Modern High-Speed Oil Engines
by CHAPMAN, C. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd 1949. 3 volume set, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp & rule to front board, x + 230pp, viii +218pp, viii + 237pp (vols I-III respectively), illus, VG (slight rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to page edges)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 185052
- Title
- Modern High-Speed Oil Engines
- Author
- CHAPMAN, C. W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd 1949
- Keywords
- CW Chapman oil engines motors engineering physics mechanics science vehicles transport reference
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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