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The Works' Manager's Handbook of Modern Rules, Tables, & Data
by Walter S. Hutton
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. 6th Edition. 443 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black & white, illustrations and plates. Front & rear hinges are cracked with exposed netting, Front board come away from text block but remains attached. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters, with exposed netting, pages remain firm. Text is clear. Binding is slightly shaky , however pages remain attached. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Minor splits causing fraying to cloth at spine ends. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Noticeable white staining.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1657182471ADA
- Title
- The Works' Manager's Handbook of Modern Rules, Tables, & Data
- Author
- Walter S. Hutton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crosby Lockwood & Son
- Date Published
- 1901
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
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