The Motor-Cyclist's Handbook (Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
by PHOENIX (LAKE, Chas. S.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Percival Marshall & Co 1917. Sm octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 308pp + index to rear, illus, scruffy (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine & board edges, moderate discolouration to spine & boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, prev, owners' names in ink to front pastedown & half title page, numerous page clumps loose but still tentatively attached, moderate soiling to page edges throughout)
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- Title
- The Motor-Cyclist's Handbook (Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
- Author
- PHOENIX (LAKE, Chas. S.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Percival Marshall & Co 1917
- Keywords
- automotive motorbikes motorcycles handbook engines design
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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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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