STATIONARY ENGINEERING: A REFERENCE AND TEXT BOOK WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR STATIONARY ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN.
by Branch, Jos. G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Saint Louis.: Perrin & Smith Printing Co., 1906. This heavily illustrated book is in Good conditioin. The spine title has been almost completely faded, however the book itself is tight and very usable. Additionally, this copy is of interest because it has a book plate on the front fixed endpaper that says, "This is the property of Western Electric Company - Chicago." It has a book number and a purchase order number and identifies the book as "for Mr. Howlett." Mr. C.A.S. Howlett was an electrical-engineer for Western Electric who was trained at the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University and held various important positions in the Western Electric Company.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30470
- Title
- STATIONARY ENGINEERING: A REFERENCE AND TEXT BOOK WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR STATIONARY ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN.
- Author
- Branch, Jos. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Perrin & Smith Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Saint Louis.
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Mechanics, Steam, Western Electric,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroad;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...