Tower, G.B.N. — Useful Things to Know About Steam Boilers ; Compiled for the Information of Owners, Steam Users, and Engineers

New York The American Steam Boiler Insurance Co. of New York First Edition, First Printing pp. vii, 220. Royal 8vo. Publisher's lovely decorative cloth over boards with elaborate gilt-and-black lettering and ornamentation to the spine and front board with a detailed design of a steam locomotive to the front board. Richly illustrated throughout with many full-page detailed engravings of the internal mechanism of steam boilers, diagrams, charts, tables, et al. Excepting a light touch of rubbing to the spine ends, tips, the extremities remain remarkably well-perserved. Contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked text-block, and firm, sound binding. A most handsome presentation. Scarce in commerce in this edition, and state.