Modern High-Speed Oil Engines - Three-Volume Set
by C. W. Chapman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/N/a
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Caxton Publishing, 1949. Complete three-volume set, reprinted two months after May 1949 1st ed. Vols in uniform black buckram covers with gilt and b/w illustrations, green deckled page edges. Vol 1: 230pp; Vol 2: 218pp; Vol 3: 237pp inc index. Covers have light bumping to extrems, a couple of very light, superficial marks, but very little wear. All three Vols have mild foxing to prelims and Vol 2 hinge is cracked at title page, but holding well. Otherwise all internally clean and tight. Heavy set may require extra postage. Ref:114761. Reprint. Buckram. VG/N/a. 18x24cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004761
- Title
- Modern High-Speed Oil Engines - Three-Volume Set
- Author
- C. W. Chapman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Caxton Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 18x24cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- Hinge
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- Buckram
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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