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James Hartness A Representative of The Machine Age at Its Best
by Roe, Joseph Wickham
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- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- very good/no jacket
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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A$119.30A$95.44
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About This Item
New York: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1937. First Edition. green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, bump on fore edge, binding very good, pages clean, foxing first few pages to title page, signed/inscribed by author dated June 20, 1953 ffep, small card taped to front paste down hand written book with date Dec 26 1942, 147 pages, indexed. very good/no jacket. Black & White photos. Biography of a great American Engineer James Hartness. Nineteenth Century when the machine became dominant factor in modern life. The debate of the time was a critical view of the machine as good as well as evil. James Hartness was of the view that the machine could enhance the human condition instead of worsen.
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- Bookseller
- Crossroads Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5557978
- Title
- James Hartness A Representative of The Machine Age at Its Best
- Author
- Roe, Joseph Wickham
- Illustrator
- Black & White photos
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, bump on fore edge, binding very good, pages clean, foxing first few pages to title page, s
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- no jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Machine Age
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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