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The Isotope Man
by Charles Eric Maine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1957. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo. 217pp. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows just a hint of shelf rubbing along the edges, former owner name on the paste-down, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and colorful. The dust jacket shows some shelf rubbing along the edges, a corner with a very short closed tear, a chip from the bottommost of the spine, back panel lightly rubbed, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful and distinct. As pictured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L206
- Title
- The Isotope Man
- Author
- Charles Eric Maine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1957
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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