- Seller Inventory #: 14234
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: B&W Photographs & Drawings; One Folded Map
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Western Society of Engineers
- Date published: 1970
- Keywords: NOBN, NOAMZCOM, NOHALF, Engineering, Washington Award Recipients, WSE Presidents, Engineering Studies, Science, Tehnology
Western Society of Engineers, 1970 Text block clean and tight with light wear to binding. 241 pp.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B&W Photographs & Drawings; One Folded Map. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
