Chicago IL: Private Printing. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, as expected for this edition. Very faint, stray marks to cover. Tiny, light ding to front cover. Spine tail and lower corners lightly rubbed. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. A treatise on old weights from France, England, other European countries, and America. Covers history, relevant makers, styles, techniques of manufacture. Illustrated with 3 line drawings and 106 plates and cuts in color and b&w. Tissue-covered color frontis of a weight. Introduction by Harry J. Owens. Glossary of terms related to weights. Rose cloth over boards. Gilt title and decoration to spine, title and picture to cover. Printed by The Lakeside Press, Chicago. No DJ, believed as-issued. The A clean VG copy. ; Color Photographs; 8vo .