Conquests Of Engineering. Triumphs Of Enterprise. by Hall, Cyril

Blackie, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with illustration. Includes black & white plates. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding is weak. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Some pages are dog-earred. Severe foxing to text block edge. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Water marking present.

Blackie & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Noted. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and major foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and heavier bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning.

Blackie & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight crinkling to gutters however binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Minor sunning to spine and edges. Lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Minor loss to spine. Moderate tanning to panels and spine.

Blackie & Son, Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated green cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Heavy foxing and visible tanning to pages with major foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and foxing with notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing and sunning to spine.

Blackie And Son Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated brown cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Blackie & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition stated. 288 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated green cloth. From the Triumphs of Enterprise series. Includes illustrated plates. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Foxing more intense towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Frontis detached but present. Text block edges very dusty. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are slightly crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Boards rather rubbed and marked overall. Split starting to upper front joint. Spine is noticeably sunned.

Blackie & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and sunned. Some dents around edges.

Blackie & Son, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations with colour plates. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Cracking to front hinge. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed. Some dents around edges. Small split to rear joint of spine.

Gresham Publishing, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with dulled lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Blackie & Son Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Green illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.