BLASTERS' HANDBOOK : DESCRIBING PRACTICAL METHODS OF USING EXPLOSIVES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
by La Motte, Arthur
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- 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, 1938. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 6.8 in. x 4.3 in., pp. 28. Illustrated with many ink drawings, diagrams, and charts. Light brown paper boards over dark brown cloth spine. Outlined title in dark brown and Dupont logo to cover. Gilt title to spine. Rubbing to edges; corners bumped and showing. Spine lean. Printed on glossy paper. Dim pencil notes to front free endpaper. Pages are bright.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87439
- Title
- BLASTERS' HANDBOOK : DESCRIBING PRACTICAL METHODS OF USING EXPLOSIVES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES
- Author
- La Motte, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth Edition
- Publisher
- E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Explosives Department
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Dynamite, explosives, TNT
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- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...