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Cement, Concrete and Bricks
by Alfred B Searle
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Constable and Company Ltd, 1926. Hardcover. Good. 1926. Second Edition. 441 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Includes black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Moderate tear to p. 63. Moderate tanning and mild foxing to text block edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Small stain and marks all over. Mild tanning band to fore edge of front board. Mild crushing to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689657373ALK
- Title
- Cement, Concrete and Bricks
- Author
- Alfred B Searle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Constable and Company Ltd
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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