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Gas Engines - ( The Specialists' Series, Volume II / 2 / Two ) - ORIGINAL EDITION, Not a Reprint
by MacGregor, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Whittaker & Co. / George Bell & Sons, 1885. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ; Good++ to VG. Assume First (only?) Edition. This is NOT a modern reprint; c. 1885 w/ no note of further printings; 231 pgs. + 14 pgs. adverts. + 7 fold-out plates/ diagrams at back; 7.5 x 5.5"". Navy blue cloth binding tight & square; minor rubbing, trace of soil, convex bow to covers, 1/4"" corner bumps at top of each cover. Gold gilt vignette on front & all gold spine lettering crisp & intact. No fray or spine discolor. Text block tight to binding; narrow spine gap prior to title page (not really a split- minor). Neatly penned sm. owner name, dated Dec. 25, '88 w/ ""Univ. of Pa"" in top corner of title page- assume 1888- in fountain pen & looks old. Text is tight, clean, unmarked w/ v. light toning. All plates intact & complete- bit of edge wear, but no tears. NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy- displays well.
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105
- Title
- Gas Engines - ( The Specialists' Series, Volume II / 2 / Two ) - ORIGINAL EDITION, Not a Reprint
- Author
- MacGregor, William
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whittaker & Co. / George Bell & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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