Twentieth Century Discovery
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 178pp. in blue cloth covered boards. Dust jacket has shelf wear, rub damage, small closed tears along top and bottom edges, light staining to rear covers, light sticker residue to base of spine. Faint eraser mark to front free end paper. No markings. A clean, tight copy. First Edition. Jacket Condition: Good. Year: 1969.
Synopsis
Isaac Asimov authored over 400 books in a career that lasted nearly 50 years. As a leading scientific writer, historian, and futurist, he covered a variety of subjects ranging from mathematics to humor, and won numerous awards for his work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-013786
- Title
- Twentieth Century Discovery
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...