Industrial Arts Commerce Mining Whales Buffalo hunting silk 1845 Goodrich book
Brian DiMambro- Antiquarian Books, Maps & Prints(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Americana, History, Curiosities, Illustrated Books, Samuel Goodrich).
Enterprise, Industry, and Art of Man, as Displayed in Fishing, Hunting, Commerce, Navigation, Mining, Agriculture, and Manufactures by Samuel Goodrich.
Published 1845, Boston by Bradbury, Soden & Co.
335 pages. Text in English. Engraved frontis & half title protected by original tissue guard. Illustrated throughout.
Includes content discussing buffalo, bear and bear hunting, whale fishing, coal mining, tea, coffee, tobacco, cotton and sugar production, silk, manufacturers of Lowell, MA, etc.
Publisher's cloth gilt title lettering & spine decorations, embossed cover decorations.
Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.
Binding gently age worn, split along front joint about 2" long (cloth still well attached as are covers), mostly light signs of handling and time but nothing offensive or severe, book remains overall attractive as an object.
Paper is gently toned, internally still clean, tight, sound internally.
Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive.
Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.
Book Measures c. 7 1/4" H x 4 3/4" W.
[B6333].