Vintage textbook, Mechanization Takes Command, Siegfried buying Giedion, 1948, rare book, free shipping, from Diz Has Neat Stuff

The Facts
+vintage hardcover textbook
+Mechanization Takes Command, a contribution to anonymous history
+by Siegfried Giedion
+published by Oxford University Press, New York
+copyright 1948, assumed first edition
+743 pages
+book measures 7" x 10" x 1 7/8" and it weighs 5 pounds

The Great
+they don't make them like this anymore!
+vintage textbooks have a quality of workmanship and materials that stand the test of time with style and presence
+a rare 1940's textbook buying that is relevant today
+black and white illustrations of capturing movement, early roots of mechanization, and interfacing with humans
+fantastic gift for engineer, professor, furniture designer, recent grad or quantitive physicist
+a copy for those that enjoy vintage patina, character and use
+FREE shipping on all books within the USA via media mail

The not so great
+cover is faded, discolored and scratched
+spine is sunned, edges are folded and there's minor fraying
+interior pages have some foxing ,browning and aging
+date written on end paper in ink
+some pencil notes inside
+slight "garage" smell when pages are fluttered
+sold as-is in vintage condition