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Accum, Frederick. - DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING COAL GAS, For the Lighting of Streets Houses, and Public Buildings, with Elevations, Sections, and Plans of the Most Improved Sorts of Apparatus Now Employed at the Gas Works in London, and the Principal Provincial Towns of Great Britain; Accompanied with comparative Estimates, exhibiting the most Economical Mode of procuring this species of Light.

London, Printed for Thomas Boys, 1820. 2nd Ed. xv + [i] + 334pp. + [ii]. 7 plates comprising 6 folding hand coloured aquatint plates (frontis. reinforced and with fold split) and hand coloured aquatint to title page. Some browning, later e.ps., original patterned boards, loss to edges, upper leading corner creased, rebacked with much of original spine laid down. ¶ Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum (1769–1838) German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace. Originally published as Practical Treatise on Gas-Light, London 1815, going through four English editions to 1818, rewritten as the above and first published in 1819.
GBP 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 469.5 US$ 509.54 | JP¥ 80180] Booknumber: 270959

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Daly, Eileen - Butterfly a Story of Magic

Racine WI: Whitman, 1969. Hardcover. Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Pen mark on front endpaper; Tell a Tale; Unpaginated pages.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1574] Booknumber: 84293

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PARKER, ROSS; CHARLES, HUGHIE - There'LL Always Be an England! - Sheet Music for Piano and Voice

Toronto: Gordon V. Thompson Ltd, 1939. First Edition. Paperback. 6 pages. Nice cover art in red, white and blue with image of Big Ben. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Sheet music; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; There'll Always Be An England! - Sheet Music for Piano and Voice. Good .
USD 89.95 [Appr.: EURO 83 | £UK 70.75 | JP¥ 14154] Booknumber: 659c9722

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