How to make electric toys.
by YATES, Raymond F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1943. 8vo. xvi, [1], 199, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., plates, text illusts., diagrams. Blue cloth, black lettering & illust. on front cover (minor shelfwear, some rubbing to lower fore-edge), w/ d.j. (minor chipping head & foot of spine, edgewear, creasing), VG-/G copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. Third printing of this scarce early work on the hobby of making and operating electrical devices including a microphone, a radio set, an electric air-rifle target, treasure box with magnetic lock, speakers, magnetic boats, an electric buzzer, and even how to do electroplating.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46626
- Title
- How to make electric toys.
- Author
- YATES, Raymond F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Co.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1943.
- Keywords
- Railroads, Railroading, Model Railroads, Engineering, Crafts, Hobbies, Hobby, Do it yourself, Trains, Transportation, Telegraph, Telegraphy, Fax machine, Microphone, Radios, Radio, Air-Rifle, Magnetism, Boats, Electroplating, Metallurgy
Terms of Sale
Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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About the Seller
Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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Vancouver, Washington
About Zephyr Used & Rare Books
We are an independent bookseller, established in 1994, who exhibit at numerous book fairs and antique shows throughout the year, including Christine Palmer Antique Expos in Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA, The Rose City Book & Paper Show in Portland, the Custer Antique Show in Spokane, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, the Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair, the Pasadena Book & Paper Show, and others. We specialize in 19th-century imprints, Technical Books, History, Children's Literature, and much more. In addition we offer appraisals for insurance and tax purposes.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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