A Catalogue of the Stevens-Duryea Automobiles. With Especial Reference to the Six-cylinder Cars. de Stevens-Duryea Company - 1907

Chicopee Falls, Mass. : Stevens-Duryea Company, [ca. 1907]., 1907. Edited, designed, engraved, and printed for the Stevens-Duryea Company, by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago. 4to. 63 pp. +[1] page. Profusely illustrated in color. Printed on coated paper. Original decorated green paper-covered boards, embossed in gold and dark green front cover, with unprinted green cloth spine. The Stevens-Duryea Company made high-end automobiles between 1901-1915 and 1919-1927. Starting with two cylinder cars in 1901 and, after 1907, manufacturing only six cylinder versions which sold for up to an amazing $9500 for the Model E in 1919. This catalog shows both 4 cylinder and six cylinder automobiles. Illustrated are the automobiles (detailed duotone illustrations over photographic backgrounds) as well as a wealth of chassis, suspension, engine ("power plant"), gears, etc. are shown. World Cat lists only a couple of institutionally housed copies of this book. The book is very tight with some abrasions/wear at the extremities, light soil and scratches rear cover. The interior is very bright, fine and complete. Overall near fine. Rare.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.