Model A Instruction Books - US Reprints
By Rick Black
2005
A 1928 Reprint |
Original 1931 Book |
A 1931 Reprint |
Reprints of US Instruction Books both current and out of print
1928 Reprint (Version 3)
1929 Reprint (Version 2)
1930 Reprint (Version 2)
1931 Reprint (Version 2)
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Distributor: Keith Johnson, Duluth, MN
Title page has year of the manual in large type
Copyright page has "Reproduced under license of Ford Motor Company 1994" in small print
Ford Logo and Ford Script are the original size.
Paper used on this reprint is semi-glossy like the originals.
These are very hard to tell from an original except for the differences noted above.
1928 Reprint (Version 4)
Reprinted by Lincoln Publishing, Lockport NY.
Back Cover still has oval Polyprints logo!
Cover is light tan instead of grey-tan.
Ford Logo and Ford Script are the original size.
Has blank page between pages 2-3 and between 50-51.
Paper used on this reprint is matte finish and not semi-glossy like the originals.
Illustrations don't have as much gray as original manuals do.
1928 Reprint (Version 5) 3/3/05
Reprinted by Polyprints, San Francisco CA (out of print)
Cover is light tan instead of grey-tan.
Ford Logo and Ford Script are the original size.
Has blank page before page 1 (the Title Page).
Page 2 has copyright 1928 at the top and the Polyprints address at the bottom with
"Reprinted with the permission of the Ford Motor Company".
Page 47-48 shows AA Truck.
Back Cover does not have Polyprints logo.
Paper used on this reprint is matte finish and not semi-glossy like the originals.
Illustrations don't have as much gray as original manuals do.
1928 Reprint (Version 5) 7/31/05
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Reprinted by Polyprints, San Francisco CA (out of print)
Cover is light tan instead of grey-tan.
Ford Logo and Ford Script are the original size.
Page 2 has copyright 1928 at the top and the Polyprints address at the bottom with
"Reprinted with the permission of the Ford Motor Company".
Has blank page AFTER page 1 (the Title Page).
Page 47-48 shows AA Truck.
An Index to Illustrations and Table Of Contents are the last printed page.
Back Cover does have Polyprints logo and book id "A-3".
Paper used on this reprint is matte finish and not semi-glossy like the originals.
Illustrations don't have as much gray as original manuals do.
1931 Version 2 (Late) manual
Reprinted by Polyprints, San Francisco, CA (out of print)- notice printed near the end of the manual.
Cover is light tan instead of grey-tan.
Back Cover has oval Polyprints logo.
Paper used on this reprint is matte finish and not semi-glossy like the originals.
Illustrations don't have as much gray as original manuals do.
1931 Version 2 (Late) manual
No evidence of name of printer.
Cover is chocolate brown instead of grey-tan.
Ford Script in the Oval on the cover is 1.5" wide instead of 2" wide.
Ford Script in the Oval on page 1 has visible horizontal lines in the background instead of a solid
gray background.
The words "Ford Motor Company" at the bottom of the cover is 3" wide instead of 2.5" wide.
Paper used on this reprint is matte finish and not semi-glossy like the originals.
Illustrations don't have a much gray as original manuals do.
1931 Version 2 (Late) manual
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No evidence of name of printer.
Cover is chocolate brown instead of grey-tan.
Ford Script in the Oval on the cover is 1.5" wide instead of 2" wide.
Ford Script in the Oval on page 1 has visible horizontal lines in the background instead of a solid
gray background.
The words "Ford Motor Company" at the bottom of the cover is 3" wide instead of 2.5" wide.
Paper used on this reprint is matte finish and not semi-glossy like the originals.
Illustrations don't have a much gray as original manuals do.
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