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Cotton Industry of the United States
by Bennett, Frank P
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: American Wook and Cotton Reporter, 1895. First Edtion . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Full title: "The Manual of the American Cotton Industry, Containing Illustrated Descriptions of Various Machines and Mechanical Appliances in Use in the Cotton Mills of the United States.' Describes growing & harvesting cotton, cleaning & bleaching, weaving & spinning, etc., with focus on the machinery involved, which is profusely illustrated. Hardcover with dark blue boards w/gold lettering & illustrations, embossed "Frank P. Bennett's American Cotton Manufacturing Manual," date (1895), & price (One Dollar). FIRST EDITION. Hand numbered on first page of text, which also bears a very faint embossed stamp from the Public Library of Dover, N. H. (no other library markings). Somewhat shaken & rubbed, edges of spine are frayed. Pages are all tanned & stitching of binding is coming loose, but still completely intact. Back board is separated from text block, but intact; front cover is partly separated, but intact. Very fragile condition. 138 pages chock full of period advertisements & illustrations. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day!
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004294
- Title
- Cotton Industry of the United States
- Author
- Bennett, Frank P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edtion
- Publisher
- American Wook and Cotton Reporter
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- COTTON MACHINERY INDUSTRY GINS PICKING LOOMS WEAVING NINETEENTH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana-Regional History; Business/Occupations & Professions/Organizational Studies;
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