Illustrated with numerous plates. Second American Edition. Octavo. Original full leather with leather labels. Complete in two volumes. Scarce work, but worn. Comprehensive practical guide to mechanics, machinery, manufacturing, building, &c. Good, with moderate wear and a few pages loose, a couple of signatures sprung. Two inch scuff in leather on front cover of Vol. I. Bookplate on front pastedown of Vol. I. Previous owners' signature and stamp on front free endpaper of Vol. II.

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Title: The Operative Mechanic and British Machinist; Being a Practical Display of the Manufactories and Mechanical Arts of the United Kingdom. In Two Volumes
Publisher: T. Desilver, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1831
Binding: Hardcover

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