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THE SILENT INTRUDER, SURVIVING THE RADIATION AGE.
by Panati, Charles, and Michael Hudson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0395294789
- ISBN 13
- 9780395294789
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981. first printing. hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo, black cloth covers, xi [1] 208 pages. Dust jacket spine slightly sunned, a little edge wear, still Very Good. 103010A. the authors" team up to investage a problem of utmost concern: how to survive the hazards of radiation. THis is a landmark book, the first ever to detail all sources of radiation, from the sun's ultra-violet rays to X-rays, microwaves, and high power lines." --from the dust jacket. 103010A
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000017913
- Title
- THE SILENT INTRUDER, SURVIVING THE RADIATION AGE.
- Author
- Panati, Charles, and Michael Hudson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395294789
- ISBN 13
- 9780395294789
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- 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....
- Sunned
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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