A NATURAL PHILOSOPHY: EMBRACING THE MOST RECENT DISCOVERIES IN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHYSICS, AND EXHIBITING THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES IN EVERY-DAY LIFE.
by QUACKENBOS, G[eorge]. P[ayn]
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's gilt-lettered black leather back-strip over textured boards, octavo, pp. 450 plus ads at rear for other Appleton publications. Printed endpapers. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a most generous section entitled "Figures" that runs from page 407 through page 439. Tipped-in at front of the book is a tattered advertisement for Appleton's new "Quackenbos's English Grammar." Previous owner name and 1863 date in fountain pen on free front endpaper. Book is FAIR-only, with drying of the leather spine and rubbed through board tips. Foxing, especially in the area of pp. 233-245. An occasional dog-eared page tip and a nick here and there on a leaf's fore-edge.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3407
- Title
- A NATURAL PHILOSOPHY: EMBRACING THE MOST RECENT DISCOVERIES IN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHYSICS, AND EXHIBITING THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES IN EVERY-DAY LIFE.
- Author
- QUACKENBOS, G[eorge]. P[ayn]
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1862
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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