A Manual of the Timbers of the World Their Characteristics and Uses. To Which is Appended an Account by S. Fitzgerald of the Artificial Seasoning of Timber.

First Edition. 8vo., dark green clothbound hardback gilt; [xvi] + 446pp, indexed + 2pp publisher's catalogue, with b/w illustrations. Previous owners' inscriptions to front endpapers in pencil and ink. Foxing to edges and to first and last few pages, handling marks to a few pages, rear inner hinge a little weak, covers slightly damp affected, corners scuffed. A Good, Sound copy overall.