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Steel Bridge Designing
by Wells, Melville B
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago/London: Myron C. Clark Publishing Co./E. & F.N. Spon, Ltd., 1913 Book. Illus. by B & W Illustrations and Folding Plates. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Inches. Original olive green cloth over boards with gilt lettering. 1" tear (horizontal and vertical) in cloth at spine and 3/4" gouge in cloth on cover. Corner and edge wear. Front hinge cracked. Missing folding plates #1, #5, #23 and most of #26. Scarce. 260 pp. including Index..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013399
- Title
- Steel Bridge Designing
- Author
- Wells, Melville B
- Illustrator
- B & W Illustrations and Folding Plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Myron C. Clark Publishing Co./E. & F.N. Spon, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago/London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Inches
- Keywords
- NOISBN. Technical. Engineering. Construction.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technical;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
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