Wool - an Introduction to Its Properties, Varieties, Uses and Production
by W. J. Onions
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/N/a
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Ernest Benn, 1962. Beige covers with gilt, 278pp inc index with b/w illustrations. Covers have just very light bumping to head and foot of spine. Dusty page edges a little foxed, otherwise internally very clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:104239. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/N/a. 16x23.5cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004239
- Title
- Wool - an Introduction to Its Properties, Varieties, Uses and Production
- Author
- W. J. Onions
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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