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THE ESSENTIAL ENGINEER: WHY SCIENCE ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE OUR GLOBAL PROBLEMS
by Petroski, Henry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307272451
- ISBN 13
- 9780307272454
- Seller
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, a couple dings to bottom edge, slightly cocked spine, remainder mark to bottom edge, publisher's binding error has glued the LFE to inner board w/some tearing to LFE else still a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, mild creasing to rear cover, light chipping to head of spine else still bright & intact. SA 3/21
Synopsis
Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of more than a dozen previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.
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- Bookseller
- JB's Book Vault
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003737
- Title
- THE ESSENTIAL ENGINEER: WHY SCIENCE ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE OUR GLOBAL PROBLEMS
- Author
- Petroski, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307272451
- ISBN 13
- 9780307272454
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Petroski, Essential, Engineer, Technology, Science, Engineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
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- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
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