AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS: A good, unusual set of signatures by leading automobile manufacturers of ...

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS: A good, unusual set of signatures by leading automobile manufacturers of the early 20th century, and other closely associated individuals, to an 8vo page removed from an autograph album, comprising John Willys (1873-1935) American automotive pioneer, founder of Willys-Overland Motors which became the second largest carmaker in the United States after Henry Ford; Charles W. Nash (1864-1948) American automobile entrepreneur who served as President of General Motors 1912-16; William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877-1963) English motor manufacturer, founder of Morris Motors Ltd. (two signatures, one as W R Morris and the other as Viscount Nuffield); Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866-1941) English automobile designer, founder of the Austin Motor Company; John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara (1884-1964) English aviation pioneer who served as Minister of Transport 1940-41; and John Siddeley, 1st Baron Kenilworth (1866-1953) English pioneer of the motor industry, founder of the Siddeley Autocar Company in 1902. All have signed with their names alone in dark blue or black fountain pen inks. One small, light stain only very slightly affects one letter of Willys's signature. VG