Report on the Atom: What You Should Know About the Atomic Energy Program of the United States
by Dean, Gordon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good- ; Good Jacket. 1953 Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition, stated. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with silver spine lettering and designs. Title blind-stamped on cover inside circle with ATOM in large letters in center. Name and other writing in ink on front free endpaper. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper from Library of the Cleveland Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, but book is not otherwise marked as Ex-Library books would be, except that there is the remnant of what might have been a card pocket on the back endpaper. No stamps or stickers on pages or page edges. Binding tight. Corners & spine ends bumped & rubbed. Covers have light surface wear. Top page edges have spattered stains. Back cover has a moisture stain. Pages clean & unmarked. 16 pages of black & white photographs. 321 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small to 1-inch tears. Moisture stain on inside of jacket. Price clipped. "A Borzoi Book".
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- Seller
- SmarterRat Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 2319
- Title
- Report on the Atom: What You Should Know About the Atomic Energy Program of the United States
- Author
- Dean, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Technology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technology;
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
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- Price Clipped
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