THE PRACTICAL BRASS AND IRON FOUNDER'S GUIDE: A CONCISE TREATISE
by LARKIN, James
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1876. LARKIN, James. THE PRACTICAL BRASS AND IRON FOUNDER'S GUIDE: A CONCISE TREATISE ON BRASS FOUNDING, MOULDING, THE METALS AND THEIR ALLOYS, ETC. TO WHICH ARE ADDED RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON, STEEL BY THE BESSEMER PROCESS, ETC., ETC. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1876. 5th edition, revised with extensive additions. 301 pp. + 23 pp. publisher's advertisements. 12mo., reddish brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Owner's ink signature on first blank page after flyleaf. Red edges. Moderate shelfwear to edges, spine; spine sunned. Hinges starting. Interior clean, bright, tight.
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- Title
- THE PRACTICAL BRASS AND IRON FOUNDER'S GUIDE: A CONCISE TREATISE
- Author
- LARKIN, James
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- Date Published
- 1876
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.