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Aston Martin Lagonda Limited. V8 Vantage Roadster. Gaydon, Warwickshire, England: Aston Martin Lagonda Limited, 2005? [58] pages. Color Photographs. Part Number 702976 ENG. Very good hardcover. #28305. $15
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Crabb, Richard. Birth of a Giant: The Men and Incidents That Gave America the Motorcar. New York: Chilton Book Company, 1969. 1st edition. x, 467 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Pictorial endpapers. Very good cloth-covered hardcover in Very good dust jacket. #18266. $22.50
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Dalton Watson Team. Porsche - The Road, Sports and Racing Cars. Loughborough, Leicestershire: Dalton Watson Fine Books, 1993. 1st printing. Square small 4to (medium-large book). 260 pages Color and black-and-white photographs. Includes and Appendix of Porsche Models and their Chassis Numbers. A history of the many Porsche models: The First Porsche Cars, 911, 959, 914, 924, 944, 928, 968, the Racing Line, 904 to the 910, 936 to 962. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 1854431048. #25121. $35
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Ford Motor Company. Ford 1989 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, Thunderbird, Cougar Do-It-Yourself Manual. Dearborn, Michigan?: Ford Parts and Service Division, 1989. February 1989. Oblong small 4to. 212 pages. Index. Illustrations. FPS-10289-89. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #25737. $25
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Ford Motor Company. Forty Years, 1903-1943. Detroit?: Ford Motor Company, 1943? 42, [1] pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Endpaper illustrations. Separately printed note laid in: 'Mr. Edsel Ford gave considerable personal attention to the preparation of this fortieth anniversary volume. The idea was his and the work was done under his direction. The statement bearing his signature [on the last page of the book] was prepared by him shortly before his last illness'. Very good hardcover. In very good slipcase, with a worn spot on one side. #22253. $60
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Grainger, Rod, and Pete Shoemark. Mazda Miata MX5 Enthusiast's Shop Manual [MX-5]. Godmanstone, Dorset, UK: Veloce Publishing, 1994. 2d printing. 15 separately paginated sections. Photographs. Illustrations. UK ISBN 1874105065. Very good laminated pictorial hardcover. ISBN 1874105162. #25609. $90
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Isles, George L. The Restoration of Carriages. Preface by Susan Stitt. London & New York: J. A. Allen, 1981. Small 4to. 190 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author. Invitation to George Isles' retirement reception laid in. Mr. Isles was the Curator of the Carriage Collection from 1950 through 1980 at the Museums at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0851313663. #29121. $100
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Maxim, Hiram Percy. Horseless Carriage Days. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937. 1st edition. xv, 175 pages. Photographs. 'I limit myself in this book to those pioneer days between the years 1893 and 1901, when a ride out into the country in a horseless carriage was an adventure; when that temperamental machine, the gasoline engine, was being tamed; when there were no good roads, no signs, no road maps.' - Preface. Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top edge, stamp inside front cover, on copyright page and inside rear cover; barcode label on rear flyleaf; corners and edges slightly rubbed. #26919. $45
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Page, Victor W. Hints and Tips for Automobilists: A Handy Manual Containing Many Notes to Help the Busy Man Care for His Automobile Intelligently; To Drive It Properly; Oil It Regularly and Locate Ordinary Road Troubles Easily. New York: Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, 1920. 101 pages + 40 pages 'Good, Useful Books' advertising. Illustrations. Everyday Engineering Series, 2. Good stiff original pictorial wrappers (soft cover), front cover worn and upper right-hand corner missing; upper corners of early pages have creases; some foxing on rear pages. #25070. $32.50
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Setright, L. J. K. Motorcycles. Preface by Barry Sheene. Great Britain: Arthur Barker Limited, 1976. 4to (large book). 158 pages. Index. Color and black-and-white photographs. Illustrations. Photographic endpapers. Very good hardcover in worn dust jacket. #24935. $25
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Staudner, Florian. Wheels, Carriages and Coaches: Comments on a Remarkable Old Craft. Darmstadt: Carl Schenck, 1989. Edition limited to 1350 copies. Oblong 8vo. 59 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Master Craftsmanship. First published in German as Rad und Wagen. Very good pictorial hardcover. #24952. $30
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Storer, Jay, and John H. Haynes. Toyota Corolla & Geo Prizm Automotive Repair Manual. All Models 1993 through 1996. Newbury Park, California: Haynes North America, 1996. 1st printing. 4to. Paginated by section. Index. Illustrations. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 1563922304. #29064. $35
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Tranter, Deborah. Cobb & Co.: Coaching in Queensland. South Brisbane, Queensland: Queensland Museum, 1990. 1st printing. Square 8vo. viii, 159 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. 'For more than 70 years Cobb & Co. coaches and horses travelled over millions of kilometres of unmade outback roads to provide vital communication links for many isolated communities. Nowhere was its influence so widespread as in Queensland, where the company operated horse-drawn coaches from 1866 until succumbing to the motor vehicle in 1924.' - Front jacket panel. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 072424140X. #24617. $30
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