George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1914. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1914. No Edition Stated. 398 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Contains colour illustrated frontispiece, with black and white plates and diagrams throughout. Pages and plates are mildly tanned and foxed, heavier to edges, but text and art remains clear. Binding is firm. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Spine is moderately sunned, with visible crushing and splitting to ends. Light rubbing and scuffing overall, heavier to spine.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1667551222CRO
Title: Discoveries And Inventions Of The Twentieth Century
Author: Edward Cressy
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons Ltd.
Date Published: 1914

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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....
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...