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  • [Glass Making] Sauzay, A.
    WONDERS OF GLASS-MAKING IN ALL AGES (MARVELS) .

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1870. Hardcover first edition - An early and important work on this topic, originally published in French and then in the UK under the title "The Marvels of Glass-Making." Covers all aspects of glass making, including history, goblets and drinking glasses, telescopes, mirrors and looking glasses, windows, Venetian and German glass, filigree glass, frosted or colored glass and more (alphabetical table of contents is actually an index.) Illustrated with 63 engravings on wood. A title in the Illustrated Library of Wonders. 325 pp plus 9 pp of advertisements (including 'specimen illustrations' from other titles in the series.)

    Condition: Good condition overall in embossed red cloth with gilt decorations on the spine. From a college library with a bookplate on front pastedown, one stamp on front endpaper, no other markings - some soiling and wear to the covers, fraying to the ends of the spine; binding is sturdy and tight, contents are very clean. A reasonably attractive copy of a book which is uncommon in the first edition.

    Book ID: 32431
    View cart More details Price: $100.00
  • BOWS AND ARROWS: How They are Best Made for All Kinds of Target Shooting, Including Chapters on Shooting, Accessories and Competitions. by James Duff, edited by Edward Cave.
    James Duff, edited by Edward Cave.
    BOWS AND ARROWS: How They are Best Made for All Kinds of Target Shooting, Including Chapters on Shooting, Accessories and Competitions.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1927. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this comprehensive book on the making of bows starting with cutting the wood. Illustrated with drawings by G. P. Haynes and a glossy photographic frontispiece and two internal glossy plate. x, 173 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in light green cloth with darker green lettering (missing front endpaper, frontispiece is detached but still present, otherwise tight and straight.)

    Book ID: 73329
    Keywords: archery, craftsman, Sports
    View cart More details Price: $65.00