Automobile Ignition and Valve Timing: Starting and Lighting Including Ford System
by Rathbun John B
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Charles C. Thompson, 1916. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt title and gilt spine titles. 240 pp. plus 6 pages of ads. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and steel engravings of engine parts and details. A very tight, bright volume with rich cloth and bright clear gilt. Interior unmarked and unblemished. Some very minimal flecks of soil, else fine. Near fine. Quite uncommon as a first edition in this excellent condition..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09602
- Title
- Automobile Ignition and Valve Timing: Starting and Lighting Including Ford System
- Author
- Rathbun John B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles C. Thompson
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- RATHBUN, FORD, IGNITION, AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOTIVE, MANUAL, INSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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