Lives of the Engineers
by Samuel Smiles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Folio Society, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. 2010. Sixth Printing. 380 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Black slipcase. Black and white and colour illustrated plates. Pages are bright and clear with very light tanning to text block edges. Binding is subtly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Slipcase is moderately scuffed and marked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1685560550LEE
- Title
- Lives of the Engineers
- Author
- Samuel Smiles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Date Published
- 2010
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...