SHIPBUILDING IN IRON AND STEEL. A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details of Construction, Processes of Manufacture, and Building Arrangements; with Results of Experiments on Iron and Steel, and on the Strength and Watertightness of Riveted Work
by Reed, Edward James:
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued
- Seller
-
HELENSVALE, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London : John Murray , 1869. 1st Edition . Rebacked Preserving Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. Rebound in Navy Buckram preserving ornate gilt motif on front ,inlaid into new boards and endpapers 540 pages + 32 pages of publishers list of works a collectible tome not in Trove Internally clean , the plates and tables are very good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Graham Toms Fine & Rare Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031577
- Title
- SHIPBUILDING IN IRON AND STEEL. A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details of Construction, Processes of Manufacture, and Building Arrangements; with Results of Experiments on Iron and Steel, and on the Strength and Watertightness of Riveted Work
- Author
- Reed, Edward James:
- Format/Binding
- Rebacked Preserving Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- BIBLIO-LIVE-2
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Graham Toms Fine & Rare Books
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HELENSVALE, Queensland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
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