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The New World of Mr Tompkins: George Gamow's Classic Mr Tompkins in Paperback Fully Revised and Updated
by Gamow, George; Revised by Russell Stannard; Illustrated by Michael Edwards
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0521630096
- ISBN 13
- 9780521630092
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Silver stamped blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ has mild rubbing.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B55127
- Title
- The New World of Mr Tompkins: George Gamow's Classic Mr Tompkins in Paperback Fully Revised and Updated
- Author
- Gamow, George; Revised by Russell Stannard; Illustrated by Michael Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521630096
- ISBN 13
- 9780521630092
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Science, Physics
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Common Crow Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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