Title: The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric Author: Hasluck, Paul N., editor Place: London Publisher: Cassell and Company Date: [1909] Description: 3 volumes. Profusely illustrated, including a fabulous multi-part dissected view of an early automobile (2 pieces detached but present). (8vo), original burgundy faux-alligator cloth, spines gilt. Special enlarged edition with numerous additional plates not included in the regular edition. Volume one has as a frontispiece, an intricate dissectional color diagram of a contemporary car, with numerous ingeniously crafted fold-out tabs which open to show all the inner workings of the chassis and engine. Two of the flaps on the dissectional diagram are detached. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear; very good. Item number: 226066
Title: The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric Author: Hasluck, Paul N., editor Place: London Publisher: Cassell and Company Date: [1909] Description: 3 volumes. Profusely illustrated, including a fabulous multi-part dissected view of an early automobile (2 pieces detached but present). (8vo), original burgundy faux-alligator cloth, spines gilt. Special enlarged edition with numerous additional plates not included in the regular edition. Volume one has as a frontispiece, an intricate dissectional color diagram of a contemporary car, with numerous ingeniously crafted fold-out tabs which open to show all the inner workings of the chassis and engine. Two of the flaps on the dissectional diagram are detached. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear; very good. Item number: 226066
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