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CAR TRAVELS: 7 BOOKS

[001008] . ABROAD IN A RUNABOUT. ill. Photographs By Authors. Chicago: A.C.McClurg & Co., 1911. Size: 5" x 7 1/2". Green Cloth. Car Narrative. Very Good A couple journey through Europe in their "runabout" car. 356 pp. Photographs throughout taken by the authors. Pictoral cover. Spine sunned as are edges of back cover, otherwise Very Good+. Ex-lib. small stamp on verso of free endpaper and on title page. $40.00

[003542] Carolan, Herbert. MOTOR TALES AND TRAVELS IN AND OUT OF CALIFORNIA . ill. Photographs. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Blue Cloth. California. Signed by Author. Good to Good+ SIGNED on front free endpaper: "Great Northern Ry. Co, Compliments of Herbert Carolan, May 27, 1940." Stamped at top "Complimentary Copy". 25 plates of black-and-white photographs. Early car travel throughout the Southwest, California, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. Blue cloth.with orange lettering on front and spine.Mildly rubbed spine ends. 4"x1/2" stain at bottom edge. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Slight bleeding/damp stain, faint on 1/4" to 1/2" top border of some plates. Not on plates themselves. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG $13.50

[004286] Dunn, Edward D.. DOUBLE-CROSSING AMERICA BY MOTOR, Routes and Ranches of the West. ill. Illus. With Drawings and Maps. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1933. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Car Narrative. Very Good- This charmingly illustrated book contains information about costs, rates and names of places to stay over night on a transcontinental trip. The book is divided into sections, each one consisting of an account of that day's trip, listing mileage, expenses, occasionally suggested reading, and highlights of the day's run. The trip takes in the charming South - Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky; the energetic Middle West - Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Kanses; the romantic Southwest - Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona; the amazing state of California; a short run into Old Mexico; the Bret Harte frontier country of Nevada and Wyoming; the agricultural lands of Idaho, Dakota and Pennsylvania; a short run into Canada; and the pastoral case of upstate New York. Several ranches along the way are described. Pictorial endpapers. 251 pp. 80 illustrations and maps. Spine dulled and ends slightly rubbed. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Illustrated endpapers. Slight foxing on half title page and on blank page at back. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Bliss 58. $22.50

[004203] Gannett, Lewis. SWEET LAND. ill. Drawings By Ruth Chrisman Gannett. New York: Sun Dial Press, 1937. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7". Green Cloth. Car Narrative. Good to Good+ A family's journey West, starting in N.Y. Each chapter written from a different locale as they traveled across country. They travelled 8, 631 miles in 38 days. 237 pp. Bright green cloth covers. Country scene of a home in front in yellow.Spine also has yellow decorative design. Spine ends mildly bumped. Side and bottom edge roughly trimmed. Overall covers are Good + to Very Good-. Endpapers are brown toned, Otherwise interior is clean, tight and Very Good +. Bliss 57 $10.00

[003440] Reid, Herbert J. A.. Through Europe in a Motor Car. ill. Maps, Tables, Drawings. London: The International AutoTravel Company, Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4". Limp Leather. Early Travel. Very Good No date. Circa 1914 as previous owner's name on front free endpaper with "1914" and dates in text of 1913. Author was Managing Director of the International Autotravel Company. "To the 1,257 clients who have during the past five years motored in the British Isles and on the Continent of Europe in cars hired from the International Autotravel Company we dedicate...the sixth edition of this modest handbook." 158 pp. Filled with full page illustrated advertisements for hotels and Letters of "endorsements" from customers; Motoring-Routes for The British Isles and The Continent of Europe, including a Circular Tour of Ireland and The British Isles, and The Golfer's Motor Tour. Only markings on Golf Motor Tour: with red check marks next to Golf Courses and occasional red underlining. Otherwise interior is clean. Double page - Map of Great Britain. Black limp leather with gilt lettering on front. Mildly rubbed spine ends and side edge otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. A handsome little book. $130.00

[002723] Vinson, Michael. MOTORING TOURISTS AND THE SCENIC WEST 1903 to 1948, Catalogue, DeGolyer Library. ill. Facsimiles. Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1989. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". Stiff Wraps. Early Travel. Near Fine Only 1500 copies printed. Catalogue from the DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University, highlighting an aspect of early twentieth century transportation. Color and black and white facsimiles of travel brochures. Catalogue broken down in five sections, with Auto Sales Catalogues; Automotive Instruction and Maintenance manuals; Highway Guides and Motor Camping; Organized Touring and Travel Promotion; and Narrative Accounts of Early Auto Travel. 42 pp. have multiple copies. $12.00

[003992] Williamson, C.N. & A.M.. THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR, The Strange Adventures of a Motor-car . New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1903. Fourteenth Impression. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Green Cloth. Car Travel. Very Good- Revised and Enlarged. One of the most famous of all early motoring novels by Charles and Alice Williamson. 344 pp. plus 3 pages of publisher's advertisements for other publications. This title was the first on a series they wrote. Green cloth with white lettering and gilt design. Mildly bumped spine ends. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Bookplate on front endpaper and previous owner's last name with date on front free endp., otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $10.00