Science in the Cause of Man
by Gerard Piel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Card holder is attached to the back free endpaper. Library stamps are on the top and fore edges of the text block. Price unclipped DJ has been protected by a plastic cover. Front DJ flap has been glued to the front board and the back DJ flap is taped to the back board. From the front cover, "The distinguished publisher of 'Scientific America' discusses science and censorship, the technological and social revolutions, and the two cultures of modern industrial society as redefined by the tensions and possibilities of our thermonuclear age."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- bc501708
- Title
- Science in the Cause of Man
- Author
- Gerard Piel
- Format/Binding
- Yellow cloth with gilt lettering on the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 338
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Grampy's Bookcase
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About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.