Americana

Ads That Put America on Wheels (Eric, Hagstrom, 1996) - 2nd hand book in very good condition.

AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO GAS PUMPS - IDENTIFICATION AND PRICE GUIDE, paperback, published in 2002 Featuring more than 1 ,500 gas pumps from original manufacturer sales literature, this full-color reference provides petroliana collectors with a...

Author: John L.Butler, Hardbound, 320 Pages, ISBN: 9780873412803, First Edition, 1994 **RARE BOOK IN EXCELLENT UNREAD CONDITION** The history of the automobile has been chronicled in great detail, but the highway, the absolutely essential partner of...

Authors: Don DeNevi and Thomas Moulin, Softbound, 143 Pages, ISBN: 9780890872345 - First Printing, March 1979 Contrary to all Norman's high hopes and exaggerated expectations, this book is NOT dedicated to his new Morgan, that little...

Author: Robert Genat, ISBN: 9781613250914 Detroit's Woodward Avenue was America's center of gravity for cruising and street racing in the 1950s and 1960s. Its widely paved surfaces with long sections of arrow-straight road between traffic signals...

By: Will Shiers . Description Abandoned junk to some, the rusty old steel shells of vehicles are treasures to others, holding memories of a bygone era, or the promise of a pristinely restored, radically customized automobile. Automotive photographer Will...

By: Various Authors . Description Contributions by Michael Karl Witzel, John Steinbeck, Jim Hinckley,  Kerrick James and Lee Klancher. John Steinbeck famously christened Route 66 as our "Mother Road." Others have called it the Main Street...

By: Albert Drake . Nostalgic memories of the way things were in the '50s. Cars we drove, clothes we wore, the movies, the drive-ins, service stations, car shows, car clubs, what we read, customs, drag races, street racing, rappin' pipes and more...

By: Russell A. Olsen . Now Russell Olsen's best-selling collections featuring Route 66 filling stations, main streets, motor courts, cafes, campgrounds, honky-tonks, truck stops, and barbecue joints as they appeared both in their heyday and today is...

By: Jon Robinson . Hop into your car, leave your worries on the roadside, and embark on a historic journey along  the legendary Mother Road. With the help of 200 compelling color photographs, author Jon Robinson takes you on a nostalgic trip that...

By: Editors of Hot Rod Magazine . HOT ROD Magazine has defined more than one generation of car and racing enthusiast in its 50-plus years of existence. This reprint of the best from the decade 1949 to 1959 is a unique look back to the great old days of...

By: Tim Steil . Running straight up the gut of a nation, Highway 61 begins on  the edge of New Orleans' French Quarter, rolls past Delta cotton fields, and makes a mad dash to Lake Superior's rocky North Shore, slicing through eight states...