Steam Generation Use: First Edition (2 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. varia pagination, quarto in navy blue cloth. minor wear to rear cover, front and spine clean, tight binding, interior clean throughout, Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. (31 cm.) 39[1]p. Profusely illustrated with black and white captioned photos and a large number of technical drawings. The text and images on each page are set within a green Arts & Crafts border. Green wrappers printed in black and red with a green Arts & Crafts border on the front wrapper and, on the rear wrapper, an Arts & Crafts device within which is printed the information about the printer--all in all a handsome piece. Green wrappers faded some around the edges, two half-inch tears at top of rear wrapper, a couple of smaller tears to top of last two pages, one tiny tear to one internal page, else near fine with no internal markings, save for a stamped correction to one item on p. 38 and a hand-written entry for Belgian on p. 39 which lists the number of engines fitted with Schmidt's system. If this fine promotional piece was not written BY Schmidt, it was certainly written FOR him and printed for him by Ernst Rottger's Printing Office. An important documentary piece on the Highly Superheated Steam System invented by Wilhelm Schmidt. Note: Extra postage may be required for this large volume.…