Linoleum Inventor Memoir With Psychic Confession
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Walton, Frederick. The Infancy and Development of Linoleum Floorcloth. London: Simpton, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Undated. First English Edition.
Linoleum- A Psychic’s Suggestion?
An unusual book about a ubiquitous modern material, this book on Linoleum written by its inventor, Frederick Walton, explains the trials and steps taken to develop the artificial flooring.
In the last chapter “A Visit to a Clairvoyant…” Walton asserts that a psychic healer told him of his future successes and described his inlay machine 30 years before he invented it.
This first edition of the scarce work was rebound and distributed by the Armstrong Cork Company’s Linoleum division for the 9th Convention of Armstrong Jobbers, numbered and signed by Walton on its bookplate.
12mo, 56pp, contemporary rebinding, black papered boards with red treated cloth spine. Small puncture to front board below title plate. Minor scuffing to back board with bruise to back front edge. Signed photograph plate of author pasted on front pastedown, provided by the Armstrong Cork Company, numbered “Book 101”. Faint stain margin of page 32 – 33, otherwise clean but aged. Very good condition.
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