Engines: Man's Use of Power, from the Water Wheel to the Atomic Pile (The Golden Library of Knowledge)
by De Camp, L. Sprague
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Cadillac, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Golden Press, 1959. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jack Coggins. Light edgewear with a couple tiny tears, light chipping, light rubbing & a 1" tear at top, back spine edge. Light soiling. There is a child's name inked on front endpage. There is a 4" tear in front endpage that has been taped. Browning. Owner info penciled along top edge pf title page has been erased but is very lightly visible. The letter A is on the last page in the spine edge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Nook (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5120
- Title
- Engines: Man's Use of Power, from the Water Wheel to the Atomic Pile (The Golden Library of Knowledge)
- Author
- De Camp, L. Sprague
- Illustrator
- Jack Coggins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Golden Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Book Nook
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Cadillac, Michigan
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The Book Nook is a complete bookstore with over 8000 sq. ft. showroom floor offering new, used and rare books from a stock of more than 70,000 volumes. Ken and Cheryl Haysmer, co-owners, have started and operated the store since 1981 in downtown Cadillac, the heart of Michigan. We have a strong speciality in used paperbacks with minors in new and used hardcovers. The store is open from 9:30AM to 5:00PM, Monday through Saturday, year round.
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...