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Handbook of the Locomotive Construction Running & Management of Locomotive Engines & Boilers
by Roper, Stephen,
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
E. Claxton & Co.. Fair. 1883. 11th Edition. Leather Bound. All pages are present, pages clean and lightly yellowed. Binding is tight. Leather covers are extremely worn, front cover is attached to the text block by a single thread, spine is lacking pieces at head and foot. All edges heavily rubbed gilt, gilt on spine is bright. Full leather cover with extended rear cover formed a belt to slide through missing belt loop on front cover. The cracked flap is detached but present (see image) : a beautiful gilt vignette of two sides and front of a steam locomotive. The book could use a new binding. . Includes 324 pp + 70 additional pages of ads, reviews, Contents. This is a classic work on the early locomotive. An early printing, NOT a modern reprint. . 24mo 5" - 6" tall. 324 pages. F4 .
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- Bookseller
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32214
- Title
- Handbook of the Locomotive Construction Running & Management of Locomotive Engines & Boilers
- Author
- Roper, Stephen,
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 11th Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. Claxton & Co.
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Travel, Early Locomotives
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Geography;
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About the Seller
Sweet Beagle Books
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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,...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
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