First edition, stated. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page: ""For Dr. H. Stephan K-- / with all good wishes, / Mary Stetson Clarke / February 9, 1992."" Clarke describes the workings of a mid-1600s Massachusetts iron works. The book is square and unmarked; top corners and spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is price-clipped; chipped and edgeworn; fading to the spine; Brodart protected.