[Rarebooks] For Sale: Matthews' Historical Sketch of Gas-Lighting

[Norman Kane]

MATTHEWS,  WILLIAM.   AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS 
OF GAS-LIGHTING. SECOND EDITION.   London: Simpkin & Marshall, 
1832.  12mo, approx. 7 X 4 1/2 inches, nicely bound in full leather, 
top edge gilt, gilt-ruled border on both covers, spine with gilt 
decorations & titles, marbled end papers, vignette on title 
page.  Old signature on fly leaf and another (W. H. Bradley) at top 
of title, with note as to purchase.  X,440 pages.
Nice copy.   $225.00                                      (Trade Discount, 10%)


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