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Ward, Lock, and Co., London, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj, red decorative cloth. Vg condition. Covers slightly soiled and age-toned, contents age-toned, though otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding still sturdy and tight, with no cracking or separation at endpaper seams. Includes 5 of the original 9 foldout supplemental illustrations. Twelve bound parts, complete year. 586 pp. A fascinating look at the arts, crafts and mechanics of the Victorian era (example: "How to build a telephone", etc).

Ward, Lock, Bowdon, London, ca 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj, red decorative cloth. Vg condition. Covers slightly soiled and age-toned, contents age-toned, though otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding still sturdy and tight, front endpaper mended at seam. Includes 2 foldout supplemental illustrations. 516 pp. A fascinating look at the arts, crafts and mechanics of the Victorian era.

Ward, Lock, Bowdon, London, ca. 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj, red decorative cloth. Vg condition. Covers slightly soiled and age-toned, contents age-toned, though otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding still sturdy and tight, front endpaper mended at seam. Includes 4 foldout supplemental illustrations. 516 pp. A fascinating look at the arts, crafts and mechanics of the Victorian era (example: "Velocipedes: Their Use and Construction", etc).

London: Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co Volumes 1 - 7, popular re-issue. Not dated, but probably c. 1892 -5 (though the British Library lists seven volumes of this edition, and dates it 1881-88). One of the most elusive of all late Victorian journals for the keen handyman. This set is bound in a simple brown cloth which is a little marked worn and frayed, but generally still very sound, though the spine head of volume two is rather torn, and a hinge cracked in volume five. The contents are generally clean, though the folding plans and plates are ofter printed on an inferior paper which has browned, as have the adjoining pages. There are approximately 24 of these folding plates, and they have all suffered some tearing, though generally not with any loss of text. Two of them are detached, and at least one is now in two halves. Several have been repaired at a much earlier time. I have noticed the odd page loose here and there, but generally the contents are very sound. This work was quite possibly bound up… Read More