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For your consideration:
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(No. 7722 )  Crandall, Denny. THE SPARK IN THE DARK: A TREASURY OF MEMORIES
MINED FROM THE GOLDEN YEARS OF SCINTILLA'S PAST.
Sidney, NY: Bendix Memory Lane Museum, 1990. First printing, Full cloth,
Quarto, 327 pages, Black & White photographs. Fine in a Very Good Dust
Jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      History of the factory town of Sidney, New York, home of the Scintilla
Magneto Company--predecessor of the present Bendix Connector Operations. The
Scintilla Magneto was a revolutionary device that produced a superior spark
to ignite the air and gasoline mixture in reciprocating aircraft engines.
Includes many interesting old photographs. Bound in black cloth over boards
with gilt-stamped spine and upper board titles, pictorial endpapers. Jacket
has a short tear at bottom edge of front panel with a few associated
creases, some light edge rubs. Clean and tight copy.    $50.00
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