Facsimile reprint. vi, , 476pp, with black and white illustrations throughout. Blue pictorial cloth boards with black lettering front and spine. Cloth is unevenly faded with some brushing on the spine, and minor indentation at spine head else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.
The Boy Mechanic was an early 20th century series of DIY project books published by the Popular Mechanics Company. Designed to develop self-reliance and technical skills in young boys by providing details instructions for building a range of things from toys to complex mechanical devices. There were four books in the original series.