A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY: Volume Four (4)-The Industrial Revolution C.1750-c.1850
by Singer, Charles; Holmyard, E. J.; Hall, A. R.; Williams, Trevor I. (eds.)
- Used
- 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. 728 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Corners bumped. Binding is lightly scuffed to front cover. Bfep has crease to top corner. Foxing to pg. text block. Pg. edges lightly sunned. DJ sunned along edges and spine. Stain to back cover. Illust. w/ b/w plates and drawings.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9489SC
- Title
- A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY: Volume Four (4)-The Industrial Revolution C.1750-c.1850
- 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, Industrial Revolution, Farming, Energy, Telegraphy, Engineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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- 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....
- Edges
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- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Cloth
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