Motels
first edition Cloth
1957 · New York
by Baker, Geoffrey and Bruno Funaro
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; Second Printing. Cloth. An attractive second printing of the first edition, first published in 1955. Near Fine with a little edgewear to red cloth in Very Good dust-jacket, a couple of chips and closed tears along edges; "The book is concerned with the modern roadside accommodation, whatever it may be termed - motel, motor inn, or highway hotel. The need for this new sort of hotel accommodation came into being with the mass-produced automobile. Perhaps the motel (a word finally sanctioned by Webster) may be considered ultimately attributable to Henry Ford - a by-product of his assembly lines." - from the introduction; 4to; [vi], 264, [2] pages . (Inventory #: 22291)