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|title = All about the electric light. An illustrated guide to its production, cost, and practical application. With descriptions of the various inventions now before the public. [Monogram device of Ward, Lock & Co.] 
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|date = [1878]
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|dimensions = 106 × 168 × 12 mm (4.17 × 6.61 × 0.47 in)
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|accession number = C188a601
|place of creation = London: Ward, Lock, & Co., Warwick House, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square, E. C. [London:] Printed by Jas. Wade, 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, W. C. 112p. With eight pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. 
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|notes =  White paper over boards. White endpapers and pastedowns. De Beaumont has noted: “[Book purchased 2 78. £2 ECB 1878” Both endpapers and pastedowns have lists of publisher’s titles. The lower cover has and advertisement for “Judson’s Dyes Cheapest, Strongest, Brightest, Best” The upper cover has electric rays, in red and yellow, radiating out from a single central white light source. The title words: “/ All/ about/ the/ electric light/” are printed in “sparky” letters. At the head is the price: “One Shilling”. At the tail: “/ With illustrations and diagrams/ London: Ward Lock and Co./” The spine appears to be of cloth, and is not lettered. This book acquired with the generous assistance of the British Library Collections Trust.  Another copy (probably) of this work is at British Library shelf mark 8756aaa14. 
|references = The Library of the late Robin de Beaumont. Bonhams Auction Catalogue [online sale of 31 January 2024.] Lot 189.
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