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A Catalogue of Macfarlane's Castings of Electric Lighting and Ventilation
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Glasgow: Walter Macfarlane & Co., 1912. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This is the extensively illustrated catalogue of castings by Walter Macfarlane & Co., consisting of sections xxv-xxvii of the company's catalogue and covering: electric light pillars, brackets, etc. for arc lighting; electric light pillars, brackets, etc. for incandescent lighting; ventilation lamp pillars, columns and pipes. A folio volume with a wealth of architectural drawings of street furniture associated with lighting and ventilation with some street scenes illustrating the applications of this company's products. Collated complete in original green cloth with minor wear to extremities and gilt title to top board. Shaken with minor wear to hinges of spine (see photos). Undated but title has a company stamp, dated 25 July 1912, and a previous owner's name. Tipped in to title is a note, dated December 1959, referring to two of the pages and requesting the return of the catalogue because "it's the latest we have!". Price list (10pp) tipped in at rear. Uncommon, with only one copy located in online COPAC.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chris Phillips
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001116
- Title
- A Catalogue of Macfarlane's Castings of Electric Lighting and Ventilation
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Walter Macfarlane & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ARCHITECTURE ELECTRIC LIGHTING PUBLIC WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Chris Phillips
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chris Phillips
Biblio member since 2015
Chippenham, Wiltshire
About Chris Phillips
I operate, solely, from home.
Glossary
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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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