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THE ROAD AHEAD; Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson
by Gates, Bill with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670772895
- ISBN 13
- 9780670772896
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. B&W illustrations. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with bold gold lettering on spine over gray-blue boards, illustrated with about a dozen B&W in-text illustrations, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Bill Gates standing in a long road, black endpapers,xiv, [xv-xvi] + 286 pages + CD-ROM in Unopened Envelope at rear. The Road Ahead is a book written by Bill Gates (born 1955), co-founder and previous chairman and CEO of Microsoft software company, together with Microsoft former Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold (born 1959), and former Microsoft vice president and Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Rinearson (born 1954). <br /> <br /> The book deals with many aspects of the Information Age and its effects on compujters, education, business, and Captialism.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR COPY: Tight, bright, clean copy with unopened, unused CD-ROM. Very slight rubbing to the bright and sharp dust jacket (unclipped).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8380
- Title
- THE ROAD AHEAD; Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson
- Author
- Gates, Bill with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson
- Illustrator
- B&W illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670772895
- ISBN 13
- 9780670772896
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Futurology, forecast, United States, diseases, education, information age, computers, capitalism, business
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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