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A Heritage of Light: Lamps and Lighting in the Early Canadian Home by Russell, Loris
First Edition
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$45.00
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Book desription: Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1968. Toronto, ON, Canada University of Toronto Press, 1968. hard Cover. First Edition. square 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 344 pp., 190 illustrations, index, notes, bibliography, glossary. Very Good/Very Good, Ex-library woth the usual markings, rear endpaper repaired and wrinkled. Red cloth with black titles and decoration, light shelfwear, a clean and tight copy. Unclipped black dustj acket with edgewear, in mylar taped to boards. Russell records with scientific attention to detail - backed up by close to 200 illustrations - how these lamps spanning the time between candles and electric lights were made and used. His text is interspersed with accounts of his own experiments with the fuels and mechanisms of earlier generations. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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