Motor Racing
by DAVIS, S. C. H. (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Seeley Service & co 1957. super octavo, tan buckram boards with tan cloth spine, gilt insignia to front board and gilt insignia and lettering to spine, top page edges dyed brown, frontispiece, 319 pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, some foxing to eps) in d/w VG- (very heavy tanning, some staining to front, scuffing and nicks to edges, some rubbing)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Motor Racing
- Author
- DAVIS, S. C. H. (ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley Service & co 1957
- Keywords
- S C H Davis motor racing cars sport vehicles transport illus reference
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
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