Blizard John 1882 1985 (1 results)
Published by Washington, DC: GPO, January, 1923 [and] 1921 (269851-1). 1923
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Contact seller5-star sellerIllustrated by 4 plates (one folding "Cross section through Oneida Street boiler plant, Milwaukee") and 38 figures (collated) [and]. Stated first [US & Canada] edition. [c.1921 Ottawa: GPB with 3 plates, 39 figures, p.131. Department of Mines No.564]. [c.1923 Washington. Department of the Interior. Department of Mines. H. Foster… Bain, Director]. 2 volumes. Green printed stapled wraps [and] green cloth with original covers bound in, brown eps, t.e.g. 8vo. pp. vii, [3], 127, [3] blank. Appendix, Index. 131, [1] blank. Very Good. Lightly soiled covers with several archival repairs. Overall page toning with tiny dogeared corner curls beginning and rear page corners. Small ink stamp above title "Contents Noted May 11 1923 Lawrence Addicks." (1878-1964). In Appendix: Boiler tests with pulverized coal conducted with Henry Kreisinger (1876-1946). Scarce US GPO edition which states "First edition, January 1923" on copyright page. " The Bureau of Mines, In carrying out one of the provisions of its organic act - to disseminate information concerning investigations made -prints a limited free edition of each of its publications." This is one of those copies, which is actually second to the Canadian. [The Bureau of Mines (USBM) was founded May 16, 1910 through the Organic Act (Public Law 179) to address the "wave of catastrophic mine disasters". Congress voted to close USBM in September 1995 (complete by March 1996) transferring functions to about five other agencies]. The Canadian copy is Very Good, Ex-lib (John Crerar Library, Chicago) with bookplate & withdrawn stamp front pastedown and 3 perforated stamps. Slight variations of the same publication anomoly for interesting comparison.
