The Invention of the Sewing Machine
Language: English
Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, 1968
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Friendly Books, Lakewood, OH, U.S.A.Friendly Books
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Hardcover without dust jacket. Ex-Library book with appropriate stamps, stickers and markings. Black covers with gold lettering and design. Wear noted to corners, edges and head and tail of spine. Pages browning with age but clean and very readable with many illustrations. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 254, Washington, DC 1968. It had no instrument panel with push-button controls. It was not operated electronically or jet-propelled. But to many 19th century people the sewing machine was probably as awe-inspiring as a space capsule is to their 20th-century descendants. It was expensive, but, considering the work it could do and the time it could save, the cost was more than justified. The sewing machine became the first widely advertised consumer appliance, pioneered installment buying and patent pooling, and revolutionized the ready-made clothing industry. It also weathered the protests of those who feared the new machine was a threat to their livelihood. Here is it's story.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Invention of the Sewing Machine
- Author
- Grace Rogers Cooper
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- Publication year
- 1968
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
Friendly Books
Lakewood, OH, U.S.A.
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