"Discovering
Oil Lamps"
by
Cecil A. Meadows
We have managed to obtain a small
stock of this extremely useful, now out of print definitive
work on oil lamps. All copies are new and unread.
For such a small book, just 7"
by 4½" with soft
cover and comprising only 48 pages it contains an incredible amount
of information about oil lamps, their history, types of fuel used
through the ages, different types of chimneys and burners, sizes,
shapes, dimensions, facts and figures - in fact everything anyone
needs to know to put them on their way to becoming an expert on oil
lamps!
This book could be said to be the
father of all oil lamp books, I have seen passages blatantly taken
from it inserted word for word into much more expensive and glossy
books on oil lamps.
Cecil A Meadows was in the ironmongery
trade from the early 1920s when oil lamps were still widely on sale.
He built up a considerable collection himself and as these items of
nineteenth century lighting started becoming obsolete he put his knowledge
on paper in book form for the benefit of all lovers of how things
were.
I'm afraid the price has to be higher
than the £3.50 marked on the back cover but as they are out
of print and rare the cost to me was considerably more than this!
Price
£11.27
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