332pp, green cloth boards with titles in gilt on spine. Tight binding, straight spine. Some shelfwear to spine ends and corners, small white smudges on front board. Foxing to front free endpapers and staining along inside hinge. Inside front hinge just starting. Previous owner's name written in script in black ink on front free endpaper. Contents of volume are clean and unmarked, text block and diagrams included. The rear endpapers show foxing like the front but the stain is lighter. Lower page ends deckle-edged. Contains 177 illustrations.

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Title: The Mechanics of Hoisting Machinery Including Accumulators, Excavators, and Pile-Drivers
Publisher: Macmillan and Co, London
Publication Date: 1893
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good-
Book Type: Book

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