MORTIMER, G. W. - Pyrotechnist's Companion: Or, a Familiar System of Recreative Firework

1852. MORTIMER, G. W. PYROTECHNIST'S COMPANION: OR, A FAMILIAR SYSTEM OF RECREATIVE FIREWORKS. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1852. First American edition, from the second London revised edition. Wood-engraved figures in text. xi,[12]-168 pp. + 24 pp. publisher's catalog. 12mo. brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Binding is slightly skewed; cloth is damp-spotted, worn at corners, and has shallow loss at heel and crown. Bookblock is lightly dampstained at fore-edge, with intermittent light to moderate foxing on some pages. However, the text is easily readable and the binding sound. It is a good plus copy of a scarce title. .

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