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Histoire de la Locomotion Terrestre. History of transport. La Locomotion Naturelle, L’Attelage - La Voiture, Le Cyclisme, La Locomotion Mecanique, L’Automobile.
by De SAUNIER, BAUDRY / DOLLFUS, CHARLES / De GEOFFREY, EDGAR:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
L’Illustration. 1936. Folio. Approx 15 x 11 inches. In red morocco leather covers with gilt to spine and gilt and white lettering to front with car design. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Spine slightly rubbed at ends with small chip at top end, neat glue repair to front hinge. Some minor handling marks to covers, corners slightly bumped. Top corner edge of front blank-endpaper/prelim slightly torn/chipped/rubbed (no other pages affected.) Inside pages and plates all very clean and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy. 446pp. With colour frontis, b/w illustrations, and photographs. Some colour plates and a few mounted coloured plates. History of transport in French. The authors describe various methods of transport from walking and horse, to the latest motor cars and bicycles. Some chapters cover some of the leading personalities including Benz, Daimler, Panhard, Bouton, Renault, Ford, etc. Stunning illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82638
- Title
- Histoire de la Locomotion Terrestre. History of transport. La Locomotion Naturelle, L’Attelage - La Voiture, Le Cyclisme, La Locomotion Mecanique, L’Automobile.
- Author
- De SAUNIER, BAUDRY / DOLLFUS, CHARLES / De GEOFFREY, EDGAR:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L’Illustration. 1936
- Keywords
- TRANSPORT::Motorcars BAUDRY De SAUNIER, CHARLES DOLLFUS, EDGAR De GEOFFREY, Histoire, Locomotion Terrestre, La Locomotion Naturelle, L’Attelage, La Voiture, Le Cyclisme, La Locomotion Mecanique, L’Automobile, 1936, History, transport, French
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
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