The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Automobiles by David Burgess Wise 1979 Chartwell Books car books automobile history

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This is a very good larger coffee table style hardcover with dust jacket. 1979 Chartwell Books. This copy is very good inside and out. The inside pages are very good and clean. The binding is tight and straight, NOTE: as often found in large heavy books this binding is cracked on this copy BUT the pages are all still tight to binding so considered a flaw but intact. Red hardcover boards under jacket are very good with only a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is still clean and shiny with light shelf wear mostly corners/edges. Large coffee table style book, quarto book size or 9" x 12" with 350 pages including cross-reference section.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Automobiles by David Burgess Wise is a detailed history of automobiles. there are more than 4000 entries from 1862 to present time published. The entries are listed from A to Z. Each entry gives a concise account of the manufacture's history and principal models. There are more than 1000 photos accompanying the text. An Intro reviews automobile history. Photographic endpapers front and back.

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