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The New Explorers
by Bill Kurtis (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0964745704
- ISBN 13
- 9780964745704
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: WTTW/Chicago, 1995 WTTW/Chicago, Chicago, IL. 1995. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the half title page. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to edges; superficial scratching and rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial card stock French wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 240 pp Folio. This book tells the stories of a remarkable group of scientists-men and women who have taken on the challenge of discovery, and who are prepared to risk their lives to ensure that the frontiers of science are constantly expanding. In twenty varied chapters, you can travel to the Amazon with a modern medicine-man, marvel as a neurosurgeon probes the human brain with a laser scalpel, share the success of conservationists whose work has saved the bald eagle from extinction, and join the scientific detectives who are solving the great puzzles of the past. Full color photographs and illustrations. A clean very presentable copy. No international sales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013458
- Title
- The New Explorers
- Author
- Bill Kurtis (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0964745704
- ISBN 13
- 9780964745704
- Publisher
- WTTW/Chicago
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- science, technology, neurosurgery, bald eagle, nature conservations, scientific advances, discovery, scientific frontiers, Bill Kurtis, marine biology, adventure, discovery, Amazon, medicine-man,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Folio
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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