Melbourne, Australia: James Alston & Sons Pty. Ltd. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128pp. Illustrated throughout w adverts, bw photos, repros and drawings.. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear, showing hole punched through top corner at spine, as published, for hanging the book by string loop. This copy has been professionally rebound to cloth (HC) over the SC wrapper: red cloth w gilt lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Small octavo: 225 x 143mm. Full title: Alston's Patent Steel Windmills. Patent Steel-Framed Galvanized Stock Troughs. Pumps Valves and Fittings. Manufacturers of all Requisites for Watering Stock, House or Garden, also referred to as the "Blue Cow Catalogue" in reference to the cover illustration. n.d. Originally published circa 1936. (Morawa District Historical Society).

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Bookseller: Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 046573
Title: Alstons' Patent Steel Windmills
Author: James Alston & Sons
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Alston & Sons Pty. Ltd
Place of Publication: Melbourne, Australia
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Windmills -- Australia -- History. Windmills -- James Alston & Sons Pty. Ltd -- Catalogues. NOISBN Environmental Engineering & Technology, History
Bookseller catalogs: Science and Technology; Railway / Marine / Transport and Transportation;

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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