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43, [1] p. Illustrations. 25cm. Publisher's cream buckram, gilt to front board. The plain spine and endpapers toned. Author's presentation inscription on the front free endpaper. The contents clean and tight. A very good copy. With a list of ships built on the Hard.

A. 22 Nov. 1905, Three pages, 12mo, bifolium,black-bordered, good condition. He refers to an account sent to him by a correspondent of "Car" "which I read with great interest" but he had yet to receive a "detailed account. I quite understand in Surrey motorists must be a great nuisance to many of the inhabitants, and therefore was quite prepared for the Council passing a resolution-which in itself is I think impracticable. My idea of the future legislation of motor cars lies in the direction of (i) no speed limit; (ii) a stipulated limit for towns, villages and dangerous places to be notified on posts ['with figures' added in MS] at either end of such places (iii) identification of all drivers English and foreign by photographs on the driving licence (iv) annual registration of cars and formation of a central or county fund ['out of motor taxation' added in MS] to assist the ordinary highway rates in laying down dustless material near dwelling houses or cross roads. I do not know in the least what the Royal Commission will recommend, but in giving evidence before them the other day I thought I saw signs of then adopting something of this kind. When Parliament meets again I hope I shall see you[.] [W]e can then have a talk over the matter."; B. (10 Oct. 1906) TNS, one page, obl.12mo, small nick not affecting text, ow good. He refers to a letter he sent to Coates "about Sergeant Jarrett and his recent trick of masquerading as a scout of the Automobile Association"; (15 Oct.1906) TNS, one page, obl.12mo,small nick not affecting text, sl. crumpled. "I quite agree with you that unfortunately there are some motorists who do their best to exceed the speed limit at all [underlined] times, and naturally there must be rivalry between them and the police, but I do not think it wise for any member of the police force to descend to such subtle ["manoeuvres" crossed out replaced by "masquerading" in MS] as Inspector Jarrett has commenced." Notes: A. His son and successor as Montagu of Beaulieu established the National Motor Museum in his honour; B. "In 1902 John Scott Montagu launched the weekly journal: The Car Illustrated. Mainly about motoring, this beautifully illustrated periodical was subtitled A Journal of Travel by Land, Sea and Air. John Scott Montagu also launched a monthly journal called The Car."; C. "A Royal Commission on Motorcars was established in 1905 which reported in 1907 and recommended that motorcars should be taxed, that the speed limit should be abolished (by a majority vote only) and raised concern about the manner in which speed traps were being used to raise revenue in rural areas rather than being .".