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Rube Goldberg vs. The Machine Age. First Edition
by Clark Kinnaird (Editor); Rube Goldberg
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0803863055
- ISBN 13
- 9780803863057
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
€45.67€41.10
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About This Item
New York: Hasting House, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rube Goldberg vs. The Machine Age. First Edition. New York: Hasting House, 1968. Square-ish quarto, illustrated jacket, brown cloth boards with gilt imprinting on front cover and spine, 233 pp. (IX + 214). Illustrated by Rube Goldberg. Near Fine book (with only a previous owners small name plate on front pastedown, else Fine) in a Very Good jacket, with cover scuffing primarily on front cover and one 1/4" open tear at front cover as well; spine sunning. See scans. First Edition of a 1968 retro look at the imaginatively droll Goldberg and his unique style, Abounds in samples, as panels, ads, and singles. Scarce. Ships in stout protection, of course. L11
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63920
- Title
- Rube Goldberg vs. The Machine Age. First Edition
- Author
- Clark Kinnaird (Editor); Rube Goldberg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0803863055
- ISBN 13
- 9780803863057
- Publisher
- Hasting House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 214
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- General, Illustration, General, Individual Artist, Popular Culture, General, General, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Famous Illustrators;
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