Published by Chicago, The John C. Winston Co., 1938, 1938
Small 4to.; orange cloth covered decorative boards, hardcover; 600 pages; color frontispiece and black and white photographic illustrations and illustrations; gift inscription on front endpaper; boards are heavily rubbed with corners and spine ends chipped and frayed and spine heavily sunned else good.
Published by John C. Winston, 1930
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: good+. 600pp lincluding index; 700 photos & drawings in b/w; color frontis; blue cover with navy & gilt lettering & decoration, gilt about worn, nearly gone on spine; some wear to extrems of cover; prev. owner's address label on front endpage. Hardcover.
Published by Universal Book and Bible House, Philadelphia, 1933
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. [This is a salesman Sample, not the actual book. It was taken door-to-door showing customers the various aspects of the book in an attempt to sell it] Variously Paged (0.50 Inch Thick), Many Photos, Orig Blue Hardback, with Gilt & Blue Design on Cover, Sample Spine on back cover, Subscription list unused, VG.
Published by John C. Winston, Philadelphia PA, 1930
Seller: A Few Books More. . ., Billings, MT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. "Illustrated by 700 Photogrpahs and Drawings" (illustrator). 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!