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Disturbing the Universe
by Dyson, Freeman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060111089
- ISBN 13
- 9780060111083
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 283pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Stated first edition with full numberline ending in 1. There are a few closed tears, chipping, and some toning to the jacket. Original price of $12.95 present on front flap. There is a small stain to the bottom of pages 5 - 22 not reaching text. Binding tight. Bookplate on second endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66581
- Title
- Disturbing the Universe
- Author
- Dyson, Freeman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060111089
- ISBN 13
- 9780060111083
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
- 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...
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