TEXTBOOK OF WOOD TECHNOLOGY: Vol. 1 Structure, Identification, Defects, and Uses of the Commercial Woods of the United States
by BROWN, H. P. - PANSHIN, A. J. - FORSAITH, C. C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket as Issued
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Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
New York, Toronto, London,: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1949. 1st Edition Stated. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Volume 1: 652 pp., volume 2: 783 p0p., bordeaux cloth bdgs. with blind-stamped titling and edges of front board, gilt-stamped titling in black boxes on spine. Classic texts on American woods and forestry illustrated with in text b/w phototypes, mechanics of varied woods etc... VG+(light shelf wear, rubber stamped inner top front boards with signature at top corners front fly leaves, verry clean and tight copies) In custom-made high gauge mylar DJ.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.
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- Bookseller
- Odyssey Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1721H
- Title
- TEXTBOOK OF WOOD TECHNOLOGY: Vol. 1 Structure, Identification, Defects, and Uses of the Commercial Woods of the United States
- Author
- BROWN, H. P. - PANSHIN, A. J. - FORSAITH, C. C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, Toronto, London,
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Technology. Forestry. Industry
- Bookseller catalogs
- BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & LAW;
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Pointe Claire, Quebec
About Odyssey Books
We have been an established bookstore since 1986 but are operating from home now as we have closed the store for retirement.
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