Search Results: Automobiles from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Englewood Cliffs, N. J: Prentice-Hall, 1972. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library.. 0 xii, 545 p. illus. 29 cm. Includes Illustrations. Clear tape on spine.

Franklin Watts, 1977. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Discard from public school library. Tight. Square. Clean inside. Moderate soiling to surface.. 0 65 p. Library reinforced binding. Juvenile literature introducing students to trade employment. The steps to manufacturing a car from the marketing research through manufacturing of a vehicle, discussing jobs associated with the auto industry. Published in the late 1970s.

New York.: Dodd, Mead & Company., 1962. No print line. Presumed 1st.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Library rebound edition. Northeast Library Binding, Medford MA. Neat.. Bergere, Richard (Illustrated by).. 1 160 p. Horizontal format. Black Pen&Ink artwork: autos. landscapes. 11x8 in. Text history w/ each. Contents: Introduction, Early Beginnings, The Pioneer Years, The Antiques, The Classic Era.

Radnor PA.: Chilton Book Company., 1980. Part No. 7012.. Hard cover. Fine.. 1 Hardcover. w/color front artwork. Glued binding. 1360 p. B&W llustrations. Charts. Audience: General/trade. Thorough automotive technical instruction repair manual for truck and van models in the title.

Reader's Digest Association, 1981. Unabridged.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 0 480 p.

New York.: Free Press., 1998. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf rubs. Remainder mark, lower page block. Top page block dusting.. 1 Yellow and green papers over boards. 306 p. 24 cm. Route map, Continental U.S. Audience: General/trade. Heading from Seattle to Detroit, the Detroit Free Press automotive columnist and travel writer took "the long way", 5 months and 13000 miles. Halfway along on her adventure, her father at home suddenly died, and the loss shifts her journey to include grief and memory, sifted into stops at nearly everything automobile en route: The environmentalist "in thrall to the internal combustion engine" explores speed on the Salt Flats; off-roading the Rubicon Trail; the memorial location of actor James Dean's fatal accident; a crash conference; Houston junkyard crushing; a Saturn plant where she worked the nightshift.

New York.: McGraw-Hill Book Company., 1952. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Inscription: "To the Family, Glidden Tour 1952, Harrisburg to Washington D.C., 1917 Pierce-Arrow", signed w/ 2 Greek letters, Pi and Sigma(? ). Spine titles lightly rubbed. Clean. Well-bound. Small few white cover blemishes.. 1 Blue cloth over boards. 235 p. 24 cm. B&W photo plates. Index. American Studies / Automobile Industry / Highway Driving / Tourism by Car / The Glidden Tour / Travel Network 1950s / Motoring. Boston telephone millionaire Charles J Glidden was an avid motorist and traveler, and himself had logged many miles by automobile. He worked to expand incentives for Americans to travel beyond their home towns, A chapter highlights the Glidden Tour history. Other chapters include: Chicago Race; First Auto Show; Lincoln Highway; Speed; Vanderbilt Cup; Out of the Mud; Chronology of the Motor Car.

Skokie IL.: Publications International., 1983. 3rd printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Interior jacket, top damp stain.. Various Photographers.. 1 384 p. Includes index. Green pseudo-leather over boards. 9x10.75in. B&W and Color photos: automobile models. Americam design and manufacturing product history: Ford Motor Company. Showing models of Ford cars (no truck models) chronologically with each year having a text history as well. Thorough, well-designed, very good quality book materials and production.

Summit Books, 1987. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket.. 0 Cloth & Paper over boards. B&W photo section. Three generations of an American dynasty playing out the drama of fathers and sons against the industrial backdrop of the automotive industry they helped build. Complete with a different view of the Ford-Iacocca feud than read about in Lee Iacocca's autobiography.

Chilton /Haynes North America., 2006. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. B&W Illustrations. Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manuals. Audience: General/trade. Automobile repair manual: U.S. and Canadian models.

New York.: PublicAffairs., 2002. Stated 1st edition, 1st printing. Author copyright.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Slight cover surface wear.. 1 First edition. Black paper over spin e; yellow over boards. 489 p. Center B&W photo section. Audience: General/trade. Sport Utility Vehicles: crashworthiness / Consumer protection / Automobile industry and trade. Published at a time when one of every six new vehicles sold in America was an SUV, totaling 20 million. The record of SUV problems included rollovers, guzzling gasoline, and having worse braking systems than other cars.

Cleveland OH / Torinto, Ontario.: Lincoln Extension Institute Inc., 1948. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket.. 1 Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Maroon faux leather, stamped w/ titles, A. Lincoln profile, standard design. Gold spine titles. Rounded corners. Stitched binding. Fold-out Charts. 5.25x8in. Home study course, multiple volumes. Some 1sts; some revised; volume sequence not indicated. Public and Labor Relations; Factory Cost Keeping; The Workman--His Development; Personnel Administration; General Factory Control; Budgetary Control; Economy of Manufacturing; System in Production; Engineering Controls; Shop Sketching--Working Drawings; Materials and Supplies; Materials Handling I & II; Time, Motion, & Methods Study I & II; Practical Shop Mathematics I & II; The Foreman--His Job; The Foreman--His Personality; The Foreman--His Leadership.

Cleveland OH / Torinto, Ontario.: Lincoln Extension Institute Inc., 1950. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine.. 1 Illustrations, diagrams. Maroon faux leather, stamped w/ titles, A. Lincoln profile, standard design. Gold spine titles. Rounded corners. Stitched binding. Fold-out Charts. 5.25x8in. Bibliography. Home study course, single volume of 20-vol. set. The Foreman--His Job. Index. Author Col. E.C. Peck was formerly Works Manager, Cleveland Twist Drill Company. On title page: "Part of a Complete Systematic Training Service in Modern Factory Management".

New York: The Viking Press, 1948. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Former elementary school library. Chips to DJ edges. Moderate soiling from reading.. 0 [32] p. 27 cm. Includes Illustrations. Library reinforced binding. SCARCE. On a country road, the driver of an auto stops at the top of a hill to get water at the nearby farm. The Little Old Automobile does not wait for him to continue the journey. Let the tour begin! Whoops! An altercation with a train leads to redefined retirement roles for auto parts at the farm. Recycling in "the old days". Charcoal style drawings in black.

New York.: Pocket Books., 1977. First edition. 1st Pocket Books Edition.. Trade paperback. Good. Ex-library. Minor soiling to covers. Edges okay.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Horizontal format. B&W photos, diagrams. Audience: General/trade. A handbook of "motorized bicycles" or mopeds, illustrated with makes and models, as well as moderate technical information.

Washington D.C.: American Automobile Association., 1952. Trade paperback. Very good. Single spine crease. Light edge wear.. 1 384 p. Gold paper covers: Blue titles. B&W photos, maps, advertisements at ends. From Illinois eastward to Maine, Nova Scotia, and Virginia, organized by state and province: best routes, places to stay, sights to see. For instance: here in Newport, New Hampsire in 1952, the population was 3062. "Sarah Josepha Hale wrote 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' here and published it in her famous book of children's verses in 1830". Also, in 1952 hand-woven woolens, shoes, jewelry and clothing were produced, An added notation declares that architect Stanford White cited Newport's Old South Church (Congregational) as a perfect type of colonial architecture.

New York: E P Dutton & Company, 1969. First edition.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Edge soiling. Minor tears, chips to DJ. Tight. Solid.. 0 307 p.; 22 cm. B&W photos, 40. Race car driver Parnelli Jones, Biography. Author begins with a trackside description of the Indianapolis 500 and the year Parnelli Jones won that piece of Americana, 1963. Includes a chart of Jones's statistics in racing.

New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1965. Later printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 0 64 p. : 23 cm. B&W photo Illustrations, Maps. Audience: Children/juvenile. Chart.

New York.: Atlantic Monthly Press., 1996. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Remainder mark, lower edge. Minor edge soiling. No creasing. Slight cover surface wear.. 1 Trade paperback, 7.25x9.25in. Glued binding. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. Mostly drawn from non-fiction, some fiction sources by many of the 20th century's popular authors: Halberstam. Steinbeck, Kerouac, Hemingway, Oates, Barry, Thompson.

Washington: AAA, 1960. 10th printing, 3rd edition.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Discarded School Property, Ashland NH, in ink stamp.. 1 Light green cloth over boards. Illustrated boards, now vintage 1950s. 480 p. 22 cm. B&W photos, Pen&Ink drawings, Diagrams, Maps; Color highlights. Contents Parts: The Driver; Learning How to Drive; Traffic Laws; Sound Traffic Practices; You and the Motor Age. Textbook for driver education. Each section has different color highlights.