Sylvia Katz; Raymond Cherry — General and Classic Plastics

London; New York, Grosset & Dunlap; Thames and Hudson, 1942-1988. Cloth. A highly illustrated two volume set on the history and uses of plastics, classic and general. A lovely two volume set of works on plastics. Including:(1942) General Plastics.A scarce work. The first edition. A work by Raymond Cherry, professor of industrial arts at the State Teachers College Wayne, Nebraska. A volume copiously illustrated in text, split into three sections: related information, fundamental operations, and projects. In a full green cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. (1988) Classic Plastics: From Bakelite to High-Tech.A later reprint, first published in 1984. By Sylvia Katz. With 188 in text illustrations, 111 of which in colour. A historical account of the creation of plastics to function and beyond the 1980s. In the original card wrap binding. In full cloth and paperback bindings. Externally, smart. Offsetting to boards and spine of General Plastics, with bumping to the head and tail, and shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrapper is sound, with loss most significant to the spine and top edge. Chipping and closed tears to edges, with frequent small patches of loss. Light spotting to wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Fair.