Foster, Leonard F. Modern Office Machinery. , London: Gee & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1929.

First (& 0nly?) Edition. Good/No d/w. Title continues: "..Being a practical handbook on the construction, methods of work, etc., of the most modern types of Office Machinery for the use of Principals, Directors, Secretaries, Accountants, Office Managers and others". Hardback 4to. 7.25" x 9.75" tall. Pp xiv, 163 with 111 b/w illustrations. A most comprehensive work detailing the machines to be found in use in offices in the pre-electronic era. Contents include much detail on typewriters, dictating machines, inter-communicating telephones, duplicating machines, addressing machines, calculating machines, accounting machines, sorting and tabulating machines, time recorders, etc. Label residues to front endpapers and various Holborn Library 'withdrawn' and other stamp impressions, otherwise good in a contemporary blue cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title library binding. Scarce (Book ref. 004003)  £125.00

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