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Edison & the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death
by Essig, Mark
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802714064
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714060
- Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
New York: Walker & Company, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Photographs and Diagrams. Bound in purple boards with spien lettering stamped in silver. Full number line present. Review copy, with the publisher's promotional material laid in. A discussion of the development of the electric chair, with much on Edison, Westinghouse, Houston and others. Spine ends lightly bumped from reading, otherwise fine, in a fine dust jacket, with no rips, chips or clips. A clean, tight, unmarked copy, with the jacket now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Friendly Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124759
- Title
- Edison & the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death
- Author
- Essig, Mark
- Illustrator
- Photographs and Diagrams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802714064
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714060
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- THOMAS EDISON GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRICITY MENLO PARK DEATH PENALTY PRISON PUNISHMENT EDWIN HOUSTON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Math; American History;
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About the Seller
Friendly Used Books
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Omaha,, Nebraska
About Friendly Used Books
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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