{"product_id":"boys-second-book-inventions-1903","title":"Boys' Second Book of Inventions Ray Stannard Baker 1903 Illustrated Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoys' Second Book of Inventions is Ray Stannard Baker's 1903 collection of nine chapters on the science of the day, a fully illustrated hardcover from McClure, Phillips and Co. of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe red cloth cover is still bright and the black lettering on the spine reads clearly, but the book itself is rough: the front hinge is split with the mull showing and many pages are loose through the volume, all of it shown in the photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nine chapters take on radium and the Curies, Santos-Dumont's steerable balloons, Professor Milne's seismograph, the electrical furnaces hot enough to make diamonds, the solar motor at Los Angeles, nitrogen fixing, Marconi's wireless, lighthouse building, and Peter Cooper Hewitt's mercury arc light. It suits a reader who wants the 1903 view of the future, or a collector who keeps a reference copy of a book too fragile to read from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Boys' Second Book of Inventions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ray Stannard Baker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e McClure, Phillips and Co., New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1903\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition and Printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Copyright 1903, published November 1903, with no later printing statement shown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat and Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover, red cloth boards with black lettering and a pictorial front\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e No dust jacket present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/vintage-how-to-book-collection\" title=\" Science and invention, juvenile nonfiction\"\u003e Science and invention, juvenile nonfiction\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e None printed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 by 6 by 2 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Fair\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGraded Fair:\u003c\/strong\u003e a reading and reference copy with heavy wear to the binding, every flaw named below.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe front cover is bright, with the red cloth still strong and the black dirigible illustration and title sharp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe copyright page reads Copyright, 1903, by McClure, Phillips and Co., with Published, November, 1903 below it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe title page is complete, with the author line, the note that he wrote Boys' Book of Inventions, the McClure, Phillips and Co. imprint, and the MCMIII date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe frontispiece portrait of the author is present and still has its tissue guard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe table of contents is intact and lists all nine chapters, from The Miracle of Radium through The Newest Electric Light.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe plates survive, including The Work of the Great Earthquake of 1891 in Neo Valley, Japan, and the Front View of the Los Angeles Solar Motor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe spine still reads Boys' Second Book of Inventions and Ray Stannard Baker, with McClure Phillips and Co. at the foot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe text reads cleanly where the pages are held together, from the radium chapter through page 320 and the printed THE END.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe front hinge is split open, with the cloth mull and dried glue showing between the endpaper and the text block.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany pages are loose through the volume, and the binding is split in more than one place.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe paper lining of the inside back cover is torn diagonally, with a loose piece of paper resting over it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe book carries an ink inscription on the front flyleaf, dated Christmas Day, 1905.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePage 17 has a light brown stain in its upper left corner, and page 251 has a small stain near the middle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePage 320 and the inside back cover carry scattered brown stains and smudges along the edges.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe top edge of the text block is heavily darkened and spotted, and the page edges are tanned throughout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe board corners are bumped and frayed, with the red cloth worn through at the lower corners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe back cover shows scuffs, fine scratches, and a few small dark spots near the lower left corner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cloth is worn and creased along the spine edge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pages come with an inscription dated Christmas 1905, and the plates alone would make this one worth keeping on a shelf of early science writing. 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