[Rarebooks] FS: Cam Design

Gerard Gormley gerard at shore.net
Wed Jun 2 19:29:20 EDT 2004



For your kind consideration ---


Smith, Charles F., Frederick A. Halsey & others~.  THE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF CAMS~.  NY NY, USA: Hill Publishing, 1906.
Keywords: Very, very hard to find (the only available copy was
badly rubbed with a torn fold-out graph, but it's gone, sold for
$120) -- Out of Print -- Illustrated -- Illustrated (photos) --
Science & Technology -- English language.  First Printing thus
(Same Date on title-page & copyright-page).  Reprinted from the
AMERICAN MACHINIST.  Hardcover.  No dust jacket (none issued).
70 pages: black & white illustrations throughout, including fold-
out cam chart of chain-making machine (pristine).  Binding
height: 12-1/8".   Publisher's black full cloth, front gold-
stamped (gilt still bright).  Book Good to Very Good: Franklin
Institute library trappings inside (nothing outside), heavy
rubbing to fore-corners & spine-top/bottom, damp-stains to top
fore-corner areas of both boards (with light ripple to first 7
leaves).  Binding strong & tight, insides otherwise Fine.
[Digital JPEG image (2.25) available on request].  2278~.
US$150.-


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