Thomas Nelson & Sons, Toronto, 1968.  Hard cover, 285 pages including Bibliography.  Red cloth with silver lettering on spine; bit of corner and spine end wear; binding sound with a bit of a lean, head and tail bands.  Price clipped dust jacket has edge and cover wear, small losses at upper corner folds and spine end; wrinkling to laminate on rear panel.  Prior owner’s name and date inked on FEP; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with occasional age spot; colour and black & white photos and illustrations.  ‘Miniature oil and kerosene lamps, some as diminutive as 2 ½ inches high, are direct descendants of prehistoric lamps using animal fat and other oils.  Since the miniatures which have been preserved are so small that they cannot have provided adequate reading light, their intended function remains somewhat obscure. … Each of the more than six hundred illustrations is accompanied by descriptive detail including all known variants.’ (from front flap)