc. With a card laid in stating 'With A.E. Gallatin's Compliments,' Gallatin being one of the founders and president of the club. This is presumably Albert Eugene Gallatin, descendent of the founder of New York University and a noted art collector, a painter and enthusiast of modern and avant-garde art, as well as a member of the Societe Anonyme. (see Phillips Collection website for biographical information). VERY GOOD condition. Minor bowing to the covers along the fore edge. Light fading, soiling and scuffing, with two small, superficial indents to the rear cover. Minor soiling and foxing along the page edges. Very light… Read More

Horncastle, UK: Mortons Media Group, Publisher, 2008. Wraps. Very Good. Glossy color wraps. Small folio. A magazine style book. Approximately 130 pp. Color and black and white photos throughout. A primarily visual look at the Triumph motorcyles , providing many photos accompanied by short descriptive captions and specifications. Interspersed throughout are lengthier sections giving the history and evolution of the Triumph motorcycle models and their designs. VERY GOOD condition. Price sticker on the lower front cover and rear cover. Light scuffing, creasing and bumping along the extremities.

No Place: Studebaker Corporation, Publisher. Wraps. Good. No place, perhaps 1946 based on the code on the rear cover '5-15-46.' Blue and brown wraps, with hood ornaments on the front. Small folio, oblong format. 20 pp., including covers. Black and white illustrations throughout. A catalog of various accessories available for the Studebaker cars, including electronic turn signals, hood ornaments and winguards, automatic windshield washer, new innovations in radio, locking gas cap, etc. GOOD condition. Faint business stamp on the front cover. Moderate creasing and wrinkling to the piece. Some scuffing, heavier along the extremities. Some tearing to the top and bottom of the spine. Vertical fold crease present. Very light soiling.

No Place: Chrysler, Presumed Publisher. Wraps. Very Good. No place or date, circa 1941. Wraps. 7 ¼ by 5 ¼ inches. 16 pp., including covers. Tan, black and white illustrations throughout, some cartoon style. A promotional booklet discussing the benefits and technical aspects of a new innovation in joining metal parts of a car, termed superfinish by Chrysler. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling. Small crease to the upper rear corners. Minor finger smudges to the rear cover.

No Place: No Publisher, 1978. Wraps. Good. No publisher or place: 1978. Color illustrated wraps. 120 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A program to the 1978 auto racing Grand Prix held in Watkins Glen, New York, including news of the racing world, some mention of Mario Andretti, a recap of the other Grand Prixs held at Watkins Glen, etc. GOOD condition. Some rusting and staining along the staples. Minor scuffing, fading and wrinkling. Faint musty odor when opened.

Cleveland: The White Motor Company, Publisher, 1947. Wraps. Very Good. Illustrated wraps. 16 pp. A financial report issued by the The White Motor Company, including the usual tables, as well as a text summary. Photographs throughout, including 16 depicting various types of trucks manufactured by the company. The White Motor Company was an US automobile manufacturer in operation from 1900 to 1980, with a focus on building trucks and larger vehicles. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning, edgewear and soiling.

No Place: Chrysler, Presumed Publisher. Wraps. Very Good. No place or date, circa 1941. Wraps. 12 pp., including covers. A promotional booklet discussing fluid drive by Chrysler, apparently an automatic transmission that eliminates the need for shifting gears. VERY GOOD condition. Light toning and edgewear.