Service and Touring Guide: Road Maps of Northeastern and North Central United States; Faultless performance frequently lures a Buick owner to distant and remote places--but wherever he goes Buick Authorized Service is near at hand.

Buick; Brock's Garage, Inc.; Rand McNally & Co.

Published by Rand McNally & Co.?, Chicago, IL?

About this Item

Original publisher's light beige paper wrappers with staple binding. "Compliments of Brock's Garage, Inc., Trenton, N. J." printed on front cover. No date, circa 1920s-1930s. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4." Thirteen unnumbered leaves (c. twenty-six pages), complete. Fourteen printed blue and white road maps, complete. Major roads, interstates, and highways are highlighted in printed red ink on the maps. Pages are clean and intact overall but have faint dampstaining throughout (most noticeable on about last six leaves; text is still very readable), a few small surface chips to front cover and map of United States (barely affecting text or illustrations), light age toning, a crease on first leaf (affects part of U.S. and New England maps), slight bumping to corners, and green pencil from a former owner marking a route on the U.S. map. Covers are clean and intact except for faint dampstaining along edges, moderate dampstaining on back cover, light to moderate age toning, a crease on front cover, slightly bumped corners, and slight chipping along spine. A Very Good copy. This is as a collection of fourteen printed "Rand McNally Junior Road Maps" of the Northeastern and North Central regions of the U.S. bound in a magazine format. Each map is printed as a two-page spread. The maps feature blue icons representing Buick Motor Co. branches and distributors and Buick Authorized Service Stations on various routes. Each map shows a scale of miles, a legend, roads, cities, and some places of interest and natural geographical features such as mountains, lakes, and rivers. The fourteen maps show the following: "United States," "New England," "Southern New York; New York" [Southern New York is shown in an inset map], "New Jersey," "Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; W. Virginia," "Ohio," "Northern Michigan; Michigan" [Northern Michigan is shown in an inset map], "Indiana," "Illinois," "Wisconsin," "Minnesota," "Iowa," "Missouri," and "Kentucky; Tennessee.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Service and Touring Guide: Road Maps of Northeastern and North Central United States; Faultless performance frequently lures a Buick owner to distant and remote places--but wherever he goes Buick Authorized Service is near at hand.
• Publisher: Rand McNally & Co.?, Chicago, IL?
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • U.S. History
  • Transportation, Inc. Automobiles, Trains & Ships
  • Travels and Voyages