The Motor Car
by Thompson, H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Weston, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Frederic Warne & Co Ltd, 1902. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. An elementary handbook on its Nature, use and management. 3 photograph illustrations (1 double page fold out) - list of routes and distances at rear. Scarce title. Publishers original navy blue cloth with bright gilt decoration of a motor car and bright gilt titles. Top Edge Gilt. Slight rubbing to the edges and corners, couple of minor spots on front board. Inked prior Owners name (dated 1902), modern bookplate.End sheets quite heavily foxed, as are edges of book block. Some additional light scattered foxing throughout. However, this remain a very nice copy. Please feel free to inquire for item specifics or additional photos. Books will be carefully packaged in cardboard boxes only. Combined shipping can apply for multiple purchases - please check out our other listings. International shipping costs will be assessed on a case by case basis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pengilly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002534
- Title
- The Motor Car
- Author
- Thompson, H
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederic Warne & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Pengilly Books
Biblio member since 2020
Weston, Connecticut
About Pengilly Books
We are a web-based book store located in the small town of Weston, Connecticut and we have been successfully selling books online for over 20 years. We welcome all inquiries and will gladly answer any questions you may have about a particular book. We have a large stock of Nautical Books as well as Americana and British Topography, etc - many of which are still to be listed - so if you have a particular book in mind please let us know!
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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...