Notes on Motor Carriages with Hints for Purchasers and Users

by John Henry Knight

$3,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition · Signed

London: Hazell, Watson and Viney, 1896. First edition, inscribed presentation copy, of this scarce early study on automobiles by the inventor and engineer John Henry Knight. “The development of the automobile is of great historic importance in the history of technology. Of all the early works written on the subject, this book by Knight had a great impact on both the makers and the users

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