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A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines; Containing a Clear Exposition of Their Principles and Practice -- From the Third London Edition, Corrected
by Ure, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York; Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Co.; George S. Appleton, 1844. Hardcover. Very Good +. 1340, 24, [8] p.: 1240 in-text illustrations and tables; 23 cm. Original calf boards with modern bonded leather spine and gilt spine title. Original marbled endpapers. A Catalogue of Books published by D. Appleton & Co., New York, and George S. Appleton, Philadelphia, on 24 pages following text. Additional publisher's advertisements by D. Appleton & Co., New York, on final 8 pages. Small bookdealer's label on front fixed endpaper: Wilson & Heald, Wilmington. Former owner's name at head of title page; possibly "Mansfield." The dictionary is arranged alphabetically, from Abb-Wool to Zinc. Contains useful information on the automaton; calico printing; cotton manufacture; glassmaking; papermaking; the safety lamp invented by Upton and Roberts; textile weaving; and wheel carriages, among many other topics. Scarce. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. In Very Good+ Condition: leather is rubbed; occasional minor page soiling; several closed tears from edges of catalog pages; otherwise, clean and solid.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009788
- Title
- A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines; Containing a Clear Exposition of Their Principles and Practice -- From the Third London Edition, Corrected
- Author
- Ure, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co.; George S. Appleton
- Place of Publication
- New York; Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1844
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Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
About Classic Books and Ephemera
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- 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....
- Gilt
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Good+
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- Edges
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