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Irish Steam
by Nock O S
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newton Abbot, Great Britain: David & Charles, 1982. 1st Edition . Buckram. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. 8vo. 207 pages including detailed index. Splendidly illustrated throughout with excellent black and white photographic plates. The book is described as A twenty-year Survey, 1920-1939 and is written to the usual O.S. Nock high standard. There is a small owner sticker at the top corner of the title page. Fine in original black buckram gilt hard cover binding. In attractive pictorial dust wrapper which is slightly sunned at the spine and has a tiny piece missing at the top of the front flap otherwise Very Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Delph Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010985
- Title
- Irish Steam
- Author
- Nock O S
- Format/Binding
- Buckram
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot, Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- RAILWAYS TRANSPORT IRISH STEAM OS NOCK
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Delph Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Delph Books
Biblio member since 2015
Manchester, Greater Manchester
About Delph Books
I have been dealing in books for over 40 years now, and I am a long standing member of the P.B.F.A. (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association). I have a book room at home and regularly exhibit at fairs mainly in the North of England.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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