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A Manual of the Priciples and Practice of Road-Making: Comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads, (Common, Macadam, Paved, Plank, Etc.) and Rail-Roads
by W.M. Gillespie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1847. Cloth. Very Good. A solid, presentable copy of the 1847 1st edition. Tight and VG in its dark-brown cloth, with light fading to the panels and the spine, and scuffing along the rear panel. Small, tasteful bookplate to the front pastedown as well and mild, tolerable foxing throughout the text. Octavo, 155 figures complementing Gillespie's text.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21238
- Title
- A Manual of the Priciples and Practice of Road-Making: Comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads, (Common, Macadam, Paved, Plank, Etc.) and Rail-Roads
- Author
- W.M. Gillespie
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.S. Barnes & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- rare New York, rare engineering, rare New York engineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
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