An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule
by Isaac Asimov
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
San Mateo, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. William Barss. The sci-fi legend Asimov covers the underlying principles of using the slide rule in this book, starting with simple mathematics, all the way up to logarithms. This book serves both for the unfamiliar to those comfortable using a slide rule but want to expand their knowledge. This is a stated first printing, with cover art of slide rules in pink, peach, and orange on the front and back covers. The title is in pink and orange print on the front cover in front of a black background. The book is clothbound in orange with a slide rules printed in black along the front edge. The dust jacket has some loss and rubbing to the topmost part of the spine and smaller chips, tears, and rubbing along the edges and corners. An original price of 3.50 is printed in the inner flap of the front DJ cover. The book also has some wear to the corners and the top and bottom edges of the spine. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B Street Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2021-L84
- Title
- An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Illustrator
- William Barss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
B Street Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
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