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Silent Steel: The Mysterious Death of the Nuclear Attack Sub USS Scorpion
by Johnson, Stephen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0471267376
- ISBN 13
- 9780471267379
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-Lib -- First Edition, First Printing with correct number line sequence, no underlining, or bookplates. Ex-Library copy with stamp mark on front text block, library pocket, marks on inside rear cover.No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, "VERY GOOD" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Appears unread. Clean, otherwise. Excellent reading copy.
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- Seller
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 007744
- Title
- Silent Steel: The Mysterious Death of the Nuclear Attack Sub USS Scorpion
- Author
- Johnson, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0471267376
- ISBN 13
- 9780471267379
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Reading Copy
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- First Edition
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Remainder
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- 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....
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