Buy this book on-line Schiffer, Michael Brian ; Grimm, Kimberly K. ; Butts, Tamara C : Taking Charge : The Electric Automobile in AmericaSmithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1994 ISBN 1560983558
FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A history of the innovative electric car in the United States, explaining the 1895 to 1920 period of its development and failure, its resuscitation in the more modern period as oil prices skyrocket while supplies diminish, the various companies involved and their aims and industrial strategies, the technologies and engineers involved, this mode of transportation's likely future, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, sources, bibliography, indexed, 225pp. A very nice copy, the jacket inside a plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Schiffer, Michael Brian ; Grimm, Kimberly K. ; Butts, Tamara C : Taking Charge : The Electric Automobile in America. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, livres rares, livres illustrées, collectables and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |