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Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World [inscribed]
by Morton, Oliver
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0312245513
- ISBN 13
- 9780312245511
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Picador USA, 2002. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG-; white spine with black and red text; first U.S. edition; first printing; dust jacket shows slight exterior wear; minor dings to edges; cloth clean; strong, straight boards; text block edges show mild exterior wear; pictorial endpaper; illustrated; tight binding; interior clean; pp 357; inscribed by author. 1343415. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1343415
- Title
- Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World [inscribed]
- Author
- Morton, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0312245513
- ISBN 13
- 9780312245511
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Space exploration
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Inscribed
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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