Atomic Energy in cosmic & Human Life
by GAMOW, GEORGE
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1947. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . In Very Good Dustwrapper. 8vo. - Spine slightly cocked and head bumped - Edges of text block lightly toned and foxed - Endpapers and page margins toned and foxed - Dustwrapper in mylar cover which is stuck to the wrapper w/ sellotaped to inner cover and flaps - Despite this the wrapper is grubby, faded and chipped w/ 1cm area missing from rear top edge - Book ow/ solid and tight - xi/161 pages
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- Green Ink Booksellers (GB)
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- 634513
- Title
- Atomic Energy in cosmic & Human Life
- Author
- GAMOW, GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- In Very Good Dustwrapper
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.