How It is Made: Describing in Simple Language how Various Machines and Many Articles in Common Use are Manufactured from the Raw Materials
by Archibald Williams
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons , [1907]. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None . A fascinating juvenile guide to manufactures by Archibald Williams. Dated from copies on Jisc, [1907] edition without 'First printed October 1907' to verso title page, which appears in the 1927 edition. Juvenile literature piece with explanations and descriptions of the manufacturing of various inventions, including money, paper, matches, pianos, candles, soap, chinaware and pottery, glass, photographic plates, mechanism of weaving, and more. Written by Archibald Williams. Featuring a coloured frontispiece and other black and white illustrations in text. In the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, spine and boards lightly bumped to extremities, rear board lightly soiled. Front free endpaper was pasted to front pastedown by a previous owner. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves, otherwise pages bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and other illustrations in text in black and white. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 816A19
- Title
- How It is Made: Describing in Simple Language how Various Machines and Many Articles in Common Use are Manufactured from the Raw Materials
- Author
- Archibald Williams
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1907]
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- manufactures juvenile technology juvenile
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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