BLASTERS' HANDBOOK : DESCRIBING PRACTICAL METHODS OF USING EXPLOSIVES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
by La Motte, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Wilmington, Delaware: E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Explosives Department, 1930. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 12mo, 6.8 in. x 4.3 in.,pp. 238. Illustrated with many ink drawings, diagrams, and charts. Gray paper boards over gray cloth spine. Outlined title in dark gray and orange and Dupont logo to front. Dark gray title to spine. Rubbing to edges and a couple small dents to boards. two corners a ouch nudged. LIght sunning to spine. Printed on glossy paper. Presentation page bound as front flyleaf indicates this book was a gift from the Dupont Corp to "Clair H. Cox."
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87438
- Title
- BLASTERS' HANDBOOK : DESCRIBING PRACTICAL METHODS OF USING EXPLOSIVES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
- Author
- La Motte, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Explosives Department
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Dynamit, explosives, TNT
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...