America's Answer to the Russian Challenge: In Which Electric Power, As a Common Denominator, is Requisitioned to Throw Light on the Russian Enigma and the Challenge it Presents to Western Civilization
by Sibley, Robert
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, tape stain on front pastedown endpaper, boards lightly worn.
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Farallon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, tape stain on . front pastedown endpaper, boards lightly worn.. 1931. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xi, 171pp. Three tipped-in color reproductions of vivid Soviet posters. Maps, photos. Signed and numbered (#35) by author on copyright page. The hydroelectric engineer author was the American delegate at the Second World Power Conference held in Berlin in 1930 and discusses his interactions with Herbert Hoover, Albert Einstein, and others, as well as plans for global hydroelectric resources. Gray cloth spine with black cloth sides emblazoned with a gilt lightning bolt on front boards. Jacket flaps laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54477
- Title
- America's Answer to the Russian Challenge: In Which Electric Power, As a Common Denominator, is Requisitioned to Throw Light on the Russian Enigma and the Challenge it Presents to Western Civilization
- Author
- Sibley, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, tape stain on front pastedown endpaper, boards lightly worn.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- The Farallon Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ELECTRICITY, SOVIET Union, 1930s
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russia and Soviet Union;
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About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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