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Gas, Gasoline and Oil Engines
by Collins, A. Frederick
- Used
- very good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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South Haven, Michigan
Item Price
$200.00
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Rust-colored cloth-covered boards are very clean but show wear at bottom spine edge corner and bottom front edge corners. Front edge of spine has a nick in the cloth near the top edge. Gilt letering on front board and on spine edge still has a lot of shine. Front board has the image of an engine stamped in. Free front end paper has a stamp from "The Aeronautic Library Inc." pasted in. Bottom of page edges has a dark smudge which doesn't affect the pages themselves. Interior is unmarked. Page 193 in the index has a very small, 1/4", edge tear. Binding is solid. Interior has 75 illustrations of various engines. Has the required (1) on last page of text indicating First Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32080
- Title
- Gas, Gasoline and Oil Engines
- Author
- Collins, A. Frederick
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Engines; Technology
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Black River Books
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Black River Books is a hobby that grew into a passion, then an internet business, and finally into a business with an actual store front. Having the store has caused us to minimize our online presence. We are located at 330 Kalamazoo St. Suite 2, in South Haven, MI 49090. Order online, should you find a treasure in our small collection, check out our website, or stop in and see our in-store collection of over 40,000 books in beautiful South Haven, on the Black River and the shores of Lake Michigan.
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- edges
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