Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraCatalogues (Vintage) - Automotive (8 items)
- THE MODEL "X" STEVENS DURYEA FOUR CYLINDER TOURING CAR (1909 Duryea Sales Catalogue) Chicopee Falls, MA Stevens Duryea Co. 1909465.00Condition for this catalogue is very good with slight edge wear, small stain evident at the top of spine that is visible on the first 3 pages and the last 5 pages, some rusting to staples.
32 pages with illustrations.8vo., size is 6” x 9”, with embossed card covers“Stevens-Duryea was an American manufacturer of Veteran and Brass Era automobiles in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, between 1901 and 1915 and Vintage Cars from 1919 to 1927.” (Wikipedia)01646View Full Details
This catalogue is for their Model “X” which was produced from 1909 to 1915. - THE PACKARD SIX 5-26 - 5-33185.00
(1927 Packard Motor Car Company Detroit Sales Brochure/Catalogue) Detroit Packard Motor Car Company c. 1927Condition for this sales brochure/catalogue is very good+ with a light crease down the middle of the catalogue, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
16 pages with colour illustrations throughout, small price list (5” x 3”) affixed inside front cover.Original oblong staple-bound wrappers size 5 ¼” x 11”.Original 1927 sales brochure from the Packard Motor Car Company featuring their Packard Six 5-26 and 5-33 models. With wonderful colour illustrations of the available models throughout.01489View Full Details - TEMPLAR THE SUPERFINE SMALL CAR250.00
Templar Motors Corporation Cleveland Templar Motors Corp. no date (circa early 192Condition for this softcover staple-bound catalogue is good, with edge wear, wear along the spine, wear to corners and spine ends, a few small nicks along the edges, some soiling and scuffing to the covers, light dampstaining along the bottom of the catalogue pages.
20 pages, with illustrations throughout.Softcover staple-bound, size is 7" x 10".Original catalogue from this Ohio based automaker that only lasted from 1917 to 1924. A scarce catalogue.01633View Full Details - THE ACQUAINTANCE BOOK FOR 1917 (1917 Crow-Elkhart Sales Booklet) Elkhart, IN Crow-Elkhart Motor Co. (1917)300.00A bit of offsetting to the catalogue front cover right side otherwise near fine. 16 pages with illustrations.8vo. size 6” x 9”.Scarce catalogue from this Indiana-based automobile company that lasted from 1909 to 1924. Catalogue contains company policy, information, models available with prices, vehicle equipment information, a nice bird’s eye-view of the factory in Indiana.01645View Full Details
- WINTON SIX WINTON MOTOR CARRIAGE COMPANY Cleveland (Original 1909 Catalog) Cleveland, OH The Winton Motor Carriage Co. 1909400.00Condition for this softcover book is about very good with soiling and smudging to the covers, edge wear to the covers, some wear to corners and spine ends, pencil notation on front cover (date received), a nice copy.
47 pages with illustrations throughout.Softcover staple-bound embossed card covers, size is 7" x 9 1/2".Original 1909 catalog from the Winton Motor Carriage Company, "a pioneer United States automobile manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio. Winton was one of the first American companies to sell a motor car. In 1912, Winton became one of the first American manufacturers of diesel engines." (Wikipedia). The company lasted until the early 1960s.01651View Full Details
A scarce catalog. - MARMON THE NEW SERIES MARMON 34 WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY MOTOR265.00
1924(?) Indianapolis Nordyke & Marmon Company (1924?)Condition for this softcover staple-bound catalogue is near fine with slight edge wear and slight wear to corners.
31 printed pages and 24 photo pages each about 2/3 the size of a full page.Softcover staple-bound catalogue, size is 8" x 12".Original early catalogue/information book from yet another short-lived American automaker, "Marmon Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer founded by Howard Carpenter Marmon and owned by Nordyke Marmon & Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, US. It produced luxury automobiles from 1902 to 1933." [Wikipedia]01543View Full Details
A scarce early automaker catalogue especially in such terrific condition. - OLDSMOBILE 1923 (Original Advertising Booklet) Lansing, MI Olds Motor Works no date (1923)95.00Condition is better than good but not quite very good, with light dampstain to front cover, light crease down middle, dealer stamp on front cover, light dampstain to top right corner of pages evident throughout the booklet, dealer stamp on one of the pages.
12 pages with illustrations throughout.Pictorial wrappers, size is 7” x 5”.Early 1920s Oldsmobile advertising booklet. Scarce.01679View Full Details - CADILLAC MOTOR CAR CO.465.00
THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF HIGH GRADE MOTOR CARS IN THE WORLD (1914 Cadillac Automobile Catalogue) Detroit Cadillac Motor Car Co. (1914)Condition for this catalogue is about very good with some wear to edges, some wear to corners, some wear to spine ends.
32 pages with illustrations throughout.8vo. (6 ¼” x 10”), staple-bound card covers.Original 1914 Cadillac catalogue. A highly informative catalogue from the top of the class automaker Cadillac. The catalogue begins with “The Story of the Cadillac” with information on what makes a Cadillac a Cadillac, the standards, the policies and everything else. The catalogue then discusses the various parts of the Cadillac automobile, the engine, lubrication, the clutch, carburetor, electrical system, transmission, steering mechanism, two-speed direct drive axle, suspension, brakes, bodies, the finish, the tops, fenders, and seat covers (options with prices).01644View Full Details
The catalogue then covers seven different models available with prices.
A scarce catalogue from the premier maker of American cars.
