HAWKINS' ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY A CYCLOPEDIA OF WORDS, TERMS, PHRASES AND DATA USED IN THE ELECTRIC ARTS, TRADES AND SCIENCES
by Hawkins, N., M.E. And Associates
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair+
- Seller
-
St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
72 Fifth Ave. New York; Imperial Arcade, London: Theo Audel & Co. Publishers. Fair+/No dust jacket. Black flexible cloth assimilated leather w/moderate wear, rubbing & bumping to cover, gilt lettering on spinestrip, all edges gilt, no owner's names, inside hinge is split due to aged drying and seriously pulling away from interior otherwise book text interior is in Very Good shape, No owner's names, engraved frontis portrait of Thomas A. Edison w/facsimilie autograph, interior is solidly bound, clean & crisp. Early 20th Century Collectible/1917. . Fair+. Flexible Cloth. 1918.
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- Bookseller
- Julie's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026555
- Title
- HAWKINS' ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY A CYCLOPEDIA OF WORDS, TERMS, PHRASES AND DATA USED IN THE ELECTRIC ARTS, TRADES AND SCIENCES
- Author
- Hawkins, N., M.E. And Associates
- Format/Binding
- Flexible Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Theo Audel & Co. Publishers
- Place of Publication
- 72 Fifth Ave. New York; Imperial Arcade, London
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- REFERENCE MATERIALS-ELECTRICITY- DICTIONARIES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY COLLECTIBLES, TRADES AND SCIENCES Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Julie's Books
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About the Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
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