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The Engineer's Sketch-book of Mechanical Movements, Devices, Appliances, Contrivances and Details
by Thomas Walter Barber
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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West Molesey, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: E and F N Spon Limited, 1901. Early reprint of this highly detailed engineers sketch book showing sketches of hundreds of engineering devices with short description for each item 2603 individual sketches.in total Date on title page is 1897 but adverts at rear are dated 1901. Contains 335 pages plus32 pages of adverts at rear dated 1901 all pages in overall clean condition just some browning to first and last couple of pages, many B/w illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are lightly worn to edges with a few light marks and a small piece of newspaper stuck to rear board probably from storage a long time ago. A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Reprint. Gold Decorated Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 6 Inches. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Books Bought and Sold
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008472
- Title
- The Engineer's Sketch-book of Mechanical Movements, Devices, Appliances, Contrivances and Details
- Author
- Thomas Walter Barber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- E and F N Spon Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8 ¾ x 6 Inches
- Keywords
- Mechanical Engineering, Engineers Text Book, Antiquarian, Technical, Noisbn, Engineering Design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Technical; Text Books;
Terms of Sale
Books Bought and Sold
Books sent by cheapest post unless requested otherwise.Books of value 50 or more will be sent air insured.Postage at cost,books can be returned within 7 days of receipt and by prior notice if not as described, for full refund.
About the Seller
Books Bought and Sold
Biblio member since 2005
West Molesey, Surrey
About Books Bought and Sold
Formerly a bookshop in East Molesey since 1994,now trading solely on internet and at book fairs.Stock can be viewed by appointment only, all books for sale are clean and in a desirable condition.www.booksinstore.co.uk Books described accurately and despatched promptly.Books removed from lists as soon as sold.All books packed in Tuf Pac book boxes for safe transit.
Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- 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...
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