Co trade catalogues (5 risultati)

15.3x7.8 cm, pp. [1] 2-23 [24], illustrations, pictorial self wrappers printed in green and black, stapled. A small, well-illustrated booklet presenting the features of Mitchell automobiles built in their 45-acre plant "under the Bate efficiency methods." The Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company, known for large, fashionable touring cars, began manufacturing automobiles in 1903. The company folded in 1923 and was bought by the Nash Motor Company. Some edge wear, soiling and spotting to outer leaves, several corner tips dog eared, Oakland, California, distributors stamp on front cover, a well-used fair copy. (#167657).…

12mo, 24 pp. Unbound. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with rusting to staples. Hundreds of titles, in such series as 'The Unique Library', 'Choice Readings. Books suitable for presents, etc.', 'Universal Library of Standard Authors', 'Blackwood's Edition of the Poets', 'Library of Thoughtful Books' and 'Choice Books for Young Persons'. See Image.…

Augsburg, Rackl & Lochner, n.d. [1890]. 340 pp. woodengr. ills. Privately bound half cloth. - Spine-ends and corners worn; title-page sl. foxed; age-toning of the paper. *.

80pp., 8vo. Stapled and unbound. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. On front cover: 'Each Book in this Catalogue is written by an Expert and is written so you can understand it'. Many items illustrated with representations of the binding. Index of subjects on p.2, ranging from 'Abrasives and Abrasive Wheels' to 'Wiring Diagrams', and including section on 'Automobile Books', pp.5-14 (Charts, Ignition Systems, Lighting, Questions and Answers, Repairing, Starting Systems, Trouble Charts, Welding), 'Gasoline Engines', pp.15-18, and 'Aviation', pp.19-22. Most of the entries on automobiles (including seven full-page ones) and aviation are by Victor W. Page, Automotive and Aviation Pioneer, and include his 'The Model T Ford Car | Its Construction, Operation and Repair | Including The Ford Farm Tractor'. Loosely inserted is a red book mark printed on both sides, including an advertisement for 'The Greatest Book Ever Offered To The Public!': 'Henley's Twentieth Century Book of Recipes, Formulas and Processes'. Scarce: no copy on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat, and the only copy of a similar item a 1916 Henley catalogue at the Henry Ford Benson Ford Research Center, Dearborn. See Image.…

Fourth edition, revised. Small octavo (19cm). Publisher's green cloth, titled in gilt and decoratively stamped in black on spine and front cover; 275pp; illus; one folding chart; lithographed frontispiece in colors. An exceedingly fresh and clean copy in the original publisher's cloth, very near to Fine. Stenciled ink ex-libris of a Geo. M. Bond [likely the engineer and inventor George Meade Bond, ca 1853-1932, long-time chief engineer for Pratt & Whitney] to front pastedown and head of title page. A nicely produced treatise-cum-trade catalog for this major producer of industrial machinery, illustrated throughout with line engravings. An exceptionally pretty copy, appearing almost unread. ROMAINE p.203 (for the 3rd edition, 1876), "one of the best illustrated catalog-books in the field.".…