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Folio. 342 pp. With 100s of colour and black & white illustrations, photos, text illustrations, colour-illustrated endpapers. Gray textured boards, gilt lettering front cover & spine, w/ d.j. (minor shelfwear), NF/NF copy, signed by author on title. First edition, signed, of this lavishly illustrated and produced history of Packard high-powered racing boats, hydroplanes, racing cars, airplanes, and more. Packard produced more than 120 different high-performance non-automotive engines, and this work offers an invaluable reference.
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Fine. Profusely illustrated in color and in black & white. 342 pages 4to, full green leatherette with inlaid color picture on front cover. Np: Aero-Marine History, (1995). First Edition. Limited and signed. Number 305 of 500 copies signed by the author.
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Very Good Plus/Very Good Dust Jacket. Folio-over 12" tall x 10" 0964748304 A Large Hard Cover Folio, approx. 12" tall x 10" wide. A comprehensive history of the Packard built power engines, from the early 1900s through to recent times. including those for automobiles, aircrafts, and power boats and hydroplanes. In Very Good Plus condition, shows some foxing / discoloring to edges, a couple of small spots to interior page edges, otherwise clean and unmarked throughout, with solid binding, dark boards with gilt lettering. The Very Good Plus condition Dust Jacket shows edgewear, a couple of small tears at extremities, but is bright and color illustrated, and is now protected by a mylar wrapper. 342 pages, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, including a full-color painting reproduced across endpapers, over 300 black and white photos, plus charts, technical drawings, reproductions of historical posters, advertisements and ad logos; PLUS 16 PAGES OF FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. This book includes an index, bibliography, plus eight Appendices: Gold Cup Boat Racing Statistics, 1922-1941 / Detroit Sweepstakes Boat Statistics, 1923-1927 / Packard Powered Non-Military Boats (list with ownership information and racing statistics) / Air Racing from 1946-1949, in which Packard Powered Airplanes Competed / Racing Statistics of Packard Automobiles of the Post World War II Era / Records and accomplishments of Vehicles powered by Packard Engines / Packard Engines used in Auto, Air and Marine Racing and Record Setting / Packards in the Gilmore Economy Run, 1936-1941, and the Mobil Economy Run 1950-1956. A big, beautiful book, printed on heavy gloss paper. The most complete work on the subject published to date. Professionally packed for safe shipping.
