Conquests Of Engineering
by Cyril Hall
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Blackie and Son, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial green cloth boards. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages and plates remain bright with minimal tanning and lightly foxed. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Noticeable tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Book has a slight forward lean. Mild crushing to spine ends causing cloth to fray.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1664828721BDB
- Title
- Conquests Of Engineering
- Author
- Cyril Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Blackie and Son
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...