The World Of The Automobile

The World Of The Automobile by Ralph Stein. Published by A Ridge Press Book/Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 252 Pgs. LCCN 73-4729. It is a world of speed, of noise, of technological achievement, of high excitement, and of surpassing beauty. The author Reminisces: about the handsome cars of a lifetime; self-propelled steam carriages and other creeping, crawling, roadworthy progenitors of the automobile; the Rolls, Isotta, Napier, Daimler, Hispano, Minerva, and son on; masterpieces of functional adornment before they became necessities; about Mercedes, Delahaye, Panhard, Austro-Daimler, and others; about the appropriate fashion to wear while driving; and on Highways, for a long time there weren't any. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 15187.