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In the Name of Science; An Entertaining Survey of the High Priests and Cultists of Science, Past and Present
by Gardner, Martin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 22 x 15 cm. Octavo. 320pp. Black boards with white emblem in dust jacket. Jacket illustrated by John Teppich. First edition with 1952 on copyright page and no additional printings noted. Corners are lightly bumped and some rubbing to the bottom of the boards. Spotting to top foredge. Chipping and edgewear to jacket including a small piece out of head of jacket spine. Fading to jacket spine. All four flaps of the jacket are minimally clipped; original price of $4.00 remains present on front flap. Uncommon early Gardner book on pseudoscience.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76239
- Title
- In the Name of Science; An Entertaining Survey of the High Priests and Cultists of Science, Past and Present
- Author
- Gardner, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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