DICTIONARY OF BRITISH SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. Issued by the British Optical Instrument Manufacturers' Association.

8vo. First edition. Scientific instruments of every description, a showcase of the great variety produced in Great Britain. ppXII,335,(15) with five monochrome photo plates including frontispiece, and section of over 300 monochrome & black-and-white illustrations on glossy paper from pages 181 to 334; final 16 pages (for user comments) blank, except for heading "Notes" at page 335 and four lines of notes in pencil overleaf. Errata slip tipped-in at preface. Original tan cloth, backstrip and front cover titled & ruled in black. Covers with a few minor bumps at fore- & lower edges; front cover also a little bumped & curled at upper outer corner, slightly affecting corresponding corner tips of contents up to page 7, and rear slightly bumped at upper outer corner and a little curled at lower outer corner. No dust jacket. Except for section corresponding to pages 181 to 334, edges of text-block toned. Top edge also lightly dust- & handling-marked, faintly & sparsely speckled, with a few darkish spot- & dot-stains, and larger darkish stain of length 1.5cm and width up to 0.5cm, and fore- & lower edges just faintly dust- & handling-marked. Binding holding firmly and of pleasing appearance, contents clean and tight. VERY GOOD copy.…