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Report on Steam Carriages, by a Select Committee of the House of Commons of Great Britain: With the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix
by House of Representatives of the United States
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ex-library
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: Duff Green/ House of Representatives, 1832. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 1832. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in original full marbled calf, with morocco and gilt title. 346pp. Minor ex-library, with stamp and blind stamp on title page, else about very good. Spine dried and flaking, repair to outer joints, board extremities rubbed. Armorial plate to front pastedown, margins foxed. Internally clean and unmarked. Housed in mylar.
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- Seller
- Common Crow Books
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- Title
- Report on Steam Carriages, by a Select Committee of the House of Commons of Great Britain: With the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix
- Author
- House of Representatives of the United States
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-library
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Duff Green/ House of Representatives
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1832
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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