Don Nemets (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Privately printed, 2003. Trade paperback in VG condition; signed by author Don R. Nemets.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Don R. Nemets' biography of "Station Wagon King" Don R. Mitchell. Mitchell designed and produced station wagon bodies for most major American car manufacturers from early- to mid-century. Illustrated with numerous photos taken throughout his life. Limited printing. Signed by author Don R. Nemets on title page. 176 pp. plus 84 pp. of photos. Tight, immaculate copy with dust jacket. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 176p. Contents are unmarked on white pages. Black boards are clean and pointed with gilt lettering on spine. Green and white jacket is glossy and unclipped with minimal wear. Binding is tight with hinges fully attached.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Signed by the author! ; 8vo; 176 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The life of this Owosso, Michigan businessman, industrial innovator, and philanthropist who was born in 1903 and owned the Mitchell-Bentley Corporation as well as a 50% ownership of Creative Industries in Detroit . Over the years Mitchell built a large manufacturing operation in Owosso that eventually provided station wagon bodies for General Motors starting with wood bodies in 1942 for Buick and culminating in hundreds of thousands of all metal bodies for Buick, Oldsmobile, Mercury and Lincoln between 1954 and 1964--including the classic Mark II Lincoln Continental and the fiberglass 1961 Corvette. A fascinating story of an innovative and successful Michigan entrepreneur who rose from humble beginnings. This is the first hardcover edition (a paperback edition was published in 2003). No publisher or place of publication is listed in the book. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. This book appears to have been unread. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 175 pages.