Firework Making Amateurs Complete Explicit by Browne (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 200 pages, 26 + (6) pages of adverts dated 1888 and adverts to the inner card covers. Illustrated with 203 figures mostly in the text and some full page, some spotting to the first few pages. Original pictorial front card cover and rear advert cover present, light rubbing to edges. Now bound in a recent 1/4 cloth over paper covered boards. The authors object in the present work is to give a lucid description of the various processes (chemical and mechanical) employed in the art of Pyrotechnic. Illustrated with wood engravings showing the tools apparatus required, the fireworks in situ manufacture etc.

London: L. Upcot Gill nd (1888). Illus, 7.75 x 5.25", colorful paper stiff wraps, 200+index, front cover well worn, paper peeled & chipped in spots (one affects title), soiled, stained, lacking spine & back covers, disbound, loose & detached pages, staining, soiling, smudging, pencil numbers on one page, pp96-97 heavily soiled (section on roman candles), majority of the pp are clean & in good condition except for ads in back which are creased & torn. 203 figure illus scattered throughout. An interesting item.