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Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution [Signed]
by Allison D. Morrison-Low
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0754657582
- ISBN 13
- 9780754657583
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Hampshire, UK: National Museums Scotland / Ashgate, 2007. Very Good/Very Good. Hampshire, UK: National Museums Scotland / Ashgate, Hampshire, UK. First Edition. Signed by Morrison-Low with brief inscription to photo-historian Larry Schaaf. Octavo. 408 pp. Black and white illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in silver.
Dust jacket rubbed along edges with some creasing and smudging. Boards slightly cocked and corners bumped. Binding sound. Small patch of creasing/paper flaw along top edge of text block, but otherwise pages unmarked. Very Good.
Dust jacket rubbed along edges with some creasing and smudging. Boards slightly cocked and corners bumped. Binding sound. Small patch of creasing/paper flaw along top edge of text block, but otherwise pages unmarked. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26176
- Title
- Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution [Signed]
- Author
- Allison D. Morrison-Low
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0754657582
- ISBN 13
- 9780754657583
- Publisher
- National Museums Scotland / Ashgate
- Place of Publication
- Hampshire, UK
- Date Published
- 2007
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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