- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, United KingdomSue Lloyd-Davies Books
AbeBooks seller since May 6, 1999
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 89.34
Quantity: 1 available
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One of the most gloriously preserved bindings I've had in 40 years of trading. Green cloth-covered boards with SUMPTUOUSLY BRIGHT gilt titling, gilt borders and pictorial paper onlay to the front cover and similarly superbly bright gilt titling, gilt decorative blocks and a gilt owl illustration to the spine. In the original identically designed dust-jacket, on heavy card stock. The dust-jacket has some clear archive tape 'strengthening' to the inside, mainly to the head/tail of the spine, but no major tears just a few small chips to the foot of the d/j. The dust-jacket is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Near Fine. The page fore-edges are lightly foxed and internally the plain endpapers have a small corner loss to the front free endpaper where the paper was caught in the printing - subsequently losing a small part of the now proud edge - pretty negligible. Some pale foxing (pale lemon spotting/patching) , here and there throughout the book, some pages a little more affected than others. Apart from this, the book is clean, tight and bright with NO Inscriptions or other Marks. 287 pp. Plus, unpaginated, a full colour (ballooning) frontispiece, numerous b/w full page plates, b/w illustrations in line and half-tone in the text, and 3 other full colour plates in the book. Contents include : - Primitive Inventions; Discoveries of the Ancients; Iron, Tin, and Steel; The Beginning of Clocks and Watches; The coming of Steam; Gas-Lighting and the Safety Lamp; The Electric Telegraph; Submarine Telegraphy; The Sewing Machine; Diving-suits and Diving Bells; Photography; Modern Printing, The Telephone; The Development of the Motor Car; Electric Light and the Phonograph; Balloons and Airships; The Aeroplane; Moving Pictures; Radium and the X-Ray, etc, etc. Superb covers - sadly I can't grade it Fine due to the pale foxing inside, but the covers are a marvellous example of a binding fron the first quarter of the 20th Century, before they became more utilitarian in general. See Images. ; Romance of Knowlege Series; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. …
Seller Inventory # 114841
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Book of Invention
- Author
- Bridges T. C.
- Publisher
- George G Harrap and Company Ltd,, London
- Publication year
- 1925
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Dust jacket
- Very Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Bindings, Boys/Girl's Stories Annuals, Childrens. Juvenile, Education, Science & Engineering
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 6, 1999
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 10 to 30 business days | 7 to 21 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 35.94 | US$ 35.96 |
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In business for 45+ years to date, semi-retired and working from home nowadays, formerly exhibiting at Major London BookFairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! Retired Member of both the PBFA and the WBA. BA.Hons in Humanities. View by Appointment PLEASE. You can call 'on the off-chance' but I may be out/away. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately there is Limited wheelchair access. BOOKS Everywhere!
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All Subjects - but particularly, Literature, Anglo/Welsh interest, Art/Architecture, Childrens/Illustrated, British Topography, Private Presses, Foreign Travel, AntiquarianSeller's business information
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
United Kingdom
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Orders usually ship within 2 WORKING days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
All items posted by Airmail Internationally or by Standard (Second Class) Post in the UK unless requested otherwise. We will post abroad by whatever method you request but the standard is by Airmail. Other methods may require an Extra charge.
Proof of posting is a ailable for all books posted. Postal delivery times are ESTIMATES not Guarantees!. Almost ALL Parcels are Tracked.
We provide PROOF OF POSTING, NOT PROOF of DELIVERY.
All postings are insured.
We normally post every other day, although we can provide a speedier service for an extra cost.
If unhappy with a purchase, please get intouchwith me to discuss options.