The Universal Assistant, and Complete Mechanic, Containing Over One Million Facts, Calculations, Receipts, Progresses, Trade Secrets, Rules, Business Forms, Legal Items, etc, in Every Occupation, From the Household to the Manufactory
by MOORE, R
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J. S. Ogilvie N/D (c.1890s). Sm octavo, green buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, black lettering & rule to boards, frontispiece, xii + 1016pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine & extrems, heavy soiling & wrinkling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing & soiling to eps, heavy cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate creasing & chipping/cracking to some page edges)
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- Title
- The Universal Assistant, and Complete Mechanic, Containing Over One Million Facts, Calculations, Receipts, Progresses, Trade Secrets, Rules, Business Forms, Legal Items, etc, in Every Occupation, From the Household to the Manufactory
- Author
- MOORE, R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. S. Ogilvie N/D (c.1890s)
- Keywords
- manufacturing mechanics mechanical universal assistant housekeeping farmers lumber science medical grocers engineering
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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