New York: Pitman, 1961. Cloth. Good in Poor Dust Jacket. 8vo, 378 pp., illus. Spine cocked, corners of boards bumped, covers rubbed at edges, page edges tanned and foxed. Jacket sunned, rubbed and worn with minor soiling mainly at rear, edgewear, a few small chips and tears, tape-repair.

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Bookseller: ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16979
Title: Social History of Engineering (Technology Today and Tomorrow)
Author: Armytage, W. H. G
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good in Poor Dust Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pitman
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1961
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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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Poor: A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...

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