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The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology, Volume One
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0671226215
- ISBN 13
- 9780671226213
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From front cover: "From the ball point pen to the computer, from the Polaroid Camera to the Atomic clock, with 1071 two-color drawings and diagrams"
From the Foreword: "This volume is not a reference book in the ordinary sense. It has been designed, instead, to give the layman an understanding of how things work, from the simplest mechanical functions of modern life to the most basic scientific princilpes and complex industrial processes that affect our well-being."
Book - Very Good- condition. Black cloth over boards with gold gilt on spine. Some wear to corners and spine. Light soiling to top of closed book pages and there appears to be a remainder mark on the bottom. Tiny tear at top of spine. Orange endpapers. Clean text andvery good binding.
Dust Jacket - Poor condition. Light soiling. Much edge and corner wear with chips and tears at top.
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590 pages including Index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2110
- Title
- The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology, Volume One
- Illustrator
- Jacket design byHarry Zelenko
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671226215
- ISBN 13
- 9780671226213
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- October 18, 1967
- Pages
- 590
- Keywords
- reference, how things work, technology, mechanical, scientific, industrial
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
Biblio member since 2005
Independence, Missouri
About Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
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