1850 Mechanic s Text Book Guide for Engineers Thomas Kelt John Frost 1st Edition

The Mechanic s Text-Book and Engineer s Practical Guide: Containing A Concise Treatise on the Nature and Application of Mechanical Forces; Action of Gravity; the Elements of Machinery; Rules and Tables for Calculating the Working Effects of Machinery; of the Strength, Resistance, and Pressure of Materials; with Tables of the Weight and Cohesive Strength of Iron and Other Metals. Compiled and Arranged by Thomas Kelt , of the "Gloucester City Machine Company," N.J. To Which is Added Valuable Hints to the Young Mechanic on the Choice of a Profession; Misdirection of Industry; Intellectual Cultivation, and the Studies and Morals of the Mechanic, etc., etc. By John Frost, LL.D. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850. Assumed First Edition. 403 p. Original decorated red cloth binding measures 7.75 x 5.25", 8vo. In fair condition. Boards are normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine LACKING; front hinge cracked with exposed binding. Gilt deco and lettering on spine overall bright and clean. Ownership bookplate on front paste-down: "Maurice Robert des Marais". Modern ownership signature, in blue ink, on top edge of front end-page: "Lloyd W. Brenneman." Scattered age-staining with normal toning throughout text-block. Binding intact. Please see photos. Originally from Kennebunk, Maine, John Frost (1800 59) was both a Philadelphia teacher and a Boston principal before pursuing a prolific career in writing. Frost produced more than 300 volumes, including travel accounts, captivity narratives, and history volumes of all sorts. The father of ten was put to the task of writing to keep his family financially afloat, something he would find more than challenging in his later years. His historical writings are noted for their strong sense of 19th-century American nationalism. This is an assumed first edition, published in 1850. Another edition (which many claim is the first edition) was published in 1866. RAREA1850ABEA - 02/19 FORN-TUB-0080-BB-2505-HKREV895.…