CASSELLS CYCLOPAEDIA OF MECHANICS Volume V

Cassell and Co London undated c1900 Good + (no dj, very attractive tan buckram boards with gilt titles and gilt/black decoration on spine, but there are 2 small closed cuts in the middleof the spine - from falling gainst edge of shelving. not unsightly - can provise scans to re-assure you! central black design on back board, front board with black lettering and decorative design of mechanics' tools within 3 ruled black borders, corners lightly rubbed and light wear head of spine, outside page edges mottled red, internally very good condition with small name stamp front free endpaper, patchy light browning free endpapers, no other marks, pages clean and binding firm, no foxing, light age browning page edges) quarto 160pp. Special Edition, specially prepared for subscribers. Volume V of a set of 8 volumes, containing receipts, processes, and memoranda for workshop use, based on personal experience and expert knowledge, with 5060 illustrations and indexes of 34,000 items. This volume has b/w frontispiece with clean tissue guard, and 4 full page colour plates with clean tissue guards - the plates featuring rustic woodwork, mechanism of watches, doors, bent ironwork. (Other volumes available in this series).