Engine Tests
by Geo. H. Barrus
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co, 1901. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Solid, well-preserved copy of the 1901 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its chocolate-brown boards, with bright gilt-lettering at the spine and decorative blindstamping to the panels. Octavo, 339 pgs. "Embracing the results of over one hundred feed-water tests and other investigations of various kinds of steam engines, conducted by the author"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9166
- Title
- Engine Tests
- Author
- Geo. H. Barrus
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Rare engineering, rare Mechanical Engineering, steam Engines
- Bookseller catalogs
- Engineering;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.