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Modern Mechanical Wonders : King George V
by Wright, John S. B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Issued Without Jacket
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Collins / Transart . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. 22 pages staples. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Illustrated Boards clean, with expected edge wear, upper board sl. bowed. Text block clean, with toning to edges. Staples rusting. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels lightly read. Previous booksellers pencil price to title page. No jacket as issued. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid of this collectible title, with basic technical information concerning the King George V locomotive including technical drawings. With six transparent cutaway sectional illustrations showing the internal workings. Interesting item.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004033
- Title
- Modern Mechanical Wonders : King George V
- Author
- Wright, John S. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Collins / Transart
- Place of Publication
- London
- Pages
- 22
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- steam trains history of railways Non-Classifiable
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transport and Miltary;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- SL.
- slight
- Jacket
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- Crisp
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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...
- Title Page
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