On the Magnet
by Gilbert, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. vg. Large Quarto. xi (1), (14), 67 (3)pp. Original green half cloth over marbled boards with gilt lettering on spine housed in illustrated cardboard slipcase. Illustrated title pages. Initials, decorative head- and endpieces. Beautifully illustrated with b/w scientific drawings is this facsimile reprint of the 1900 Chiswick Press edition. Account of magnetic bodies by the British physician, physicist and philosopher Gilbert. Published in the Collector's Series in Science edited by Derek J. Price. Slipcase with some discoloration and starting at back edged, still intact. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35888
- Title
- On the Magnet
- Author
- Gilbert, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Basic Books, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- magnet, magnetism, scientific experiments, reprint, scientific literature, loadstone
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....