No comments about Pedal Car Restoration and Price Guide.

2 comments about 2007 Collector Car Price Guide (Standard Guide to Cars and Prices).

1. Up to date ,very good information,I use it all the time with my appraisal business.



2. This book is very useful in determining a car's worth.
   It shows you what to look for and lists every make and model.

1 comments about Value Guide To Gas Station Memorabilia (Value Guide to Gas Station Memorabilia).

1. B. J. Summers and Wayne Priddy's Value Guide To Gas Station Memorabilia appears in its updated second edition to provide the latest values to signs, cans, maps and more from vintage gas station days. Bright medium-sized color photos throughout compliment chapters conveniently organized by memorabilia type - signs, containers, thermometers, even pumps and globes - to make for quick, easy browsing and reference.

1 comments about Standard Catalog of Pontiac 1926-1995 (Standard Catalog of Pontiac).

1. This is a great book of numbers. Every Pontiac line included. Numbers given on all. As with other numbers books there are a few mistakes, but that can surely be overlooked when you open this up. Production numbers of each car, brief histories, etc.. This book has it all. Even if you like just one Pontiac and are enthusiastic about it I recommend it. You won't be dissapointed.

5 comments about The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships (Dover Pictorial Archive).

1. The earlier review is accurate. This is a handy little guide if you want to look up some basic information about a type of ship of which you have heard, or if you just want to browse and pick up a little bit of nautical history. I am a D&D dungeon master, and I have used the book to show my players what various types of ships which they may encounter actually look like.



2. This book is great if you want to know what kind of rigging each
   ship had. You will not get how many crewman it took to sail each ship unless its a galley then you can figure it out by how many oars it had. On some you will get the tonnage of a particular ship but not always. You don't get any idea the cargo it was able to hold in tonnage or what type of cargo it mainly shipped. Nothing about what kind of weaponary ie cannon
   6pounder,12pounder etc. I did like the pictures. I did learn about ships that I never knew existed. Thats why I said fluff
   in the title.



3. The author presents a history of sailing ships through illustrations and descriptions that span 2-3 pages. He breaks the subject matter between long ships and round ships and presents the ships in chronological order from ancient galleys to clippers.
   
   The content of the description seems to be drawn from personal experience, where possible, and various research sources. The author does use a lot of naval terminology for rigging and ship structure that may leave the young or unversed in the dark. The real glory of the book is not, however, the entertaining prose, but the drawings of the ships. The art ranges from mostly black ink renderings of the ships to a few water colors (at least in my hardcover copy) that are simply beautiful pieces.
   
   If you are lucky enough to find a decent early copy (like my 1924 copy) jump on it. Or, if you are interested in seeing what various sailing ships looked like, any copy will do.
   P-)



4. If you're looking for a good interpretation of excellent illustrations, then this is your book! The illustrations are par none, but the writing lacks substance. Much of the descriptions are but interpretations, some based on fact, but many imagined. Readers looking for a very broad overview will enjoy this book. Those looking for detail about the ship or about the history of the time-period would do better with something else.



5. Essentially a reprint of a book published originally in 1924, the book manages to have both modern prose and a dated (nonpajorative in this case) perspective. Because the author is chronologically close to his subject, his focus on the meat of the matter is excellent. Complemented by excellent illustrations from Gordon Grant, Culver's prose flows forth, at once detailed, humourous, and filled with romance. An easy read that will probably be enjoyed by enthousiast, history buff, and devout non-fiction reader alike. We can only hope that this book does not go out of print for another 75 years.

No comments about Unusual Vintage Tractors.

1 comments about Marine & Pocket Chronometers: History & Development.

1. Many fine photographs. Excellent representation of chronometer makers. Typically provides many examples from each maker. Chapter organization is fine, however, the focus is highly technical. This is a great reference work primarily because of the large number of detailed images. However a big limitation is the lack of an index. This makes finding a particular maker's examples very difficult.

No comments about Savvy Guide to Buying Collector Cars at Auction (Savvy Guide).

No comments about Iron Horses: American Locomotives 1829-1900.

2 comments about Carriages and Sleighs: 228 Illustrations from the 1862 Lawrence, Bradley & Pardee Catalog.

1. This would be a good book for someone that was only interested in carriages. We were looking for information on sleighs and the book proved to be a great disappointment since it only had three illustrations of sleighs. The title is very misleading.



2. Includes a wide variety of carriages for all uses, all presumably once available for purchase. Also includes catalog descriptions of each model, somewhat useful in learning about features on each item. Illustrations appear to be stylized a bit, very attractive. No photographs. The best book of its type I have seen so far.