How It Is Made
by Archibald Williams
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Thomas Nelson And Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 474 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Binding is weakened. Previous owner's stamp to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Heavy sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is dulled. Some fraying to cloth at spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1715601942ADA
- Title
- How It Is Made
- Author
- Archibald Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson And Sons
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...