Product Description
A very scarce signed limited edition copy of this detailed work on the history of the Morris car, illustrated throughout with monochrome illustrations.
A very scarce work.
A limited edition work, limited to five-hundred numbered copies, of which this is numbered forty-nine.
Signed by the author to the title page.
Illustrated throughout, with monochrome illustrations to almostevery page.
In the original publisher's unclipped dustwrapper.
An extensive history on Morris cars, from 1913 to 1930.
In 1913, the owner, William Morris, opened his first factory at the former Oxford Military College in Oxford.
This was where his first car, the two-seatMorris Oxford 'Bullnose', was made.
Morris has original begun his career as a bicycle manufacturer, before moving on to his planningand designing of light cars.
During the years covered in this work, Morris Motors produced nine car models, from the Morris Oxford Bullnose, to the Morris Oxford Six, Sixteen, and Twenty.
Written by Philip A.
J.
Garnons-Williams.
This is his only known work.
In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper.
Externally, smart.
Small crack to the tail of the front joint.
A few minor marks and bumps to the boards and spine.
Spots to the fore edge.
Dustwrapper with edgewear, resulting in closed tears and some chips, including a larger chip to the head of the rear wrap.
Discolouration and spots to the dustwrapper, including to the reverse, and with a tidemark to the tail of the front wrap.
Internally, firmly bound.
Pages are bright and clean, with only a couple of light spots, mostly due to the spots to the fore edge.
Very Good
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