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Exploring Mars
by Richardson, Robert S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition in unclipped original jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with light blue lettering on spine. Very small spots of wear to corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with black and white plates. 261 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has light surface rubbing, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029750
- Title
- Exploring Mars
- Author
- Richardson, Robert S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- SPACE EXPLORATION, MARS, ROBERT S. RICHARDSON, FIRST EDITION, ASTRONOMY, SOLAR SYSTEM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Space Exploration;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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