[AUTOMOBILES]. -- SENNETT, Alfred Richard. "Carriages without horses shall go". Being a reprint of a paper on horseless road locomotion, read before Section G of the British Association, Liverpool, September 23, 1896. London, 1896. 8o (210 x 138 mm). Frontispiece and numerous wood-engraved and halftone plates. Original blue cloth, front cover and spine silver-lettered. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS ON THE AUTOMOBILE. Efforts to invent a "horseless carriage" had proliferated in Europe and America since the release of the Otto four-cycle engine from monopoly control in 1885. Norman 1931. -- KNIGHT, John Henry. Notes on motor carriages with hints for purchasers and users. London, 1896. 8o (180 x 121 mm). Text halftones and wood-engravings. Original blue printed boards, cloth spine (worn). FIRST EDITION. Dibner Heralds of Science 184; Norman 1225. -- FARMAN, Dick. Auto-cars. Cars, tramcars and small cars. Translated from the French by Lucien Serraillier, with preface by Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt, president of the Automobile Club of France. London, 1896. 8o (180 x 122 mm). Numerous text illustrations. Publisher's 48 pp. catalogue bound in at rear. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (spine sunned). Provenance: John Denham Austin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Published the same year as the French edition. Norman 766. (3)

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[AUTOMOBILES]. -- SENNETT, Alfred Richard. "Carriages without horses shall go". Being a reprint of a paper on horseless road locomotion, read before Section G of the British Association, Liverpool, September 23, 1896. London, 1896. 8^o (210 x 138 mm). Frontispiece and numerous wood-engraved and halftone plates. Original blue cloth, front cover and spine silver-lettered. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS ON THE AUTOMOBILE. Efforts to invent a "horseless carriage" had proliferated in Europe and America since the release of the Otto four-cycle engine from monopoly control in 1885. Norman 1931. -- KNIGHT, John Henry. Notes on motor carriages with hints for purchasers and users. London, 1896. 8^o (180 x 121 mm). Text halftones and wood-engravings. Original blue printed boards, cloth spine (worn). FIRST EDITION. Dibner Heralds of Science 184; Norman 1225. -- FARMAN, Dick. Auto-cars. Cars, tramcars and small cars. Translated from the French by Lucien Serraillier, with preface by Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt, president of the Automobile Club of France. London, 1896. 8^o (180 x 122 mm). Numerous text illustrations. Publisher's 48 pp. catalogue bound in at rear. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (spine sunned). Provenance: John Denham Austin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Published the same year as the French edition. Norman 766. (3)