** RARE ** AC Davis A Hundred Years of Portland Cement 1st 1924

Author: A.C. Davis

Title: A Hundred Years of Portland Cement 1824 – 1924   

Publication:  First Edition 1st Impression Published By Concrete Publications London 1924…………………. (See Pictures)

Condition Of Book: 
This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.This copy has no previous owner’s names present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,it’s a nice tight square copy.Illustrated with approx 40 black and white photographs.There is just a touch of fading to the spine of the book and the contents remain clean internally apart from some spotting to the endpapers and pre-lims.Comprehensive work to celebrate the centenary of the invention of Portland cement and the reason it was distinguished as a ‘Portland’ cement and to class it as a new product.Scarce title and at the time of listing no other copies appear to be available online.Thick and heavy at over 1.1kg 282pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1924]