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Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Drawing, Designed as a Text-Book for the Mechanic, Architect, Engineer, and Surveyor, Comprising Geometrical Projection, Mechanical, Architectural and Topographical Drawing, Perspective and Isometry
by Worthen, W. E
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1869. New and enlarged edition, 1869. Includes 120 plates, some folding, some color, of plans, diagrams, elevations, maps and more, with an actual albumen photo frontis showing the Steamer Pacific built at the Allaire Works. Three quarter brown leather over marbled boards, 10.25" tall, 496 pages. Errata slip tipped in at title page. Covers rubbed, mainly at the edges, joints good, front hinge lightly internally cracked but secure, text block sound, pages and plates clean, some minor age-toning and foxing to endpapers and title page, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034928
- Title
- Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Drawing, Designed as a Text-Book for the Mechanic, Architect, Engineer, and Surveyor, Comprising Geometrical Projection, Mechanical, Architectural and Topographical Drawing, Perspective and Isometry
- Author
- Worthen, W. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1869
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- DRAWING ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE CARTOGRAPHY PLANS MAPS ELEVATIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture, Engineering & Building Trades;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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- Marbled boards
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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