Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom
by GAMOW, G
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1946 [first edition]. Octavo, x, 97 pages with numerous illustrations plus a frontispiece. Cloth slightly bowed and sunned; a very good copy. With the ownership signature (dated 25 October 1946) of [Sir] Herbert Mayo (sometime judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia). Laid down on the flyleaf is a handwritten letter signed by Herbert Mayo's son, George. The book's description, neatly clipped from the dustwrapper, is laid down on the front pastedown. Illustrated by John Hookham.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102989
- Title
- Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom
- Author
- GAMOW, G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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