London: George Newnes Limited, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. For The Use of Builders, Public Works Contractors, Architects , Civil Engineers and Surveyors". First edition and printing. In very good navy cloth boards, gilt titles to front and back strip. The covers are clean and firm; slightly bent front cover and a little shelf-cocked. Foxed and lightly tanned end papers; name and date on front paste down. Tinted navy cut edges. The text block is tightly bound and quite clean, with slight tanning around the page edges. With many charts etc. Very good condition. In poor yellow and red dust jacket held inside quality plastic cover. The jacket has most of spine area missing plus piece by front tail corner and tear along rear side flap. Not price clipped. "The Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative Bindery Team" have used Japanese tissue to join the two halves together. Very heavy.

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Bookseller: Clevedon Community Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 55854
Title: Estimating for Building And Civil Engineering Works
Author: Spence Geddes
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Poor
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Publisher: George Newnes Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1951
Pages: 472
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Keywords: ENG

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About Clevedon Community Bookshop

Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.

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