Schenectady, NY: American Locomotive Co. & General Electric Co., 1949. 8vo. Leather binder. Instructions for operation service of the standard 1500-HP Road Switcher, 1500-HP Freight Locomotive, & 2000-HP Passenger Locomotive. Slight edgewear & light soiling to covers & spine; some warping to front cover. Binding sturdy; metal interior spiral binding.....
Schenectady, NY: American Locomotive Co. & General Electric Co., 1949. 8vo. Leather binder. Instructions for operation service of the standard 1500-HP Road Switcher, 1500-HP Freight Locomotive, & 2000-HP Passenger Locomotive. Slight chipping/edgewear, warping, & soiling to covers & spine; sm tears to front cover top & bottom edges. Binding sturdy;.....
Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1849. 8vo. 816 pp. 65 b/w illustrations to rear, some fold-out. Foxing to fore-edge. Wear, tears to covers at spine, head. Rubbing to covers, wear and staining. Corners bumped and worn. Some light foxing throughout. Fep torn at top all the way across. Two pages.....
New York: C. H. & E. S. Goldberg, 1925. 205 pp., 4to. Leather binder. 1920s catalogue illustrated w/ b&w drawings of products. Slight wear & some very light soiling to covers & spine. Binding very sturdy. Light foxing & soiling to eps; sm po pencil signature to rrep. Otherwise, pgs.....
NYC: Rubber World, 1947. First edition. 8vo. 640pp. Book cocked; light bumping to spine ends & cover corners; water staining to foot edge of pages. Vulcanization materials; protective materials; reinforcing materials; etc.
Hollywood, CA: Angriff Press, 1967. 48 pp., 4to. Stapled paperback. "Over 200 formulas & processes for making blasting compounds, gunpowder, fireworks, nitro, guncotton, etc. Also includes complete explosives manual." Sunning/discoloration to covers & spine, also some light soiling to covers; some lines of text on rear crossed out w/ pen.....
Washington, D.C. U.S. Field Artillery Association, 1942. First edition. 910 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. First edition. Slight scuffing & edgewear to boards. Creasing to joints. Scuffing, edgewear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding sturdy. Foxing & slight soiling to textblock edges. Light soiling & paste action to pds; po pen.....
Worcester, MA: Norton Company, 1920. 4 1/2 x 6". 156 pp, b&w photos and diagrams. Cover tearing away along bottom of spine, worn at edges and corners. White sticker on front cover. Catalogue of machinery.
The India Rubber Journal, 1909. Folio. 102pp. Slightly rolled; cover corners worn down; light bumping to spine ends; covers lightly bowed; staining to covers; light rubbing to spine; foxing to endpapers & some illustrations. Light dampstaining to head edge of fpd & ffep. Light offsetting to p. 90-91 from pamphlets.....
Boston: John Hetherington & Sons, 1892. 195 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover. A.e.g. "Makers of all kinds of cotton opening, scutching, carding, preparing, spinning, & doubling machinery; also engineers' tools, mill gearing, hoists, &c" Illustrated w/ line drawings of these machines, w/ short descriptions, dimensions, speeds, net & gross weights. Some.....
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1858. Seventh edition. 213 pp., 12mo. Hardcover. Seventh edition. Practical Series. Slight edgewear, rubbing, & soiling to boards & spine. Slight cocking but binding very sturdy. Foxing to textblock edges & throughout interior.
New York: David Williams Company, 1906. 8vo. 116 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Foxing, stainging to covers. Light soiling and rubbing to covers. Pages nice and clean, binding tight. "Two illustrated articles reprinted from 'the metal worker, plumber and steam fitter' describing how to run mains, lay pipes.....
New Britain, CT: Stanley Electric Tool Division, circa 1930s. 16 pp., 8vo. Stapled paperback. Technical catalog. For routing, shaping, dovetails, relief work, carving, veining, inlays, templet work, beading & fluting, & other woodworking operations. Slight soiling & wear to covers; lg creases down center of covers through textblock. Interior basically.....
Albany: The Argus Company, 1912. 8vo. 1075 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn. Hinges weak, front hinge split at bottom. Former owners stamps to fpd, fep. Pages are very nice and clean. Plates include map of New York, of prize winning poultry in New York, various farms.....
Fort Belvoir, VA: The Engineer School, 1942. 119 pp., 8vo. Red paperback w/ cloth spine. Some slight scuffing, creasing, shelfwear & po pen/pencil inscriptions to covers. Some sunning, wrinkling & edgewear to spine. Slight foxing to textblock edges. Slight foxing to eps & some very light creasing scattered to mostly.....
Cambridge, MA: MIT Technology Press, 1932. 264 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. Compiled by The United States Institute for Textile Research, Inc. Physical testing, textile microbiology, cotton fiber research, the laundry industry, & more. Slight wear to boards & spine; light cocking but binding very sturdy. Some light soiling to textblock edges.....
Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1913. 8vo. 1642 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn. Former owners stamp to fpd and ffep. Light sunning to spine. Light rubbing to covers. Otherwise book is nice and clean. Transmitted to the legislature January 15, 1913. Illustrations include those of men.....
Boston: The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, 1928. 348 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. Containing the constitution & by-laws of The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, as well as statistical & technical data. Light shelfwear to boards & spine; sm bump to front board top edge. White of spine lettering mostly rubbed.....
Boston: The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, 1929. 359 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. Containing the constitution & by-laws of The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, as well as statistical & technical data. Slight shelfwear & some very light soiling to boards & spine; soiling to a front board number, spine lettering.....
Washington, CA: Government Printing Office, 1896. 8vo. 656 pp. Corners and spine ends bumped and worn. Rubbing to covers, edges of covers. Joints worn, leather torn at joints. Damp staining to covers, book is lightly rolled. Leather spine chipped. Scratching to covers. Former owners name to fep. Pages are very.....
Metals Park, OH: American Society for Metals, 1968. 8vo. 380 pp. Spine ends lightly bumped. Front corners lightly bumped and worn. Rear corners have slight wear. Previous owner's name on front paste down. Book contains papers presented at a seminar of the American Society for Metals October 14-15, 1967.
Metals Park, OH: American Society for Metals, 1964. 8vo. 352 pp. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, w/ light wear to corners. Front paste down page has previous owner's name in pen. Book contains papers presented at a Seminar of the American Society for Metals held Oct. 19-20, 1963.
Metals Park, OH: American Society for Metals, 1962. 8vo. 264 pp. Spine ends have light wear and bumping. Bottom corners have very slight wear. Previous owner's name on front paste down page. Book contains papers presented at a Seminar for the American Society of Metals on October 21-22, 1961.
Chicago: The Professional Press, Inc., 1922. 96 pp., 12mo. Hardcover. "A manual of practical refraction w/ instructions for the operation of the trial case & refractive instruments & methods for successfully carrying out a case of ocular refraction." Illustrated w/ b&w line drawing diagrams. Moderate rubbing, soiling, & edgewear to.....
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1883. 8vo. 170 pp. Wear and bumping to corners and spine ends, soiling. Former owner's name to ffep. "to stationary, portable, locomotive, and marine engines with new and simple methods for proportioning the parts". With folding plates.
