Audels new automobile guide for mechanics, operators, and servicemen with questions & answers and illustrations on the theory, construction, and servicing of motor vehicles including diesels
New York: Theo. Audel & Co., 49 W. 23rd St. [1947]. Thick 12mo, pp. [18], 1607, [1], [8] ads; thousands of illustrations; fine in original embossed black cloth, gilt-stamped spine, edges stained red. This manual was originally published in 1938. This appears to be the fifth iteration, and the first after Word War II. "Nehemiah Hawkins (1833-1928), an American inventor, publisher and author (pen name Theodore Audel) was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He started working with the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, MA. In Chicago he established a magazine called Steam - soon sold and incorporated into Power - then moved to New York ... He wrote (or commissioned and published under his own name) many of the popular Audel's Guides popular with engineers and craftsmen and published by Theodore Audel & Company of New York. He sometimes used the pseudonym William Rogers (a likely reference to Roger Williams)" (Wikipedia). Item #60067
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