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Crane Co. Chicago Complete Pocket Catalogue Steam Goods, Etc. August 1902
by [TRADE CATALOG - US]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Crane Co, 1906. First Thus. Hardcover. Good+. 16mo. Pp. xi, 464. Illustrated with engravings. Index. Dark green cloth, titles stamped in black on the cover and spine, gray endpapers, edges dyed red, orange preliminary leaf printed with notice dated February 15, 1906, updates and corrections tipped in throughout, price update laid in. Edges rubbed, hinges starting, covers moderately spotted and soiled, former owner pencil handwriting to title page "G. Marshall Everson Sept 1st 1906 Ensley, Ala." Withal, a well preserved copy; leaves crisp and bright. Clear illustrations and specifications for the company's valves, cocks and fittings for steam, gas and water. With tools and related supplies. A fine artifact from America's Golden Age of industrial enterprise.
Covers preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6939
- Title
- Crane Co. Chicago Complete Pocket Catalogue Steam Goods, Etc. August 1902
- Author
- [TRADE CATALOG - US]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Crane Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1906
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
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- Tipped In
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
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