TINKERS AND GENIUS: The Story of the Yankee Inventors/American Procession Series
by Fuller, Edmund/Alsberg, Henry G. (Series Editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hastings House (1955) 308 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Faint sunning to edges. Spine ends and top corner of front cover bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ moderately soiled and foxed w/ wear to edges. Few short, closed tears to edges. Part of front panel is darkened. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6280
- Title
- TINKERS AND GENIUS: The Story of the Yankee Inventors/American Procession Series
- Author
- Fuller, Edmund/Alsberg, Henry G. (Series Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hastings House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- SCIENCE SCIENTISTS INVENTIONS INVENTORS BIOGRAPHY MACHINES MASS PRODUCTION CAPTAIN NEMO CONNECTICUT STATE HISTORY CT WHEELS SAWS STONES WATER IRON INDIANS SILVER BELLS PURITAN HATCHES YANKEE NEW PROMETHEUS BOATS STEAM SPINNERS WEAVERS GEORGIA GA ARMS WEAP
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Weapons; Science Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay 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...
- Text Block
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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