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Bores, Breakers, Waves and Wakes: An Introduction to the Study of Waves on Water
by R. A. R. Tricker
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Mills & Boon, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1964. First Edition. 250 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white and colour photographs. Black and white diagrams throughout. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to front hinge with netting exposed. Binding loose. Front free endpaper missing. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces. Long cut across middle repaired with tape.
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- Seller
- World of Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1714567175DPB
- Title
- Bores, Breakers, Waves and Wakes: An Introduction to the Study of Waves on Water
- Author
- R. A. R. Tricker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Mills & Boon
- Date Published
- 1964
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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