Machinery And Mechanical Devices: A Pictorial Archive, by William Rowe. 64 Pages. Softbound. Lovers of Victoriana and the vintage machines, contraptions, and gizmos of the past, will love this book. Each page is an eye-catching collection of old-fashioned cuts selected and arranged by noted illustrator William Rowe. Reproduced from 19th-century books and periodicals, this book contains such whimical devices as "Ericsson's Solar Engine," "Compound Engines of the Ozone," "New and Gigantic Telescope," "Craik's Improved Turbine Press for Treating Beet Pulp" and many more items of questionable function. Each page contains hundred of illustrations and offers an unusual perspective of man and machine in Victorian Times. $10.95 (BK-0185)