CASSELLS CYCLOPAEDIA OF MECHANICS Volume V
by Paul N Hasluck editor:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell and Co London undated c1900 Good + (no dj, very attractive tan buckram boards with gilt titles and gilt/black decoration on spine, but there are 2 small closed cuts in the middleof the spine - from falling gainst edge of shelving. not unsightly - can provise scans to re-assure you! central black design on back board, front board with black lettering and decorative design of mechanics' tools within 3 ruled black borders, corners lightly rubbed and light wear head of spine, outside page edges mottled red, internally very good condition with small name stamp front free endpaper, patchy light browning free endpapers, no other marks, pages clean and binding firm, no foxing, light age browning page edges) quarto 160pp. Special Edition, specially prepared for subscribers. Volume V of a set of 8 volumes, containing receipts, processes, and memoranda for workshop use, based on personal experience and expert knowledge, with 5060 illustrations and indexes of 34,000 items. This volume has b/w frontispiece with clean tissue guard, and 4 full page colour plates with clean tissue guards - the plates featuring rustic woodwork, mechanism of watches, doors, bent ironwork. (Other volumes available in this series).
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Details
- Bookseller
- lobstabooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34188
- Title
- CASSELLS CYCLOPAEDIA OF MECHANICS Volume V
- Author
- Paul N Hasluck editor:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Co London undated c1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hobbies and pastimes;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
lobstabooks
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theberton suffolk
About lobstabooks
we are a family company with emphasis on good personal service and helpful advice. our stock is general, but with a modest weighting towards antiquarian and non-fiction, but we also have a reasonable range of modern first editions.
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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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...