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ERRETT LOBBAN CORD LAST BOOK WITH CASE #2350 PRODUCED BY AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY
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WHEN THE CONCEPT FOR THIS BOOK WAS FIRST PROPOSED TO READERS OF AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY THERE WAS A PRODUCTION RUN PLANNED OF 4000 BOOKS. IT WAS THE LATE 70'S AND AT THE ORIGINAL IN ADVANCE PRICE OF 5.00 WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE AUTOMOBILE BOOK OF IT'S TIME BY FAR. HAVING BEEN A LONG TIME SUBSCRIBER THEY AGREED TO SELL ME NUMBER 4000 OF 4000. THE REST IS HISTORY AND THEY NEVER RECEIVED ORDERS FOR ANYWHERE NEAR 4000. AS TIME WENT ON THEY OPTIMISTICALLY THOUGHT THEY WOULD SELL 2500 BOOKS WITH CASES. THAT PROVED OVERLY OPTIMISTIC AND FURTHERS REDUCED THEIR SALES GOAL TO 2350, WHICH COINCIDENTALLY EQUALED THE NUMBER OF MATCHING LEATHER BOUND CASES THEY ORDERED.IN THE MEANTIME WE HAD BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION AND THEY FINALLY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD NEVER REACH THE ORIGINAL GOAL OF 4000 AND THEY DECIDED TO PULL THE PLUG ON THE PROJECT AT 2350 COMPLETED SETS BOOK AND CASE WRAPPED IN BEAUTIFUL MATCHING BROWN LEATHER. THEY WOULD SELL THE REMAINING 150 COMPLETED BOOKS WITH OUT THE BEAUTIFUL MATCHING BROWN LEATHER CASES. AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY ONLY PRODUCED 2350 BOOKS WITH MATCHING CASES.
AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY KEEP THEIR WORD TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY AND I HAVE THE LAST NEW NEVER OPENED OR FULLY REMOVED FROM THE SHIPPING BOX BOOK NUMBER 2350 OF THE 2500 ORIGNALLY PUBLISHED BOUND BOOKS, AND THE LAST ONE, #2350, IN THE MATCHING BOX. PLEASE NOTICE THAT EVEN THE SHIPPING BOX FROM AQ IS NUMBERED 2350.
THE SIZE OF THE MATCHING BROWN LEATHER CASE IS 18 INCHES BY 12 INCHES. THE BOOK ITSELF IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER
PLEASE NOTE THE HISTORIC DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY DECEMBER 7, "DAY OF INFAMY" THAT THE BOOK LEFT KUTZTOWN, PA ON 12/07/1984. THE ORIGINAL SHIPPING INVOICE IS IN THE POUCH. NOTICE THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX NEAR THE SHIPPING LABEL ARE THE WORDS "E L CORD" SIGNATURE FACSIMILE.
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