Benjamin Park Editor (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. . 260 pages, edges foxed, small piece cut across corner of flyleaf, which also has a past owner's name and date.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 300 pages; 5 sections with index in rear; Pages tight; yellowed; string binding; moderate page wear; red page edges; brown end pages; no markings; gray hard cover with black lettering and border on front and spine. Moderate rubbing, and fading; few smudges; Cover edges, corners, and spine ends worn and slightly frayed; moderate shelf wear. Numerous b/w illustrations, graphs, charts, etc. 13th edition; Sections for the Mechanic; Engineer; the Farm; Household hints and Practical technology. This edition includes detailed explanations of how to make the Phonograph, Microphone, Telephone and Electric Light in a simple and inexpensive manner. RARE VINTAGE COPY.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 268 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.40 inches. In Stock.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Two volume set, A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering and the Mechanical Arts. early reprint, full-leather, spines with 4 raised bands, 2 black labels, gilt banding and lettering on the spine, , marbled page edges, marbled end papers, illustrated with nearly 5000 spectacular engravings, Vol I - moderate edge and face wear, front hinge cracked and hanging by threads, very light intermittant foxing, 960 pages; Vol II - moderate edge and face wear, hinges starting to crack from ends but binding still solid, marginal dampstaining to early and late pages that does not affect text or illustrations, 959 pages including index.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 924 pages. Rebound in light brown leather. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 592 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 4to size hardcover volume. Boards are off but present and spine is perished.A collection of early illustrated magazine issues.Issues are double numbered one set calls issues extra series. Extra series number run from December 1842 number 37 to February 1843 issue 58. Section 41-42 is not bound in . A scarce run of early literature.

Hardcover. All issues bound together in brown marbled boards with saddle leather spine. 366 pp. total with bw engravings scattered throughout each volume. Ephemeral bits about recently published books laid in. Also noted as Extra Series Nos. 27/28, 29/30, 35/36, 39/40, 41/42, and 43/44. Volume II, Nos. 3/4 was published in October 1842 and contains "The Western Captive - The Times of Tecumseh" by Mrs. Seba Smith. Nos. 5/6, also published in October 1842, is titled "Chemistry and its Application to Agriculture and Physiology" by Lyon Playfair. This particular issue is paginated from 1-16, 33-64, and 17-32, so it is complete but not in order. Nos. 11/12, published in November 1842, features Frederick Bremer's "The Neighbors, A Story of Everyday Life" and is paginated from 1-16, 33-62, 17-32. Nos. 15/16 is incomplete, having only pages 1-32 but stopping mid-sentence. It was published in December 1842, titled "Memoirs of the Queens of France with Notices of the Royal Favorites" by Mrs. Forbes Bush. Nos. 17/18, published January 1843, is a special Christmas-New Year edition with many articles, essays, poems, etc., including "To the Gentle Reader" by the editor (Benjamin); "An Episode in Life" by Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer (as written); "Smuggler's Bride"; "Lady of Ashlynn"; "Myrto and Aldatjee"; and much more as well as lovely engravings of Victoria, Albert, and their children; Napoleon; St. Petersburg; and others throughout the issue. Finally, Nos. 19/20, published in January 1943, contains "The Nautilus - Select Nautical Tales and Sea Sketches" and is complete in 32 pages. Very typical contents for periodicals of the era. Fair. Tight and without extraneous marks, but covers are worn and chipped, and binding is cracking at front hinge, with a tear at head of spine. Pages are foxed but readable, and some page edges are chipped or have corners folded, and a couple have one or two small tears. Ffep through p. 2 detaching at very lower part of binding. Vol. II, Nos. 15-16 is incomplete (stops mid-sentence at bottom of page 32).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 592 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.