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Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock, and the Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth Century
by Slack, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0786867892
- ISBN 13
- 9780786867899
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Hyperion. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0786867892 . Quarter bound in black cloth. Inscribed by author on half title page. Acknowledgements and sources, bibliography, and index. The story of obsessed genius Charles Goodyear and his enduring pursuit to reinvent rubber into the indispensable product it is today. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38304
- Title
- Noble Obsession: Charles Goodyear, Thomas Hancock, and the Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of the Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Slack, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0786867892
- ISBN 13
- 9780786867899
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 0786867892, CHARLES Goodyear, Rubber Industry, INVENTORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
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