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The Story of the Lamp (and the Candle)
by Robins, F. W.; from the library of Hiram Edmund Deats
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/No jacket
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London / New York / Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1939. Near Fine condition. The spine is uniformly faded just a little but all gilt lettering remains bright and shiny. SEE PHOTOS. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. Pages are creamy white, fresh and crisp. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 28 photographic plates, inserted. "With 50 illustrations, showing nearly 500 specimens." A well-illustrated history of artificial lighting from primitive to modern times. Included are sections on candlesticks; candle holders; stone lamps; shell lamps; saucer lamps; Greek lamps; Roman lamps; classical metal lamps; Greek and Roman Egyptian lamps; 'late' pottery lamps; float-wick lamps; the Hanukkah lamp; Indian votive lamps; medieval lamps; crusie types; open stand lamps; enclosed spout lamps; central wick lamps; modern oil lamps; gas lights; the coming of electricity; animal lamps; lanterns; mine lamps; lighthouses; and street lights. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. This copy has an attractive armorial bookplate designed by E. D. French, and comes from the library of Hiram Edmund Deats, one of the foremost collectors of the 19th century. His enormous philatelic library was second only to that of John K. Tiffany. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. xiv, 155pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Story of the Lamp (and the Candle)
- Author
- Robins, F. W.; from the library of Hiram Edmund Deats
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London / New York / Toronto
- Date Published
- 1939
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectibles/ Antiques;
- Size
- xiv, 155pp
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