Discoveries and Inventions of the Twentieth Century. by Cressy, Edward - 1915

George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1914. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1914. No Edition Stated. 398 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Contains colour illustrated frontispiece, with black and white plates and diagrams throughout. Pages and plates are mildly tanned and foxed, heavier to edges, but text and art remains clear. Binding is firm. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Spine is moderately sunned, with visible crushing and splitting to ends. Light rubbing and scuffing overall, heavier to spine.

George Routledge and Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 458 pages. No dust jacket. Dark red cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. There is also black and white illustrations throughout. Prize plate to front pastedown. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Visible foxing to text block edges and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have light rubbing and visible edge wear. Notable bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends.

NY: E. P. Dutton. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, foxing to fore-edges, . spine sunned, front hinge tender.. 1915. Hardcover. Navy cloth binding with gilt design of submarine and biplane on front boards. Index, photos and illustrations throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 398 pages .

E. P. Dutton: Ny. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1915. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American ed. Very good, light foxing to first few pages, former owner name and date in period ink on front endpaper. Moderate shelfwear to cloth boards. (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo .

George Routledge and Sons Limite, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 1920 first edition on green cloth + scholl libris plate to end paper

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Third edition, revised and profusely illustrated, Detailed but readable account of the major scientific developments put into practice in the 20th century. With school crest to cover and prize plate to front pastedown. Some rubbing to edges. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.

(Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide: E.W. Cole: no date) Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) plus pp. xvi, 398. Index. The title page is a cancel. 'In the nature of a sequel to Robert Routledge's "Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century"'. Profusely illustrated. Index. Ownership and gift inscriptions on front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn; lower external hinge starting to split; a very good copy.

Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1914. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Gilt illustration to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Rear joint split. Corners worn. Boards rubbed.

Hardback. New.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt titles to spine, blind stamped vignette to front board. xxiii, 458 pp. With 342 illustrations (some plates, some in text). Light rubbing to extremities, bumping to spine ends. Ownership stamps to ffep. Lightly age toned to interior.