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Auction 101, Lot 579

"Official Automobile Tour Book 1919",

Subject: Guide Books

Period: 1919 (published)

Publication: The Automobile Club of Buffalo

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Size:
6 x 9.5 inches
15.2 x 24.1 cm
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Great early automobile touring book complete with the folding map tipped in front "General Index Map of Automobile Tours in New York and Adjacent States" (18.8 x 16"). Includes smaller maps to illustrate the various tours discussed in the book, as well a great advertisements for hotels, garages and restaurants. Compiled by Dai H. Lewis, 544 pp. Hardbound in original black cloth

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Condition: A

Minor shelf wear, map very good except for faint toning along folds. Binding tight.

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $50

Closed on 12/4/2002

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