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The World in Focus
by MacQUITTY, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Limited, 1974. Hardcover. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. Folio. Red paper over boards, dust jacket. 255pp. Numerous color illustrations, maps, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with edge tears archivally closed on verso, but overall attractive. Tight, clean first edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4818
- Title
- The World in Focus
- Author
- MacQUITTY, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Bartholomew & Son Limited
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.