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Series GAN - The Timber Merchant's Pocket Companion by Charles Gane, Wood Auctioneer
Identity area
Reference code
GB235 GAN
Title
The Timber Merchant's Pocket Companion by Charles Gane, Wood Auctioneer
Date(s)
- 1894 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
2 items, 2cm
Context area
Name of creator
Gane, Charles
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Items were previously held in the Cleghorn Memorial Library at the Museum of Science and Art Edinburgh before coming to the RBGE Library in August 1940.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Small card guide produced by Charles Gane of Charles Gane & Co., Timber, Lath and Slate Merchants, Wisbeach, outlining how to calculate the cost of lengths of timber, published by William Rider and Son, at the Office of the Timber Trades Journal, 14 Bartholomew Close, London. There is an accompanying notebook, blank, but with columns for No., Length, Girth, Contents and Cost.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
It is debatable whether the notebook is worth keeping as it is damaged and blank, with no known context as to who owned it. Kept at present in case it affects the interpretation of the Pocket Companion.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
the front cover has come off the notebook.
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Description identifier
GAN
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Minimal
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Archivist's note
filed at G
