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Rare and modern books

Robert H Thurston

A History Of The Growth Of The Steam-Engine

D Appleton And Company, 1878

100.00 €

Dodman Books

(Morston, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1878
Place of printing
New York
Author
Robert H Thurston
Publishers
D Appleton And Company
Size
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Edition
1st Edition
Cover description
No Jacket
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

Scarce and well-illustrated study from Thurston, pioneering engineer and first Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Book is based on lectures given there during 1871-72 and extensively revised thereafter. All in general good order. Some pages have minor pencil notation and stock lightly toned throughout. Small (2cm) closed tear to title page. Former owner's name faintly in ink and in pencil to title. Front endpapers split at hinge, but all holding well. In Appleton's International Scientific Series. Decorated red boards well worn to edges. 12mo. xviii, 490pp