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Sarton on the History of Science; Essays By George Sarton
by Sarton, George
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/Near Fine
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [4], v-xvi, 383, [1] pp. Bound in tan buckram with brown lettering on the spine. Price of $10.00 on front jacket flap. Selected and edited by Dorothy Stimson with a preface and biographical note by her. A very attractive copy of this collection of essays by Sarton, the founder of the history of science as an academic field.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008095
- Title
- Sarton on the History of Science; Essays By George Sarton
- Author
- Sarton, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1962
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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Evening Star Books
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Buckram
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- Jacket
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