[Automotive Trade Catalogue] - WATERHOUSE & LESTER CO. Of CALIFORNIA. MOTOR VEHICLE SUPPLIES. Catalog No. 12

San Francisco: , 1911. 1st edition thus. OCLC locates just one institutional holding. Original publisher's beige rough-weave cloth, screw-post binder with nickle plated metal spine label identifying the binder as "Waterhouse Binder Spreader. Patented February 28, 1911.". xx, 620 pp. Thumb-tabbed Index at front. Profusely illustrated with cuts. 4to. 12" x 10-1/4". Expected wear & soiling to binding. Age toning to paper. A solid VG copy. Waterhouse & Lester a venerable California firm that began as a supplier of carriage & wagon equipment, becoming one of the largest suppliers [in their day] of automotive equipment such as that found in this catalogue. Herein will be found not only carburetors, but also all ancillary material, such as rings & snaps, as well as the tools necessary, e.g. calipers & tap wrenches, to maintain one's 'horseless carriage'.