Words from History
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Short essays on 250 words connected to history, from Admiral to Zionism. One of the last of Asimov's books on etymology.
265 pages. First edition (first printing with publication date on title page and no indication of later printings). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a few short tears. Inscribed by the author, "To Miss Russell, with best wishes, Isaac Asimov." Uncommon signed.
265 pages. First edition (first printing with publication date on title page and no indication of later printings). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a few short tears. Inscribed by the author, "To Miss Russell, with best wishes, Isaac Asimov." Uncommon signed.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 537
- Title
- Words from History
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- list104
- Bookseller catalogs
- SF / SCIENCE FICTION;
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