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GAS THE NATIONAL FUEL
Publisher: Ascot Gas Water Heaters, London;
Edition: 1st Edition
Date of Publication: 1935
Stock Code: 2196
FIRST EDITION. Quarto. ii, 214 pp. Frontispiece with printed tissue guard, numerous illustrations and plans in text, 23 tipped-in colour plans and photographs plus fold-out plate showing views of the Ascot works. Book Condition: Very Good. Original black cloth with silver titles and decoration; top edge stained red. Pictorial endpapers. Cover cloth lightly rubbed, very lightly sunned to spine and with two upper corners bumped causing associated corner creasing at corner of textblock (plates unaffected). Closed tear to pp 49/50 otherwise a very clean copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Printed compliments slip loosely inserted from Dr Bernard Friedman, who wrote the Preface and one of the essays. Lavish trade catalogue for Ascot Water Heaters advocating their use in a domestic and commercial setting with a series of essays aimed at the consumer on subjects such as "Fundamental Principles of Water Heating for Domestic Use" ; gives detailed examples of contemporary applications in flats such as those at South Close, Highgate and the Duchy of Cornwall Estate, houses at Gidea Park and in a London Mews. Also featured are a surgery, a dentists, a hairdressing salon, an underground station and the Junior Carlton Club. Details of the architects and suppliers are given together with plans and both interior and exterior property views. Much of the appeal of this work comes from the illustrations showing the heaters in situ with their contemporary interiors. Scarce. £275.00