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A Short History of Science to the Nineteenth Century
by Singer, Charles Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine -/good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Oxford, Eng: Clarendon Press, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine -/good +. xiv, 399 p.: drawings, maps, diagrams; 19 cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Grey dust jacket printed in dark blue with publisher's advertisement on the back section. Front fixed endpaper bears engraved bookplate of W. Robert Penman, M.D., and Dorothy I. Lansing, M.D.; bookplate contains verse by Alfred Tennyson and illustration is signed Donn P. Crane. Inscription on front free endpaper indicates that it was acquired in 1966 by R. Heuhouse. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: ends of spine and corners lightly rubbed; pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: price-clipped; spine is darkened; creasing at ends of spine and along upper edge; starting to separate along both joints from each end; slightly soiled.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002087
- Title
- A Short History of Science to the Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Singer, Charles Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine -
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, Eng
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Science & Technology; History & Politics;
Terms of Sale
Classic Books and Ephemera
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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