SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS. Transactions. Vol. XI. The Twenty-first and Twenty-second Sessions. 1878 and 1879.
by SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS. Edited by Hort. Huxham
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Spottiswoode & Co. London. 1878 - 1879. Spottiswoode. London. 1878-9. 392pp + 8pp(list of members). 59 plates and plans, many of these large folding ones. Bound in brown half calf gilt, rubbed and very worn especially to bottom portion of spine, lettering piece chipped, leather to upper joint cracked but holding, marbled boards. Contents remarkably clean and fresh apart from occasional foxing. SCARCE.
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- Addyman Books (GB)
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- Title
- SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS. Transactions. Vol. XI. The Twenty-first and Twenty-second Sessions. 1878 and 1879.
- Author
- SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS. Edited by Hort. Huxham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- Spottiswoode & Co. London. 1878
- Keywords
- SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL and MEDICAL engineering mining south wales
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- SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL and MEDICAL;
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- 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...
- 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,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
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