F a ames company (3 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1900. 84 pages, 18 X 30 cm. Cover title. Date of publication and edition are estimated. According to Wikipedia the F.A. Ames Co. was founded in Kentucky in 1881 to manufacture buggies, which is the focus of this rare catalog. There are about 77 buggies features in drawings, one per page along with descriptions. The first buggy features is the "No. 507, Fancy Automobile Cabriolet" (a four seater buggy) and the last "No. 203, Kentucky Breaking Cart" (a two wheel buggy). The company switched to the manufacture of automobiles around 1910, so this catalog was certainly a few years before that. The paper spine a bit torn and some other light wear. Extremely rare; no OCLC Worldcat entry found as of February, 2026.…

72 pages plus covers. Paperback: H 30.25cm x L 22.75cm. Gray paper covers soiled with mild staining, small chip at spine heel, slight curling and/or wear at fore-edge corners. Some foxing and staining to edges. Strong foxing to page 1; moderate foxing to page 72; minimal to occasional light foxing to other interior pages with a few spots of soiling and several scattered patches of peeling where leaves were once adhered and pulled apart. Binding is firm. A good+ copy of a scarce trade catalog. Initial eight pages feature images of the Ames factory and product/component manufacture. "Ames Grade" buggies on pages 9-26 (seventeen models); "Owensboro Grade" models on pages 27-56 (twenty-nine models); "The Niagara Line" models on pages 57-71 (thirteen models plus concluding No. 2 Cart model). One model shown per page with all illustrated in b/w with exception of Model No. 200 (page 58) which is shown with red wheels. Although the publication is undated, the title page states that the company is in its thirty-third year as a builder of pleasure vehicles. As F.A. Ames Company was started in 1891 as the Carriage Woodstock Company, the catalogue was probably issued in 1924. This is further supported by online research which indicates that R.S. Triplett was brought into the firm in 1917 upon his marriage to Frederic A. Ames's daughter. Ames suffered a nervous breakdown in 1922 and died in 1925 so thus, with Triplett being listed as the company's Vice-President and Treasurer, the catalog would most certainly date from the later part of that eight-year period, circa 1922-1925. Also please note that the catalog only features the company's buggy models and does not reference any of their aftermarket bodies for Fords or their car models.…

78 pages plus covers. Paperback: H 31cm x L 23cm. Tan paper covers soiled with strong staining, 18.5cm slender paper loss along spine, some slender loss along both covers' fore-edges as well. Interior pages are overall quite clean with just a few scattered foxing spots. Binding is firm. A good copy of a scarce trade catalog. Initial six pages feature images of the Ames factory and product/component manufacture. "Ames Grade" buggies on pages 7-24 (seventeen models); "Owensboro Grade" models on pages 25-50 (twenty-five models); "The Niagara Line" models on pages 51-64 (twelve models plus concluding No. 2 Cart model); "Delivery Wagons" on pages 65-77 (twelve models). One model shown per page with all illustrated in b/w. Although the catalog is undated, the title page states that the company is in its thirty-fifth year as a builder of pleasure vehicles which, as the F.A. Ames Company was started in 1891 as the Carriage Woodstock Company, would seem to indicate a 1926 publication date. However, Ames suffered a nervous breakdown in 1922 and died in 1925. Since the title page specifies that Ames is still company president with no specific indication of his passing, the catalog was probably issued in 1925 perhaps in advance of the 1926 model year. Ames's son-on-law, R.S. Triplett (listed as the company's Vice-President and Treasurer upon the title page) assumed the company's presidency after Ames's death so again 1925 seems to be a fairly certain publication year. Also please note that the catalog only features the company's buggy and wagon models and does not reference any of their aftermarket bodies for Fords or their car models.…