A Treatise on the Construction and Operation of Wood-Working Machines, including a history of the origin and progress of the manufacture of wood-working machinery - inscribed by author
London and New York: Spon, 1872. First printing. Hardcover. Small quarto (10 x 8 inches), half black leather, original green cloth gilt boards, very good, expert cloth renewal to spine with original leather spine laid down, mild wear and soil to boards, contents very good with occasional foxing & light old waterstain to upper inner corner up to p. 20, edges of text block a little foxed and soiled, INSCRIBED by Richards in 1878; xx, 283 pp, 117 engraved plates, quite a number of which are folding. Very rare in commerce; a copy hasn't come up for auction since 1967 (Sotheby's, about $40). Very Good. Item #H16519
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