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The Atomic Story
by John W. Campbell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Winston, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Original price of $3.00 is still present on the front flap. DJ is toned and spine is faded, edges of jacket have numerous chips and small tears. The rear side of DJ has a small tape mend near the upper left corner and the underside of the jacket has been reinforced with masking tape along the top edge. Over the decades the tape has become dry and brittle and is separating from the paper. Green cloth boards underneath are clean and bright, only issue is some very minor corner bumps. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting, no remainder marks. Pages are clean but end pages show toning and foxing. Stated first printing on the copyright page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2220024
- Title
- The Atomic Story
- Author
- John W. Campbell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 297
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Political and Military; Reference / Engineering / Medical;
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Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2021
Winston, Georgia
About Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Yesterday's Book Shop is an independent, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in 1966 under the name Collector's Corner and was located in Western Maryland. The Collector's Corner dealt mainly in books but also sold stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the store only offered books and printed matter. In the early 2000s the brick and mortar store was closed and now we only sell online.
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All of the book pictures were taken at the time the book was listed and we never use generic or stock photos in any listing. If you would like additional photos or information on any listing please let us know and we will be more than happy to comply.
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- Remainder
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