Treasury of foreign cars, old and new

" A descriptive album of over 500 photographs of pleasure, racing and sports cars from 1884 to the mid 1950's"

Here's what an ad for this book said in 1954: "Here is one of the most interesting and comprehensive books ever published about foreign cars. Photos and historical details describe every important make of foreign car - as well as many of the little-known makes. Clymer's story of foreign car history takes the reader back as far as 1834 to the period of the steam road vehicles, experimental gas, steam and electrics, along with many freaks such as the treadle-car, spring-powered and wind-propelled cars. Then through the years of the first internal combustion engines - when three-wheelers were popular. Among the earliest makes were such names as Benz, Daimler, DeDion, Fiat, Humber, Panhard, Renault and Sunbeam. Other makes soon to follow were Austin, Delahaye, Lagonda, Mercedes, Opel, Riley, Rolls-Royce and Vauxhall. Read about the German Vollmer Motor Vorspann devised to take the horse's place pulling vehicles. Thrill at the early experimental tractors and cars of Dr. Porsche, the gas burning Volkswagen and photos of the originals of many makes. The section on NEW cars gives an exciting and complete picture of today's pleasure, racing and sports cars by means of photos and specifications of various models, along with interesting histories of each make. There are cars from Australia, Canada, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Sweden. This beautifully bound album has 220 pages - 8 1/4x11 - with over 500 photos - a book you will want to own and be proud to give to a friend. It is sure to delight the most discriminating car enthusiast."