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Rose, Joshua. Modern Machine-shop Practice.

Sold for $50 at Gray's Auctioneers on Feb 25, 2026.

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ROSE, Joshua (1838-1898). Modern Machine-shop Practice; Operation, Construction, and Principles of Shop Machinery, Steam Engines, and Electrical... Publisher: Charles Scribner's Son's, New York. 1918. 2 volumes. Folio. Half-bound leather with black cloth boards. Gilt title on raised spine. Vol. 1: Portrait Frontispiece, xxiii, 479 pp., with hundreds of plates (1 folding). Vol. 2: Folding frontispiece, xix, 663 pp. with index to the two volumes. Each volume is H: 13 1/2 x W: 10 1/2 x D: 2 1/2 in. From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.

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