Machine Tools Commonly Employed in Modern Engineering Workshops; Together with a Series of Sectional Models Illustrating the Arrangement of the Parts and the Details of Some Typical Tools by James Weir French with a Foreword by John Dewar Cormack -- vol. II
by French, James Weir
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London: Gresham Publishing Co, 1922. Hardcover. Good. Volume 2 only. xiv, 212 p., 6 leaves with composite sectional models: 238 in-text illustrations; 34 p. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Green endpaper. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Newark, N.J., Free Public Library. Title page in red and black. Ex-library with 6-digit number stamped at head of first page of Contents and call number written in ink next to it. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: lacking cloth over spine; edges of boards are rubbed; hinges are weak; endpapers are scraped; closed 2-cm. tear from edge of one plate, not impacting image; occasional finger soiling in margins; signs of former public library ownership, as described above; otherwise, clean and solid.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- Title
- Machine Tools Commonly Employed in Modern Engineering Workshops; Together with a Series of Sectional Models Illustrating the Arrangement of the Parts and the Details of Some Typical Tools by James Weir French with a Foreword by John Dewar Cormack -- vol. II
- Author
- French, James Weir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gresham Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
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