Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1952. First Edition. 208 pages. Yellow jacket over brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white graphs throughout. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with minor denting and creasing to edges and crushing to ends. Unclipped jacket. Label to left flap. Light tanning and foxing to all surfaces. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear, with noticeable chipping, tearing and areas of loss.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1666180221MHP
Title: Thermal Properties of Buildings
Author: N. S. Billington
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd.
Date Published: 1952

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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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...