The Principles of Science Applied to the Domestic and Mechanical Arts, and to Manufactures and Agriculture: With Reflections on the Progress of the Arts, and Their Influence on National Welfare. Revised Edition
Harper & Brothers, 1840. Hardcover. 444p. Undated Revised edition, circa mid-to-late nineteenth century. In brown cloth with blind tooling, gilt spine lettering. Quite heavily rubbed, with bumped corners. Lower two inches of backstrip is hanging loose, split up the rear hinge but still attached at front. Some chipping at top of spine. Small water spots visible on cloth. One small puncture in the rear board that has dented some of the pages. Ownership label attached to front pastedown. Foxing throughout, heavier at either end and much lighter toward the center. Major spine break between pages 192 and 193, where the bottommost binding cord has broken completely. Still attached at top. Pages 275-8 have shaken free of the binding and are laid-in. Revised. Size: 8vo. Used: Acceptable. Item #BBS-067640
Price: $60.00