Well illustrated reference to the New York 5th avenue Coach Company, 1885-1960, by Oliver J. Ogden. Inscribed by the author on the title page. New York city's legendary 5th avenue Coach Company was famous for its double - deck buses as well as its role as a leader in public transportation in the city. It was the first bus company with gasoline powered buses and air conditioning, and also the last company in the US to use double deckers come out which were the last double deck buses built in America. Book contains all the various bus designs used by the company from the early horse-drawn omnibuses and buses brought over from England to the later yellow coaches and GMCs.


Condition: this book is in like new condition, and is inscribed by the author on the title page.