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Governors and Governing; A Study of Pressure Control for the Gas Engineer and Student
by B.R. Parkinson
- Used
- acceptable
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
Item Price
$12.04
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About This Item
Walter King, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. First Edition. 203 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Scuffed marking to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1630914507MHP
- Title
- Governors and Governing; A Study of Pressure Control for the Gas Engineer and Student
- Author
- B.R. Parkinson
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walter King
- Date Published
- 1947
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- foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process... [More]
- 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... [More]
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in... [More]
- acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists... [More]
- 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.... [More]
- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [More]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [More]
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