A Practical Treatise on The 'Otto' Cycle Gas Engine
by William Norris
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. Hardcover. Good. 1896. No edition remarks. 260 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to hinges with exposed netting. Binding loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional mild marks and staining.
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- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1712135971BLG
- Title
- A Practical Treatise on The 'Otto' Cycle Gas Engine
- Author
- William Norris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Date Published
- 1896
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