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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Copyright 1927 by L.T. Meyers; 606 p., clean and unmarked on strong paper, only faintly age-toned; wonderful period photos; back gutter cracking but binding firm; in absence of d.j., the olive boards with faded gilt lettering and orange and black ornamentation has faint stains, slight rubbing at crown and foot of spine, and light bumping of corners. Lower edge block stained. spine and light bumping of corners.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. "Illustrated by 700 Photogrpahs and Drawings" (illustratore). 2nd Edition. 8 vo, 600 pp. including 5 pages of Index. Illustrated with a full-color frontispiece, 700 photographs, facsimiles and drawings. Blue cloth with a dark blue single wing plane behind a gilt image of the God Mercury holding a sailing ship in his right and an electric transmission tower on his left. Colors bright. Corner bumped, a few air bubbles under cloth surface, not worn. Text block age-darkened, not badly. No names, or other internal markings. DUST JACKET unclipped ( price $2.50, not on corner). Edges of jacket worn, with minor tears and chipping. a 4 inch tear from top between back panel and back flap. Spine faded. A collectible copy of this encyclopedic survey of man's technological progress prior to 1930. Interesting for children and adults!