GESNER, Abraham. (George Weltden Gesner revises).: A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and other distilled Oils. , New York: Balliere Brothers, 1865.2nd. Edn. (Revised and enlarged). 181pp. plus 7pp. commercial adverts. Lithographed frontispiece of Oil Creek, Pa. from photograph. Numerous text figures in line. In the original pebble grained black cloth. Boards dampstained. 7cm. of backstrip missing. Lacks the last page (181) of the index. Adverts loose. The main text is clean and very good. A good to near good plus hardback copy. (Book ref. 6518) £45.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Richard Roberts Bookseller. , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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