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A TREATISE ON HYDRAULICS
by UNWIN, William Cawthorne, LLD FRS
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 1907 Prominent work in its day and still a valuable reference. Black Calf Half Leather with black grain effect cloth, 5 raised bands and gilt titles. " Miller Prize" of The Institution of Civil Engineers Copy Awarded for the 1906-1907 Session of Examinations; with Leather Gilt Presentation Plate to front paste down. Marbled end papers with matching marbled edges to book block. Two colour sewn headbands. xi +327pp. 149 Figs. Good (Book - Corners rounded with rubbing wear. Front end paper cracked but cords and leather sound as is the binding generally. Preliminary blanks quite browned and the paper of the book block is also tanned).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10601
- Title
- A TREATISE ON HYDRAULICS
- Author
- UNWIN, William Cawthorne, LLD FRS
- Format/Binding
- Half Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 215x145mm Approx.
- Keywords
- A Treatise on Hydraulics, William Cawthorne Unwin , LLD FRS , Engineering, Reference Books, Technical Books, Mechanical Engineering, Books On Line Brighton, Civil Engineering, Adam and Charles Black 1907 , A & C black
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- 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...
- 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,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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