Floyd Clymer's Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines and Threshing Equipment No. 1

Floyd Clymer

Published by Bonanza Books, New York, NY, 1949

About this Item

Bonanza Books, New York. 1949. Hardcover. 3rd Printing by Letter Line (C). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; pasted to the endpapers are color reproductions of an old car and a train from a brochure; light sunfading to top and bottom edges of boards. DJ: Good; wear to head, tail, and tips with missing small pieces; closed tear to bottom edge of the front panel; rubbing to panels. Brown grained paper over boards and spine with gray lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 158 pp 4to. This book is a unique collection of United States and foreign engines from 1855 to 1929- the first ever published on this phase of American agricultural life. 474 photos, charts, drawings, and reproductions of early ads. 105 different makes of equipment illustrated ( Reeves, Russell, Advance, Baker, Stevens, Gaar-Scott, Nichols, Shepard to mention a few). A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Seller Inventory # 017095

Bibliographic Details

Title: Floyd Clymer's Album of Historical Steam ...

Publisher: Bonanza Books, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition