The Soul of a New Machine
by Kidder, Tracy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316491705
- ISBN 13
- 9780316491709
- Seller
-
Cambridge, New York, United States
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About This Item
Atlantic Monthly Press/Little Brown. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket shows minor surface wear. Edges and corners show some denting and minor wear. Cover surface like new with very little visible rubbing. Edges and corners show just minor, normal wear. Book is clean and free of stickers, residue or marks. Binding is a bit loose, but pages are secure. Pages are clean and appear to be free of marks or tears. Fourth printing. There is a signature and iscription on the front endpaper, but does not appear to be Kidder's signature. Says, "Peg, Thanks for your support! Hope to see you back at APCON "82," then signed, but unable to tell what the signatue is. Perhaps ending in "..ale"? Used
Synopsis
Tracy Kidder's non-fiction book, The Soul of a New Machine, chronicles the experiences of an engineering team racing to design a next generation computer under a blistering schedule and tremendous pressure. Published in 1981, it won a Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Strattman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202402062007
- Title
- The Soul of a New Machine
- Author
- Kidder, Tracy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316491705
- ISBN 13
- 9780316491709
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press/Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Strattman
Biblio member since 2021
Cambridge, New York
About Eric Strattman
individual, private seller.
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