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24 - [AUTOMOBILE] GRAND-CARTERET, John.
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Description
[AUTOMOBILE] GRAND-CARTERET, John. The Car of Tomorrow. A History of the Automobile (Past – Present – Technology – Caricatures). A fine copy, first edition, featuring two autograph documents. Paris, Fasquelle, 1898. In-12, light brown half-basane, spine with four raised bands, covers and spine well preserved. XII and 436 pp., numerous black-and-white illustrations. Spine slightly sun-faded. First edition. John Grand-Carteret (1850–1927), a journalist and historian, and a leading expert on caricature and iconography, took an early interest in the automobile and its history. Two autograph documents signed by the author are included: - an autograph letter signed to the publisher Baillière in which he announces his intention to publish a book on motor cars and requests, for his preparatory work, a volume on steam engines (1 page, in-12, on printed letterhead of *Le Figaro*, 16 June 1897, with envelope). - a signed letter-card to a colleague, C.A. Laisant, regarding a meeting (1 page, in-12 format, Paris, 7 May 1913, with address and postmarks on the reverse). A fine copy.
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About the sale Sale of collectable books and first editions – Varia III –
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Auction time 09/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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