Workshop Receipts For the Use of Manufacturers, Mechanics, and Scientific Amateurs
by Ernest Spon
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd, 1873. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce copy of this detailed guide to the efficient use of workshop receipts, with many figures in-text. Scarce work. With many in-text figures. A guide to the efficient use of workshop receipts, compiled to serve as a notebook for the small manufacturer, to supply the intelligent workman with information required to conduct a process, and impart to the scientific amateur a knowledge of the processes of trades. Written by Ernest Spon, a British civil engineer and publisher. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor fraying to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. A small split in the cloth at the head of the rear joint. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 883T64
- Title
- Workshop Receipts For the Use of Manufacturers, Mechanics, and Scientific Amateurs
- Author
- Ernest Spon
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Workshop Receipts Manufacturers Mechanics Receipts Scientific Spon
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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