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Wallis-Tayler, A. J.
Motor Cars or Power-Carriages for Common Roads.
Publisher: Crosby Lockwood and Son, London;
Date of Publication: 1897
Stock Code: 15609
First edition. Octavo, pp., xii, 200, iv advertisements for motoring equipment, 16 publisher’s catalogue, 48 publisher’s catalogue, plus 76 wood-engraved illustrations of motor cars and mechanical diagrams within text. Publisher’s original blue pebble-grain cloth; titled in gilt to spine and upper board; blue end-papers printed with publisher’s advertisements. Prize bookplate presented to one ‘Nathan Slinn’ dated 1906 to front paste-down. Corners and spine-tips rubbed; binding otherwise strong, square, and bright. Minor spotting to fore-edge not intruding to text; internally clean and free of annotations or inscriptions. An excellent copy. A practical guide to automobiles for the Victorian motorist. Motoring came to England in the mid 1880s, although heavily restricted until a new Act of 1896 deregulated automobiles on England’s highways. This is one of the very first books published following the emancipation of the motor car. The volume provides the motorist with a guide to varieties of automobile, technical discussions of engines and other aspects of mechanical engineering, as well as appendices on the regulation of the roads. £250.00