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The Live Steam Book
by L. B. S. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$46.36NZ$34.77
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About This Item
The Live Steam Book by L. B. S. C.
Hardback, 1950, first edition, published by Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd., London.
In good condition. Boards have largely retained their colour. A little scuffing and small signs of shelf-wear but generally fine. Title detail a little faded on spine. Binding firm. Page edges browned and foxed but page surfaces very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. A nice copy. Contains a number of black and white photographs of various engines and many technical drawings of engine components.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-189
- Title
- The Live Steam Book
- Author
- L. B. S. C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Steam Engines, Railway, Rail, Locomotives, Whistles, Oil Burners
Terms of Sale
GN Books and Prints
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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