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The Mechanics' Complete Library of Modern Rules, Facts, Processes, Etc....Five Books in One
by Thomas F. Edision, Charles J. Westinghouse
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois, USA: Laird & Lee, Publishers, 1898. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. Third Printing. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Small olive-cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine; brown lettering and decorations on front; no jacket; all edges of text block painted red; 576 pages; three dates on title page : 1890, 1895, 1898...so third printing. Very good minus condition: a little soiling and rubbing on front; light wear to edge of binding with slight loss of cloth but mostly a little loss of color; straight; hinges strong; pages slightly toned and a couple of creases. New plastic protective jacket..
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- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126264
- Title
- The Mechanics' Complete Library of Modern Rules, Facts, Processes, Etc....Five Books in One
- Author
- Thomas F. Edision, Charles J. Westinghouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- Laird & Lee, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Woodworking / Tools;
Terms of Sale
The Old Sage Bookshop
Books returnable within 5 days if you are not satisfied.
About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
Biblio member since 2005
Prescott, Arizona
About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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"...
- 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...
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