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A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and Interior Communication in General
by Wood, Nocholas
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838. x-xxvii, 760pp; frontispiece plate 1?, 13 fold-out plates ( fold-out plates ii-xiii at rear); 2 fold-out tables; 3rd edition with additions; light brown damp damaged front board, spine tanned, tear to rear at gutter, gilt title, shelfwear; previous owner's name and date inside; book intact; boards have stamped borders.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 056849
- Title
- A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and Interior Communication in General
- Author
- Wood, Nocholas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd
Upon ordering, the book will be posted within three business days (barring payment difficulties). If, on arrival, the book does not match the description given, let us know immediately, including the problem, and we will refund you upon the return of the book.
About the Seller
Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd
Biblio member since 2007
Rochester, Kent
About Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd
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- Fair
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...