BAILEY, L. SCOTT, ED.

General Motors the First 75 Years of Transportation Products

Detroit, MI: Automobile Quarterly Publications, 1983. First Edition. Second Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0915038412. Cover is blue imitation leatherette, with gold lettering on front and spine; lettering is still very bright and unblemished. Blue endpapers. Pages are clean and tight. Tipped in is the printed presentation note from then GM Chairman Roger B. Smith. Lushly illustrated with hundreds of b/w and color photos. Sections are: Beginings of GM; Early Years of GM; Depression and Recovery; War Interrupts; Styling Sets the Pace; Marketing of Performance; Years of Transition; Challenge of the Future. Covers years 1772-1984. Also includes calendar year production figures from 1908-1982. One of the most famous buildings in Detroit was the General Motors World HQ Building, completed in 1923, by designed by renowned architect Albert Kahn. The building is still a historical landmark, but is now the property of the City of Detroit and used for city offices. GM has stayed in Detroit, moving World HQ to the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit. Oversized, 3#. ; Photographs; 10 1/2 x 8 1/2; 223 pages; Cover has rubbing, light edge wear and bumping, some sunning along edges.. Very Good+ .

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Buchzahl: 2377

Katalog: Automotive History

Sonstige Stichworte: 0915038412 Cars; Auto Racing; Automobiles; Engineering; Transportation History; General Motors Trucks; General Motors Corporation; Roger B. Smith; Automobile Quarterly Publications;

BAILEY, L. SCOTT, ED.

General Motors the First 75 Years of Transportation Products

Detroit, MI: Automobile Quarterly Publications, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0915038412. Cover is blue imitation leatherette, with gold lettering on front and spine; lettering is still very bright and unblemished. Blue endpapers. Pages are clean and tight. Tipped in is the printed presentation note from then GM Chairman Roger B. Smith. Lushly illustrated with hundreds of b/w and color photos. Sections are: Beginings of GM; Early Years of GM; Depression and Recovery; War Interrupts; Styling Sets the Pace; Marketing of Performance; Years of Transition; Challenge of the Future. Covers years 1772-1984. Also includes calendar year production figures from 1908-1982. One of the most famous buildings in Detroit was the General Motors World HQ Building, completed in 1923, by designed by renowned architect Albert Kahn. The building is still a historical landmark, but is now the property of the City of Detroit and used for city offices. GM has stayed in Detroit, moving World HQ to the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit. Oversized, 3#. ; Photographs; 10 1/2 x 8 1/2; 223 pages; Cover has rubbing, light edge wear and bumping, rubbing/scuffing, sunning along edges.. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 5817

Katalog: Automotive History

Sonstige Stichworte: 0915038412 Cars; Auto Racing; Automobiles; Engineering; Transportation History; General Motors Trucks; General Motors Corporation; Roger B. Smith; Automobile Quarterly Publications; Cultural History American History Antiques/Collectibles Business/Economic

PICCARD, J. R. , ED.

Automobile Year 1996/97 the Annual for Car Enthusiasts

Osceola, WI: Classic Motorbooks, 1997. First Edition (?). Hardcover. ISBN: 2883240434. Cover is red fake leather with gold lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight; printed on high quality, glossy paper. Front free end paper has original price neatly written in. Exhaustively illustrated with hundreds of color and b/w photos. Has many essays, including: 50 Years of VWs; Italy's Craftmen/Constructors; racing 1945-1949 [1st part]; F1 World Championship; World Rally Championship; GT Endurance; Formula 3000, etc.. More pages of 10 different championship results. Beautiful book with more cars, doing more things, than you can shake a stick at! Oversized. ; Vol. 44; Photographs; 9 1/2 x 12 1/2; 271 pages; Cover has slight bumping; small nick in middle of front edge, and small bump in middle of spine at front. DJ has some rubbing and edge wear; 1/4" closed tear at of front; in a Brodart cover.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Buchzahl: 1090

Katalog: Automotive History

Sonstige Stichworte: 2883240434 Automobiles; Auto Racing; Cars; Automobiles; Autos; Engineering; Motors; Car Motor Sports; Engines; Motors; Engineering; Automotive Industry; Volkswagens;