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The American Gas Station; History and Folklore of the Gas Station in American Car Culture
by Michael Karl Witzel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0879385944
- ISBN 13
- 9780879385941
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International , 1993 Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI. 1993. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($29.95); light bumping to top edges of DJ. Plum colored boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 160 pp 4to. This book is a history of the service station and the American car culture it helped create. This is the chronicle of the birth of roadside architecture, the development of gasoline pumps, corporate trademarks, and gas station memorabilia. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011503
- Title
- The American Gas Station; History and Folklore of the Gas Station in American Car Culture
- Author
- Michael Karl Witzel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0879385944
- ISBN 13
- 9780879385941
- Publisher
- Motorbooks International
- Place of Publication
- Osceola, WI
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- auto advertising, gasoline station advertising, gasoline trademarks, automobile service stations, gasoline pumps, gas station memorabilia, roadside architecture, Route 66, automobile highways, Socony gasoline, Texaco Gasoline, Phillips 66 gasoline, Gulf O
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Americana; Automobiles;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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