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Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Operation, Care and Management of All Forms of Automobiles
by Homans, James E
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Theo. Audel & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1908. 5th Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Red cloth binding rubbed at extremities, slightly cocked; backstrip sunned; small fray to top edge of front board; some pale spotting & smudging to boards & backstrip; rear hinge cracked & front hinge starting; corners of a few leaves bent; a bit of pencilled margin notation; leaf edges, outer leaves foxed & smudged; small water stain to front endpaper, fore-edge nicked, else good. No dj. ; Many helpful b&w illustrations, diagrams; top edges gilt. ; 8vo; 598 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49890
- Title
- Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Operation, Care and Management of All Forms of Automobiles
- Author
- Homans, James E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 5th Edition, Revised
- Publisher
- Theo. Audel & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Early Automobile History, Antique Automobiles, Gas Engine Vehicles
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation: Auto History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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