The Collected Works of Count Rumford Tapa dura - 1969

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press / Belknap Press, 1969. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 504 pp. Tightly bound. Tips of lower corners lightly dinged. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Some mottling to the cloth on the spine. No dust jacket. Light wear to cloth at head of spine. Please consider as a good, clean reading copy. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Cambridge MA.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press., 1969. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Reading copy flawed by historic dampness that left moderate top quarter page rippling beginning about one-third into book, increasing toward end. No staining except lightly across top block, also near spine at bottom.. 1 Gray Cloth over boards. 516 p. Line art mostly Count Rumford technically accurate drawings, diagrams. Audience: General/trade. Volume III only focusing on Rumford's 18th century aim to increase various industrial processes requiring heat, advocating steam. Also includes "On the construction of Kitchen Fire-places and Kitchen Utensils", soap-making, warm rooms, warm bathing, Cohesion of Silk, "...Employing wheels with broad felloes for travelling and pleasure carriages, " Frigate Construction, more.

. Very Good. 0674139534 Devices and techniques. Belknap Press, with dustjacket, bright clean copy, bookplate, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1969. Hardcover.

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

UsedGood. Hardcover with jacket, some jacket edge wear/tear, staining on top endpages, unmarked text, good copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Hardback. New.

Belknap Pr, 1968. Hardcover. New. 516 pages. 9.58x6.30x1.40 inches.

Belknap Pr, 1968. Hardcover. New. 516 pages. 9.58x6.30x1.40 inches.