Specifications in Detail
by Frank W. Macey, D. Brooke & Stanley Wilkinson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Technical Press Ltd., 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. Reprint. 712 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Tape residue marks to front and rear free endpaper and pastedowns. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft bumping to corners. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. White marks to front and rear boards. Splits to front board. Textblock is shaky.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1638773049MHP
- Title
- Specifications in Detail
- Author
- Frank W. Macey, D. Brooke & Stanley Wilkinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Technical Press Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1955
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...