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Lot 206

ROSE, Joshua. Modern Machine-shop Practice.

Estimate: $100 - $200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $50,000
$1,000,000 $100,000
ROSE, Joshua (1838-1898). Modern Machine-shop Practice; Operation, Construction, and Principles of Shop Machinery, Steam Engines, and Electrical...
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Son's, New York. 1918.

2 volumes. Folio. Half-bound leather with black cloth boards. Gilt title on raised spine.

Vol. 1: Portrait Frontispiece, xxiii, 479 pp., with hundreds of plates (1 folding).
Vol. 2: Folding frontispiece, xix, 663 pp. with index to the two volumes.

Each volume is H: 13 1/2 x W: 10 1/2 x D: 2 1/2 in.

Condition

Poor to fair. Spine rubbed and scuffed, with some losses at bottom and along panels. Cloth covers and corners have slight losses. Pages have slight toning. Corners are bumped and scuffed, with losses. Wrapped in plastic book jackets.

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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.