RODNEY DALE; JOAN GRAY — Edwardian Inventions : 1901-1905
London, W. H. Allen & Co Ltd. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0863790127) Soft Cover, 11 x 8.25 inches. Small label removal mark to lower front corner. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to slightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright otherwise unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 153pp. An extensively researched and delightfully illustrated selection of the most unlikely early Edwardian inventions. For example 'Gillet's Appliance for Enabling a Performer to Appear to Stand Upon One Finger' and 'Device for Preventing Self Abuse in Horses'. Near Fine.