On the Magnet
by Gilbert, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (book sleeve bumps and smallt tears, book itself clean and tight)
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 1958. Hardcover. VG (book sleeve bumps and smallt tears, book itself clean and tight). Marbled tan boards with green cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine, burgundy illustrated sleeve, 247 pp + 67 pp of notes, bw illustrations. A volume in The Collector's Series in Science, includes engr. t.p. of Gilbert's 2d Latin ed., 1628. Reproduction of the Burndy Library copy of Silvanus P. Thompson's translation, imprinted in London in 1900 at the Chiswick Press, with inclusion of his Notes on the De magnete of Dr. William Gilbert, privately printed in London in 1901. Includes bibliographies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 173135
- Title
- On the Magnet
- Author
- Gilbert, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (book sleeve bumps and smallt tears, book itself clean and tight)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Technology and Manufacturing ; magnets ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technology and Manufacturing;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...