The Journal of Applied Science, and Record of Progress in the Industrial Arts. Volume XII (1881)

*Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Oct. 12 (weekend sale item)* narrow folio, [iv] (volume title and index) 188 pp. with the separately paginated eight pages of advertising for each issue gathered at the end; later half leather, library book plate and hand stamps, covers rubbed, else internally clean and tight; diverse content with more emphasis on food than might be expected; history of the cucumber, growing penicillin in vegetable oil, experiment with electric street lighting in London, llama skins used in shoemaking, grafting the tomato on the potato, Japanese master bronze worker Zorolo (a very old man of 65 or 70), why if you are eating frogs in Paris there is a good chance you are eating toads, etc. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.