Engineering Wonders of the World 3 Volumes

London, England: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good-. 1909. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W and Color Illustrations; Three volume set, with leather spines and corners, and heavy cloth covered boards. The set is in Very Good- condition overall, and is lacking dust jackets. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have rubbing, wear and several tears and chips. The text pages are generally clean and bright. Volume two has a tear to frontispiece top edge. Each volume has a number colored plates ( 7, 6,6) along with numerous black and white illustrations. The inner hinges of all three volumes have pulling. "Archibald Williams contributed a small number of pieces to boy’s magazines and wrote a number of books about engineering, manufacture and also exploration. He was born 14 July 1871, the son of the Rev. Daniel Rowland Williams of Bowers Gifford, Essex. He was a BA of Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was married to Florence. The 1901 census records him as living at Bowers Gifford, single, and a school tutor. Williams died on his birthday, 14 July 1934. It is not known if he was survived by any family. Williams was an occasional contributor to Pearson’s Magazine, The Strand Magazine and boys magazines. Two of his books were published in Hungarian. Many of his books were reprinted: the earliest dates are noted here. The brief notes about his life do not do justice to the quality of his work for he was a highly competent technical journalist specialising in books for boys. The ‘Romance of …’ series he published from 1903 with C Arthur Pearson introduced youngsters to the very latest engineering and technical developments. How It Works (1906) , How It Is Made (1907) and The Wonders Of Mechanical Ingenuity (1910) dealt with the practicalities of mechanism and manufacture." (from the BearAlley blog) .