Cooke Troughton Simms Ltd - Instrument maker history - AT THE SIGN OF THE ORRERY for Sale

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Cooke Troughton Simms Ltd - Instrument maker history - AT THE SIGN OF THE ORRERY For Sale

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Cooke Troughton Simms Ltd - Instrument maker history - AT THE SIGN OF THE ORRERY:
$38.74

Here is a book titled \"At the Sign of the Orrery : the Origins of Cooke, Troughton & Simms, Ltd, from material collected by E. Wilfred Taylor and J. Simms Wilson and brought up to date by P.D. Scott Maxwell. First published in 1945, this up-dated edition is circa 1959/1960 (the latest date mentioned inside is 1959).
9 by 6 inches. 76 pages. Illustrated throughout. Stapled binding with a textured blue card wrap with a gilt title and Orrery illustration on the front. The wrap has some rubbing to gilding on the front, is a little creased and rubbed along the edges and corners, and there is a small nick to the foredge of the back portion. The first four pages at the beginning have a faint bend/crease at the top corner. There is some scattered dustiness and spotting to the title page, the centre page, and to the very last page, but overall clean. Staples slightly rusty but secure. Please see photos and please explore my other listings for more vintage books on the history of science and technology.