Scientists of the Civil War: Matthew Fontaine Maury & Joseph Henry
by Jahns, Patricia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Hastings House, 1961. First edition. HC w DJ. PC VG/Good+. Light blue-gray cloth boards, some toning, light edgewear, some dulling to spine, text clean, binding tight. Unclipped DJ ($5.95) edgewear heaviest to spine tips & corners, some rubbing to extremities. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 190332
- Title
- Scientists of the Civil War: Matthew Fontaine Maury & Joseph Henry
- Author
- Jahns, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hastings House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 308
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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Nashville, Tennessee
About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- 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...