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Those Wonderful Old Automobiles
by Clymer, Floyd
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Large Hardcover Book in Very Good + Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket. Binding of maroon cloth over boards with yellow spine, black titles. Very clean and unmarked, corners gently bumped, rear upper corner scuffed. Tight and solid, square. Interior is very clean and free from any markings, no creases. Jacket is clean and ragged on all edges. Now has mylar protective cover.The colorful and nostalgic story--in over 600 photographs, old ads, songs, jokes, facts, and figures, and fond memories of American cars of yesterday and of the 21 pioneer automobile companies which started making one-and two-cylinder gas buggies around the turn of the century--their early cars, one-room factories and crude assembly lines. Even early auto apparel fashions. 214 pages with index. 8.5 x 11 inches. Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, New York, 1953.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010090
- Title
- Those Wonderful Old Automobiles
- Author
- Clymer, Floyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AUTOMOBILES-AMERICAN; OLD CARS; AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES; CADILLAC; FORD, HENRY; OLDSMOBILE; CAR RACES; BUSES; TRUCKS; ANTIQUE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
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- Spine
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