Washington: United States Government Office, 1938. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair. Quarto. 261 pages. Softcover in brown and white wrappers. Binding is worn, has old tape repairs on the spine. Some rubbing and scuffing. Spine has chips missing at headcap and foot. Prior owner's name and a few other notations written on front flyleaf. Prior owner's blindstamp impression on title page, which has tape on it at gutter. Black and white photo of plane has been inserted loosely in the book.

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Bookseller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 039968
Title: Dams and Control Works
Author: Ickes, Harold L
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: United States Government Office
Place of Publication: Washington
Date Published: 1938
Keywords: 1938; Harold L Ickes; Dams; Engineering; First Edition;
Bookseller catalogs: Engineering;

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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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....
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Blindstamp: A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...