"The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance," by Henry Petroski (SIGNED)


Item Number: 138

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $30

Online Close: Mar 26, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

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Description

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance. By Henry Petroski. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, 432 pp. Hardcover with good dust jacket. Dust jacket has slight soiling along bottom edge: otherwise, in great shape. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author on the title page, to Bob Galvin. One chapter is devoted to the pencil-making business of the Thoreau family.

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