Our Nuclear Adventure: Its Possibilities and Perils
by Arnott, D. G
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd., 1957. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Good ; Fair Jacket. 1957 Lawrence and Wishart Ltd. First Edition. No additional printings listed. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. Black & white illustrations. Two fold-out charts. Hardcover has blue paper-covered boards with black spine lettering. Binding tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Front cover has a small dent. Pages clean and unmarked. A few pages are dog eared. 170 pages. Illustrated dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small to medium closed tears. 2-inch tear at bottom of jacket spine. Dust jacket is price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2371
- Title
- Our Nuclear Adventure: Its Possibilities and Perils
- Author
- Arnott, D. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- Lawrence and Wishart Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Technology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technology;
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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