Tuxedo Park A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
by Jennet Conant
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684872870
- ISBN 13
- 9780684872872
- Seller
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Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Text is clean and unmarked in a bright, square, and tight binding. Remainder mark on the top of the text block. A very small mark on the back free end paper. Inscription on the outer top corner of the front free end paper. DJ is price unclipped and intact with no tears or chips. From the back DJ flap, "Together with his friend Ernest Lawrence, the Nobel Prize - winning atom smasher, Loomis established a top-secret wartime laboratory at MIT and recruited the most famous names in physics."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- bc202065
- Title
- Tuxedo Park A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
- Author
- Jennet Conant
- Format/Binding
- Brown and black hard cover with gilt lettering on the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684872870
- ISBN 13
- 9780684872872
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- May 9, 2002
- Pages
- 330
- Keywords
- Alfred Lee Loomis
Terms of Sale
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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.
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- Text Block
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- Remainder Mark
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.