A Natural Philosophy Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries in the Various Branches of Physics, and Exhibiting the Application of Scientific Principles in Every-Day Life
by Quackenbos, G.P
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879. Leather on spine cover is 90% chipped away. Boards have scuffing and heavy edgewear, cloth rubbed to boards. Back board is detached, with book. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner name & date on ffep. Foxing to pages. Some pencil notations in text. All pages still in binding. . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.
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- Bookseller
- Top Notch books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 117971
- Title
- A Natural Philosophy Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries in the Various Branches of Physics, and Exhibiting the Application of Scientific Principles in Every-Day Life
- Author
- Quackenbos, G.P
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- NOISBN SCIENCE
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Jacket
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- FFEP
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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