Small octavo. Original blue cloth, heavily faded to a brown color. Gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped decoration on covers. Appendix, index. Covers and fine quite faded, general shelfwear, previous owner's signature across the title page, foxed throughout. A good copy. The full title of the book is "The Artist's Guide and Mechanic's Own Book, Embracing the Portion of Chemistry Applicable to the Mechanic Arts, with Abstracts of Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, Pneumatics, Optics, Astronomy and Mechanical Philosophy. Also Mechanical Exercises in Iron, Steel, Lead, Zinc, Copper, and Tin Soldering; and a Variety of Useful Receipts, Extending to Every Profession and Occupation of Life; Particularly Dyeing, Silk, Woollen, Cotton, and Leather".

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The Artist's Guide and Mechanic's Own Book, Embracing the Portion of Chemistry Applicable to the Mechanic Arts, with Abstracts of Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, Pneumatics, Optics, Astronomy and Mechanical Philosophy.

Publisher

Sanborn & Carter, Portland

Publication Date

1847

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Book Type

Book

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The Argonaut Book Shop was founded in 1941 in the middle of the financial district of San Francisco. The Argonaut was a founding member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and has been a member in good standing ever since. The Shop is now located just three blocks from Union Square in downtown San Francisco and is open six days a week. Parking facilities include ample street space and a parking garage close by. The bookstore occupies one large room open to the public. One will find antique bookcases filled with fine and rare books, mostly dealing with the history of California and the American West. One will also find fine press books and other rare subject matter. The shop also carried good books in varied subject areas including art, maritime, American civil war, books on antiques, literature, regional Americana, etc..

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