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Earthmoving Vehicles (Olyslager Auto Library)
by Olyslager Organization; Bart H. Vanderveen, Editor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0723214670
- ISBN 13
- 9780723214670
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, UK/New York, NY: Frederick Warne & Company, Ltd. , 1972 Frederick Warne & Company, Ltd., London, UK/New York, NY. 1972. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; splash stains on textblock edges; light toning to board bottom edges. DJ; Good; Price Clipped with British 3.95 Pounds sticker on front flap; wear and small closed tears to head, tail, and tips; rubbing and light surface scratching to panels. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with black, orange, and white lettering on the spine and front board. 63 pp 8vo horizontal oblong. Earthmoving equipment is at the heart of large engineering projects. This book presents a history as well as a survey of this impressive large machines from the early 1900s to today. These complex devices do the work of many laborers and/or machinery used in the past and are essential in the construction of the modern world. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010496
- Title
- Earthmoving Vehicles (Olyslager Auto Library)
- Author
- Olyslager Organization; Bart H. Vanderveen, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0723214670
- ISBN 13
- 9780723214670
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Company, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK/New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- earthmoving machinery, caterpillar equipment, road making machinery, darth digging machinery, tractors, bulldozers, graders, dump trucks, levelers, graders, front end loaders, backhoes, construction equipment, road construction equipment,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Edges
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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