The Franklin Car: Describing Types-Principles of Construction-Performance and Mechanical Details ( pub. May 1918 )

May, 1918, Franklin Automobile Co., Syracuse, N.Y. HB, an 80 pp, 6 X 8 " sales prospectus illustrations and specifications of open and enclosed cars" ) with ten pages of very nicely reproduced images --2 or 3 views to a page, interior and/or exterior--of the Touring Car, Runabout, Four-Passenger Roadster, Cabriolet, Sedan, Broughm, Town Car, and Limousine. Also 11 text drawings of the major components of the automobiles. The cover of the book has pencil doodling, ancient water-stains and owner's name in ink , front and back, heavy edge-wear and abrading to head and tail of spine. To top it off, an apparent coffee stain two inches wide appears in the top margin of the last 32 pp and the back cover. No text is affected. A quality production to begin with, not nearly as bad as it might sound.