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JAC Postal Auction APRIL 1999
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[A] Brochures | [B] Books | [C] Magazines | [D] Models | [E] Jaguar Competition | [F] Owner's Handbooks | [G] Technical Books | [H] Hardware | [I] Paintings, Prints, Posters etc | [J] Road Test Reprints | [K] XK Automobilia | [L] Press Packs | [M] Literature Miscellany | [W] Wholesale | [Z] Jaguars - but not Lyons... | Guidance | Conditions | Bidding forms

SECTION F
HANDBOOKS, ETC (*all estimates in Pounds Sterling)

Other Technical Books are in Section G.
XK Handbooks are in Section K.

The abbreviation hbk - means handbook; wd - means loose or tipped-in wiring diagram; lc - means ditto lubrication chart and a/c means air conditioning.

Printers: ABS - Adams Brothers & Shardlow. SNP - St Nicholas Press. WWC - WW Curtis. HC - Haines Clark. SC - Scot-Curtis. CP - Coventry Printers. NP Nuffield Press. JU - James Upton. WP - Warwick Printing Co.


F/1 - Jaguar Cars new car documents envelope for 3 1/2 Mark VII saloon. containing: 1. Handbook. 64 pp. Printer: ABS. Ref: PR 3 - 7/5/53. Maroon cover w yellow label. S1 spotting on cover o/w near mint. 2. Factory guarantee. 3. Account for car from Scott Bros. of Colchester dated 20 Jan 1953. 4. Tecalemit service instructions. 5. Dunlop tyre rotation leaflet. 6. Trico windscreen washer instructions. 7. Factory registration card. 8. Compliments slip from Jaguar Sales Department. Envelope is split and edgy but content are all Fine or Mint. An unusually comprehensive set of papers. (eŁ50-55)
F/2 - Jaguar Cars new car documents envelope for 3.8 Mark 2 containing: 1. Handbook. 83 pp. Ref E/115. Printer M Chalot in Belgium during British printers strike. Emerald green in blue plastic cover. Mint condition. 2. Jaguar home distributors & dealers booklet dated Aug 59. 3. Service vouchers set. 4. Prospectus for the Jaguar Drivers' Club. 5. Operating instructions and guarantee for Radiomobile models 500T and 501 T. 6. Operating instructions for Smiths automatic lighter. 7. Invoice for car from Kennings (Shrewsbury) dated 31 Dec 1959. 8. A small correspondence between the purchaser and the dealer concerning the specification of the car. Another unusually comprehensive set of papers. Envelope and contents are in Fine or Mint condition - in particular, the handbook is Mint. (eŁ55-60)
F/3 - Jaguar Cars new car documents envelope for 3 1 /2 Mark VII Model Type "M" containing: 1. Handbook. 64 pp. Printer: ABS. Ref: E/102. Beige cover w yellow label. V sl damp warping and some spotting on title page. Fine. 2. Tecalemit service instructions. 3. Jaguar home distributors & dealers booklet dated Oct 1954. 4. Operating instructions for "His Master's Voice" car radio models 200X, 202X, 200R & 202R. 5. Booklet by Smiths "The Care of Instruments". Envelope is split and edgy but content are all Fine or Mint. Another good group of car literature. (eŁ45-50)
F/4 - Instruction Book for the Standard Sixteen - 1932 64 pp. 6 x 10. SS Owners will not need to be told that the SS 1 was based on this car. Much of the mechanical data herein is of direct relevance to the maintenance of SS I cars. A garage copy. Complete and fully useable, but showing much wear and damp staining. Poor. (eŁ25-30)
F/5 - Instruction Book for 1 1/2 Litre SS Jaguar. 1936. 69 pp. Beige cover w paler beige label. Heavy use. A rough copy for the garage. (eŁ10-15)
F/6 - Instruction Book for 2 1/2 Litre and SS 100 Jaguar models. ( 1936). 69 pp. BRG covers w paler green label. Has seen use. A copy for the garage. Good. (eŁ25-35)
F/7 - Instruction Book for 2 1/2 Litre SS Jaguar. 1937. Includes SS 100 model. 70 pp. Mid-blue cover w paler blue label. Has seen use. A copy for the garage. Good. (eŁ25-35)
F/8 - Instruction Book for 2 1/2 Litre SS Jaguar 1937. Includes SS 100 model. A similar lot to the above, but this copy has been bound in black buckram-covered boards w black endpapers. Covers Fine, text Good. (eŁ30-35)
F/9 - Instruction Book for 2 1/2 litre, 3 1/2 litre and 100 SS Jaguar models. 1938. 72 pp. Black covers w grey label. A very lightly used copy. VG. (eŁ40-50)
F/10 - Instruction Book for the 2 1/2 litre, 3 1/2 litre and 100 SS Jaguar models. 1938-9-40. 80 pp. Printer: ABS. Print date: 1/10/48. Black covers w grey label. Unused. Sl age browning and some faint finger marks o/w Fine. (eŁ80-90)
F/11 - Instruction Book for the 2 1/2 Litre, 3 1/2 Litre and SS 100 models. 1938-9-40. A similar lot to the above, but this copy has been bound in black buckramcovered boards w black endpapers. Covers Fine, text Good. (eŁ30-35)
F/12 - 1946/47/48 Instruction Book for Jaguar 2.5 and 3.5 litre models. 67 pp. Printer: ABS. Red covers. Damp warp at back cover and staining of last four pages. Good. (eŁ25-30)
F/13 - 1946/47/8 Instruction Book for the 1 1/2 litre Jaguar. 64 pp. Printer ABS. Brown covers w orange label. Label sl rubbed and sl chipped at top. Text unread. VG. (eŁ20-30)
F/14 - 2 1/2 and 3 I/2 litre Mark V Models - 1949/50. 45 pp. Ref No: 8/1/50. Printer ABS. Dark blue cover w pale blue label. Include 4 pp Supplement. Sl marking on label where glue shows through, but unused. Fine. (eŁ40-50)
F/15 - 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 litre Mark V Models - 1949/50. 49 pp. Ref: RP 3/1/50. Printer ABS. BRG cover w pale green label. Label rubbed. Good. (eŁ25-30)
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