HANDBOOK OF THE STEAM-ENGINE
by Bourne, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1875. Containing all the rules required for the right construction and management of engines of every class, with the easy arithmetical solution of those rules, constituting a key to the catechism of the steam-engine. 67 b/w illustrations. 685 pp. plus ads. Brown endpapers, with stains. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Faded spine, corners bumped. Plastic wrapper taped to paste-down endpapers. VG+. Hardcover. Very Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 214354F
- Title
- HANDBOOK OF THE STEAM-ENGINE
- Author
- Bourne, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Engineering, Trains, Railways, Locomotion
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- Transportation;
Terms of Sale
J. Wyatt Books
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
J.Wyatt Books ( formerly Book Bazaar ) established in 1974. This family-owned small business is located in Ottawa, the National Capital of Canada. We have a very large eclectic mix of books. Please contact us at jwyattbooks.ottawa@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. Member of Ottawa Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Online since 1998 and have over 55,000 books listed online with a large selection of books being added everyday. Please send us your inquiries and we will be happy to help you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...