Anthony Bird — The Motor Car, 1765-1914

London, B.T. Batsford, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of a history on the motor car, written by motor historian Anthony Bird, taking us from its first challenges and into its first big boom. The signed first edition of the Motor Car, an early history of cars from the carriages of 1765 of the first mass produced cars of 1914, written by motor historian Anthony Bird. In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Contains numerous in-text illustrations, including fifteen plates. Collated complete.Anthony Bird wrote a number of motor histories, most notably on the Lanchester and Rolls-Royce, as well as contributing numerous articles and letters for the magazine Motor Sport. This particular history take readers on a mechanical journey, highlighting its first struggles in the eighteenth century, to the invention it became. In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minimal marks and very minor knocks to the extremities. Dust wrapper is bright and clean, with a couple of faint scratches, and slight edgewear, with rubbing to head and tail of wrapper spine, and to extremities, and a very small chip to head of wrapper spine. Minor signs of browning to fly leaves. Offsetting marks from flyleaves to free end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.