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LES TRANSFORMATEURS D'ENERGIE
by Barres, Fernand, Eugene Bremaud and Adolphe Schoeller
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Aristide Quillet, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. In two volumes. 221pp. text volume profusely illustrated in black and white, atlas volume containing 13 leaves of COLOR diagrams with MOVEABLE OVERLAYS mounted on stiff boards. Both volumes bound in original brown pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in blue, orange, gold, black and white; decorative endpapers; minor wear to spine ends. A very handsome set of this guide to contemporary sources of energy for transportation and industry. Each plate with an explanatory leaf describing each device opposite the plate which includes; a compound steam locomotive, a Daimler automobile, a motorcycle and of course, the famed Wright brother's aircraft among others; with an historical survey of aviation with photogravure plates of Lilienthal's first flight and Delagrange's biplane. Internally clean and fresh with no foxing; a fine copy. Moveable plates complete, showing no wear or tears.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09110
- Title
- LES TRANSFORMATEURS D'ENERGIE
- Author
- Barres, Fernand, Eugene Bremaud and Adolphe Schoeller
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Aristide Quillet
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1910
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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- Device
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