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Year: 1922 (Item #B18915) -
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ROLLS-ROYCE (Silver Ghost [Springfield]), "Rolls-Royce:
An Address by Maurice Olley, S.A.E.": 20 page
non-color catalog, 9x6. Heavy gray covers with
green Rolls-Royce emblem as title plate and green
scroll lampshades in background. Illustrations
include an art rendering by Frederick Chapman
showing a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost in outdoor
setting, a reproduction of "A Rolls-Royce Investment"
newspaper clipping and photograph of Maurice Olley.
Text is narrative of talk that was "Delivered
before The Publicity Club of Springfield." U.S.
Dated Feb. 10, 1922. Solley #SSG.6. Price:-
$135.
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Year: 1923 (Item #B15753) -
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ROLLS-ROYCE (Silver Ghost [Springfield]), "Two
Letters on Trans-Continental Touring by Frederick
Phillips": 8 page non-color catalog, 6x4.
White cover, with black lettering, has photograph
of "The Flying Lady" emblem. Brochure has four
full page photographs of Frederick Phillips Rolls-Royce
and is comprised of letters dated Mar. 24, 1923
and May 23, 1923 regarding a test drive he made
from the Rolls-Royce Springfield factory in Massachusetts
to Los Angeles, California, and back to Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania - a 6,627 mile round trip. Rusty
staples and rusty paperclip mark on cover. U.S.
Price:- $75.
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Year: 1923 (Item #B15754) -
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ROLLS-ROYCE (Silver Ghost [Springfield]), "Ten
Years in a Day (A Description of the Rolls-Royce
Bumping Test)": 20 page non-color catalog,
8x5. Green cover, with brown lettering, blue title
plaque inside brown scroll design and blue "Flying
Lady" emblem. Six photographs show mechanical
features and illustrate how the "bump test" was
used. Includes detailed discussion. U.S. Solley
#SSG.11. Price:- $180.
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Year: 1925 (Item #B15759) -
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ROLLS-ROYCE (Silver Ghost [Springfield]), "Ten
Years in a Day (A Description of the Rolls-Royce
Bumping Test Machine)": 16 page non-color
catalog, 9x6. Brown cover, with tan frame, lettering
and "Flying Lady" emblem. Centerfold is photo
rendering of the Rolls-Royce Bumping Test Machine.
Discussion tells the story of the development
of the machine and how it re-designed Rolls-Royce
automobiles. U.S. Copyright 1925. Solley #SSG.11a.
Price:- $200.
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Year: 1925 (Item #B15760) -
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ROLLS-ROYCE (Silver Ghost [Springfield]), "Carrying
On: Some Little Known Facts About Rolls-Royce":
20 page non-color catalog, 9x6. Cream color cover,
with blue, brown and cream colored border and
blue lettering, is photograph of a "repeated impact
machine" -- a bumping test in miniature. Four
photographs and a drawing show ways in which the
quality of Rolls-Royce automobiles is assured.
Includes detailed discussion on quality and craftsmanship.
U.S. Copyright 1925. Solley #SSG.21. Price:-
$200.
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Year: 1926 (Item #B5997) -
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ROLLS-ROYCE (Silver Ghost [Springfield]), "Rolls-Royce:
The Only Way to Buy the Best Car in the World
at Less Than List Price": 24 page non-color
catalog, 10x4. Covers are rows of Rolls-Royce
emblems in gray on white, with title in black
and "The Flying Lady" in a black and gray drawing.
Seventeen photographs show models from 1912 through
1925. Catalog discusses the advantages to buying
a previously owned Rolls-Royce and is designed
to answer any questions the potential buyer might
have. Hardly noticeable taped binding. U.S. Copyright
1926. Price:- $135.
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Year: 1926 (Item #B15764) -
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ROLLS-ROYCE (Silver Ghost [Springfield]), "Vanity
Fair: The Inheritance of Rolls-Royce": 12
page part-color catalog, 13x10. Cover is art rendering
of two young women with gossamer wraps dancing
in outdoor setting. Back cover is artist's sketch
of Rolls-Royce roadster in outdoor hill country
setting, with discussion. Inside back cover has
two drawings showing an early Landau which is
now (1926) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and
a modern (1926) Rolls-Royce Landaulet by Brewster.
Includes detailed discussion on the history of
Rolls-Royce development. Original factory literature
produced from an article in "Vanity Fair" magazine,
dated June 1926. U.S. Solley #SSGrp.4. Price:-
$225.
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