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A Catechism of the Steam Engine
by Bourne, John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Co., 1864. Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, Railways, and Agriculture. With Practical Instructions for the Manufacture and Management of Engines of Every Class. Covers has a few spots where rubbing has gone through cloth down to boards. Wear at extremities. Chipping and wear at top and base of spine. Pencil name on inside cover. Binding is still intact and inside pages are usable and readable. Many b&w illustrations within.. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30062
- Title
- A Catechism of the Steam Engine
- Author
- Bourne, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....