How to Make Things Describing in Simple Language the Making of Objects of More or Less Useful Character

Williams, Archibald

Published by Sully And Kleinteich, New York, 1913

First American edition (no additional printings listed) . Original blue, green, red and pink pictorial cloth, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, index, glossy paper, 430 pp, illustrated with black and white drawings and frontispiece photo of a large model locomotive built for the princess of Siam. Hardcover, good, no dustjacket. Corners bumped with a bit of cardboard exposed there, some soil on cloth, spine moderately tanned, 1 inch tear at head, a few 1/4 inch nicks at foot. Internally, paper lightly age yellowed, front hinge cracked, additional hinge cracks between a few of the gatherings, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Written for all skill levels of the creative child, gives detailed instructions for making 39 things such as a joiner's bench, a photographer's developing sink, a mechanical target for rifles, a telegraph, electric motor, railroad train, steam turbine, hot air engine, a self-launching model airplane (actually flies) , puppets, wind (weather) vanes, a miniature gas works, and a variety of other marvels of the early 20th century. The scarcest of this prolific author's titles, with only one copy on OCLC. Children's; science; invention; how-to; technology; crafts; hobbies; antiques; toys; scale models. Seller Inventory # 41482

Bibliographic Details

Title: How to Make Things Describing in Simple ...
Publisher: Sully And Kleinteich, New York
Publication Date: 1913
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition