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Bibliographical references for books in English with titles beginning by A
Chapter 4: General works on motor vehicles, marques, companies, and automotive and transport industries, plus automotive accessories and components

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McCall, Walter Miller Pearce (1938- ), American funeral vehicles, 1883-2003: an illustrated history (Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2003). 160 p., illustrations (300, bw), 22, x 28 cm, ISBN: 1583881042 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Begins with horse-drawn vehicles. Includes material on such marques as Henney, Eureka, A.J. Miller, Superior, Barnette, Economy, and Memphian among others. With an index of all the important past and present hearse and conversion manufacturers in North America.

Salmieri, Stephen, American grilles (New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1979). 1st ed. 128 p., illustrations, 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 0156055899.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Includes pictures of vintage Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Edsel, Ford, Imperial, Mercury, Nash, Oldsmobile, Packard, Pontiac, etc.
Mays, James C. (1953- ) & Elton Stephen McFall (1975- ), American Motors century: a celebration of the American Motors family (The) (Montréal, QC: Syam Publishing, 2002). 51 p., illustrations, 22 cm, bibliogr. ref., ISBN: 0968586481.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers milestone events, successes, and tragedies.
Conde, John A (comp. & ed.), American Motors family album: a pictorial roll call of the passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and trucks produced by American Motors and its predecessor companies (The) (Detroit, MI: American Motors Corporation, 1976). 184 p., illustrations, 23 x 28 cm.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): "American Motors family album: Rambler, Jeffery, Nash, Ajax, LaFayette, Hudson, Essex, Terraplane, Ambassador, Marlin, Metropolitan, Rebel, AMX, Javelin", Detroit: American Motors Corporation, 1969, Detroit: American Motors Corporation, 1963.
Foster, Patrick R., American Motors: the last independent (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1993). 304 p., illustrations (345, bw), 29 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 303, ISBN: 0873412400.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the company, American Motors Corporation, and of its cars. Includes such marques as Hudson, Nash, Rambler and Jeep. Details on important personalities and events. Includes biographical material on Dick Teague, Ed Anderson, George W. Romney, Roy Chapin and others.
Breuer, William B., American saga: the fabulous tale of Sunnen Products Company (An) (St. Louis, MO: Pierre Laclede Book, 1969). 117 p., illustrations (26 p., portraits), 24 cm.
Lewchuk, Wayne A., American technology and the British vehicle industry (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1987). viii, 304 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 272-294, index, ISBN: 0521302692.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Economic models of technical change; The American motor vehicle industry, 1889-1930; The effort bargain and British technical change; The effort crisis and British managerial strategies; Production techniques in the British motor vehicle industry, 1896-1914; The rise of management in the British motor vehicles industry, 1896-1914; Fordism and the British system of mass production, 1914-1930; The collapse of British system of mass production, 1930-1984; Technical change and the effort bargain.
Fetherston, David, American woodys (Sebastopol, CA: Thaxton Press, 1998). 144 p., illustrations (165, bw/c), 26 x 26 cm, index, ISBN: 0965200574 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Includes coverage of prototypes and of advertising history. Covers such marques as Ford, Chrysler as well as those of General Motors. From 1915 to the 1960s.

Wood, Donald F. (1935- ), American Woodys (St Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2001). [Crestline series]. 223 p., illustrations (bw, portraits), 21 X 27 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 0760308667 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers from 1911 up to the 1950s. Includes rarely seen photographs.

Thomas, Robert Paul, Analysis of the pattern of growth of the automobile industry, 1895-1929 (An) (Ph. D. thesis (economics): Northwestern University (Chicago, IL), 1965). 338 p., 22 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 327-337.
COMMENTS: This thesis has been published.
Thomas, Robert Paul, Analysis of the pattern of growth of the automobile industry, 1895-1929 (An) (New York, NY: Arno Press, 1977). [Dissertations in American economic history]. 326 p., illustrations (16 p.), 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 327-337, ISBN: 0405099312.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Originally a thesis.
Arnold, Ken, And the wheel turned (Bendigo, VIC: Crown Castleton, 2000). 2 vols, illustrations (portraits), 31 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 1875342281 (vol. 1) + 1875342370 (vol. 2).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the Australian gasoline industry and automotive service industry.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): Covers tire manufacturers, service clubs, spark plug manufacturers along with early engines, garages and advertising.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): Covers the petrol companies, petrol pump companies, and advertising.
Annals of Mercedes-Benz motor vehicles and engines (The) (Stuttgart-Untertürkheim: Daimler-Benz AG, 1961). 2nd ed. 223 p., illustrations (portraits), 24 cm.
Lewerenz, Alfred S., Antique auto body accessories for the restorer (Arcadia, CA: Post-Era Books, 1970). 128 p., illustrations (600), 23 cm.
Lewerenz, Alfred S., Antique auto body brass work for the restorer (Arcadia, CA: Post-Era Books, 1970). [Vintage Craft series; 5]. 128 p., illustrations, 23 cm, ISBN: 0911160051.
Schriber, Fritz, Antique auto body decoration for the restorer (Arcadia, CA: Post-Era Books, [1970]). 128 p., illustrations (225), 23 cm.
Butler, Herbert J. (ed.), Antique auto body leather work for the restorer (Arcadia, CA: Post-Era Books, 1969). [Vintage Craft series; 3]. 128 p., illustrations (140), 23 cm, ISBN: 0911160035.
Neubecker, William (ed.), Antique auto body metal work for the restorer (Arcadia, CA: Post-Era Books, 1969). [Vintage Craft series; 10]. 128 p., illustrations (170), 23 cm, ISBN: 0911160019.
Butler, Herbert James, Antique auto body top work for the restorer (Arcadia, CA: Post-Era Books, c1970). [Vintage Craft series]. 125 p., illustrations, 23 cm.
Terry, C. W. & Arthur Hall, Antique auto body wood work for the restorer (Arcadia, CA: Post-Era Books, 1977). revised ed., [Vintage Craft series; 2]. 127 p., illustrations, 23 cm, ISBN: 0911160027.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Arcadia, CA: Post Motor Books, 1969, ISBN: 0911160027.
Neubecker, William (1964- ), Antique automobile body construction and restoration: a handbook for the horeless carriage enthusiast (Arcadia, CA: Post Motor Books, [1956]). 128 p., illustrations (bw), 28 cm.
Lynch, Steve, Arrogance and Accords: the inside story of the Honda scandal (Irving, TX: Pecos Press, 1997). xi, 310 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 309-310, ISBN: 0965776611.
Webster, Mark, Assembly: New Zealand car production, 1921-98 (Auckland, Northland: Reed Books, 2002). 192 p., illustrations (190, bw/c), 19 x 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 203-204, indexes, ISBN: 0790008467 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the automotive industry with material on the factories and the cars themselves. Models featured include: Ford Model T, Morris Minor, Toyota Hilux. Includes a general index and a vehicle index as well as a 32-pages section of coloured photographs. Some material coming from interviews with important personalities as well as from companies' archives.

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