De Pontibus: A Pocket-Book for Bridge Engineers
by Waddell, J.A.L
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1898. Wear on leather edges and spine. Chipped top of spine. 5/8 inch chip lower left of front cover. Chipped on bottom right 2 x 1 sq inch corner. 1 1/4 inch ragged tear on front (title) flap and chipping there. 2 1/2 inch tear hinge of flap. Otherwise Very Good. Edition probably used by the Japanese in Burma for the River Kwai. Key words: Bridges, Design, Arches, Trestles, Viaducts, Railroads, Movable Bridges, Revolving Drawbridges, Highway Bridges, Combined Bridges, Steel Bridges, Draw Spans, Specifications, Standard System of Live Loads, Timber Trestles, Inspection, Piers, Tirangulation, Office Practice.. First Edition. Leather. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14812
- Title
- De Pontibus: A Pocket-Book for Bridge Engineers
- Author
- Waddell, J.A.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Bridges, Design, Arches, Trestles, Viaducts, Railroads, Movable Bridges, Revolving Drawbridges, Highway Bridges, Combined Bridges, Steel Bridges, Draw Spans, Specifications, Standard System of Live Loads, Timber Trestles, Inspection, Piers, Tirangulation,
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
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Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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