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Machine Tools Commonly Employed in Modern Engineering Workshops; Together with a Series of Sectional Models Illustrating the Arrangement of the Parts and the Details of Some Typical Tools by James Weir French with a Foreword by John Dewar Cormack -- vol. I.
by French, James Weir
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London: Gresham Publishing Co, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 1 only. xxxv, [1], 170 p., 4 leaves with composite sectional models: 221 in-text illustrations; 34 p. Dark brown library buckram with gilt spine title and call number. "Newark N.J.P.L." at tail of spine in gilt. Small bookplate on front fixed endpaper: "The Trustees of the Free Public Library of the City of Newark N.J." Title page in red and black. Ex-library with 6-digit number stamped at head of Preface and call number written in ink next to it. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly rubbed; signs of former public library ownership, as described above; edges of a few of the composite sections rubbed; otherwise, clean and solid.
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- Title
- Machine Tools Commonly Employed in Modern Engineering Workshops; Together with a Series of Sectional Models Illustrating the Arrangement of the Parts and the Details of Some Typical Tools by James Weir French with a Foreword by John Dewar Cormack -- vol. I.
- Author
- French, James Weir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gresham Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
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