ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FARM TRACTORS

Motorbooks International, 1992. Paperback. Near Fine. Oversize green with metallic-like green embossed stamping, very light shelf wear, clean and tightly bound; an unmarked copy with clean pages. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos and illustrations. No dust jacket, if issued. 352 pages. Running text and all tractors and parts well annotated with history and personal comments from the author. Contains Cross-Reference List, Tractor Attachments for Ts, Directory of Manufacturers, Bibliography. A labor of love, first published in 1979. Upwards of 1500 illustrations (est.).

From Preface - No other farm machine has had such a profound effect on agriculture as the farm tractor. In its infancy, the farm tractor was little more than a stationary engine adapted to a steam engine chassis. During the years required to complete this book, the history of many tractor builders has been elusive. Some were in business for only a short time or have been obscured by the clouds of time. Early tractor books, tractor directories and historical information from manufactures archives were used