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CATAPULT: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon
by Jim Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in VG++ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394585070
- ISBN 13
- 9780394585079
- Seller
-
Milton, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Villard Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in VG++ dust jacket. Hardcover with minor soil spot to back cover, else like new -- tight binding; former owner's name on the ffep, o/w unmarked with bright and clean pages. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket, spine fading (not affecting the print), not price-clipped.
Synopsis
An “enormously entertaining” (Smithsonian), “clever, subtle, and adroit” account (Wall Street Journal) of how the author and his friend constructed a medieval siege engine in a San Francisco backyard. “So funny that I could not put it down” (Los Angeles Times).
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17671
- Title
- CATAPULT: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon
- Author
- Jim Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in VG++ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394585070
- ISBN 13
- 9780394585079
- Publisher
- Villard Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1991
Terms of Sale
North Country Books
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About the Seller
North Country Books
Biblio member since 2008
Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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- New
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Shelf Wear
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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