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Explanatory Handbook on the B.S. Code of Practice for Reinforced Concrete (In Dustjacket)
by W.L. Scott, W.H. Glanville and F.G. Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Concrete Publications Limited, 1950. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1950 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very mild soiling at the panels) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing along the panel edges and darkening at the spine. Thin octavo, part of the "concrete series" books on reinforced concrete design and construction, pre-cast concrete, cement manufacture and testing, etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22443
- Title
- Explanatory Handbook on the B.S. Code of Practice for Reinforced Concrete (In Dustjacket)
- Author
- W.L. Scott, W.H. Glanville and F.G. Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Concrete Publications Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- rare engineering, rare architecture, rare construction, rare building
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
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