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FILL 'ER UP!: THE STORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MOTORING

by Bellamy Partridge

Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. Circa. 1952

Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. The story of American motoring from the stand-point of the man behind the steering wheel... Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 235 pages including index.

3rd printing. Some marks to boards. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some foxing; rear panel is grubby.

Stock no. 2139906

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Contents

  • 1. Crackpots and Tinkers
  • 2. The Chicago Race
  • 3. The Afterglow
  • 4. The Genius
  • 5. Get A Horse!
  • 6. The Years of Guesswork
  • 7. The First Auto Show
  • 8. The Coming of AAA
  • 9. Speed and More Speed
  • 10. The Glidden Tour
  • 11. The Vanderbilt Cup
  • 12. Growing Pains
  • 13. The Lincoln Highway
  • 14. Out of the Mud
  • 15. Seeing America First
  • 16. Is This Trip Necessary?
  • 17. Where Do We Go from Here?
  • Chronology of the Motor Car

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