A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY: Volume Five (5)-The Late Nineteenth Century C.1850-C.1900
by Singer, Charles; Holmyard, E. J.; Hall, A. R.; Williams, Trevor I. (eds.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1958. 888 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Corners bumped. Covers minimally soiled. Foxing to front and back pde and fep. Staining to pg. text block. Pg. edges have light sunning. DJ has sunning to edges and spine. DJ also has some foxing. Wear to ends of spine. Illust. w/ b/w plates and drawings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9491SC
- Title
- A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY: Volume Five (5)-The Late Nineteenth Century C.1850-C.1900
- Author
- Singer, Charles; Holmyard, E. J.; Hall, A. R.; Williams, Trevor I. (eds.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Science, Technology, Production, Steam-Engine, Electricity, Chemical Industry, Engineering, Manufacture, Nineteenth Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.