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The Fire Came by: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion
by Baxter, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 038511396X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385113960
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x0. Copyright 1976, no additional printings/editions listed. Very good hardcover with a good DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear, some age toning at edges, of quarter cloth blue/white boards; silver gilt titling on spine remains bright and bold. Bottom text block speckled red. Text is very good throughout. Interior appears free of markings. Unclipped dust jacket is good with light edgewear/rubbing. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304242
- Title
- The Fire Came by: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion
- Author
- Baxter, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 038511396X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385113960
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8x5x0
- X weight
- 16 oz
Terms of Sale
The Book House in Dinkytown
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About the Seller
The Book House in Dinkytown
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About The Book House in Dinkytown
Used books bought and sold, classics and collectibles in all fields. In Dinkytown since 1976.
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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