[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce early vols. on automobiles. Philadelphia: (1909)

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(AUTOMOBILES) Schmidt, Oscar C. (ed.). PRACTICAL TREATISE ON AUTOMOBILES. A 
New, Complete and Practical Treatise on Gasoline, Steam and Electric Vehicles, 
Including a Description of All Their Various Parts.. Written Expressly for the 
Owner, Chauffeur, Machinist and Garage Man. Profusely Illustrated with 
Photographs, Diagrams and Line Cuts. Philadelphia: The American Text-Book Co. 
(1909). First edition. Lg. thick 8vo. 2 vols. 418;(10),(419)-910pp. Index. Each vol. 
with a color printed frontispiece of an early automobile. Profusely 
illustrated with photographic plates (1 folding) and text diagrams. Orig. publisher’s 
deluxe binding of half red morocco, gilt, over cloth. Vol. II with a 2” chip 
running along bottom of front hinge. Bound in at the rear of Vol. II is a 
numbered certificate allowing the purchaser 2 years of free automotive consulting 
with the staff of the American Text-Book Company.     $350.00 (trade discount 
allowed)

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