Vanadium Peace by Anonymous (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book size about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with some 50 pages. String tie bound in gray thin cardboard covers with front cover red and black lettering. No date but based on the automobile photos included this is circa 1920. Book gives a history of vanadium and shows its use in various processes mostly involving steel. Loaded with black/white photographs including World War One huge weapons, six pages of 1920 Heavy Locomotives with 18 photos, six pages of 1920 automobiles (40 different makes in all), 4 pages of trucks of all types (29 in all). Many car and truck brands which are now unknown and rarely seen. Book contains much technical information in text and charts. Very scarce book on the subject. Front cover with a company reference stamp and some illegible notations; bit of paper ageing to very front and rear couple of pages. VERY GOOD.…