The Book Shed

shelf wear to the book which has been much mitigated by a homemade brown paper jacket placed on it by the original owner, front free endpaper partially torn away, offsetting to endpapers, first 18 page of Organic Chemistry loose, proud. The second papragraph of the preface contains a statement regarding the substitution of "the Fahrenheit instead of the Centigrade thermometrical scale" which is footnoted with the hopeful note, "It is highly probable that the Centigrade thermometer will in a few years be generally adotped in this country..." Scarce in blind stamped publishers brown cloth. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.