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Science and Civilisation in China, Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part II: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality
by Needham, Joseph & Lu Gwei-Djen
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0521085713
- ISBN 13
- 9780521085717
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press. Used - Acceptable. 1974. Hardcover. Quarter cloth and pictorial boards, no dj. Quarto. xxxii & 510 pp. Mild shelf wear to boards. Front leaves loosening. Altogether a sound working copy. (Subject: China).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C58987
- Title
- Science and Civilisation in China, Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part II: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality
- Author
- Needham, Joseph & Lu Gwei-Djen
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0521085713
- ISBN 13
- 9780521085717
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- This edition first published
- September 27, 1974
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- Quarto
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- Acceptable
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- Leaves
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- Shelf Wear
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