Description: Henry Carey Baird began one of the first technical publishing houses in the country, carrying over a hundred titles dealing with the successful implementation of many of the new ideas and machines of the Industrial Age. This particular volume discusses the demands of milling grains for flour and has amazing illustrations demonstrating the latest machines, including the frontispiece fold-out of “Jagger’s Patent Turbine”. Some shadowing from the inks on title page and others; no real problems though. Bookplate on pastedown and pencil notations on facing page. Wonderful illustrations. Dark brown boards embossed in the corners with floral motif; plain spine with gilt lettering of title and publisher. Catalog included in back with list of other available titles. Very Good Condition: 8vo: Brown Cloth Boards with embossed corners: gilt lettering on spine: minor foxing, almost none: bookplate on pastedown and pencil on facing: “The American Miller and Millwright’s Assistant”: by William Carter Hughes: a New Edition, Revised, with much Additional Matter: Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, Industrial Publisher, No. 406 Walnut Street. 1869. RAREA1869ADGA
Price: 175 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Year Printed: 1869
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Business
Binding: Hardcover
Author: William Carter Hughes
Subject: Americana
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Henry Carey Baird
Place of Publication: Philadephia
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
