COMET HALLEY - ONCE IN A LIFETIME [INSCRIBED TO SIR OLIVER WRIGHT]
by Littmann, Mark; Yeomans, Donald K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0841209057
- ISBN 13
- 9780841209053
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 175 pages; VG; bound in custom full brown leather, gilt lettering to spine and front board; marbled endpapers; Inscribed on title page by Mark Littmann to Ambassador Oliver Wright, British Ambassador to the United States, "Your countrymen have given us so much knowledge and Inspiration"; shelved case 10. 1319313. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1319313
- Title
- COMET HALLEY - ONCE IN A LIFETIME [INSCRIBED TO SIR OLIVER WRIGHT]
- Author
- Littmann, Mark; Yeomans, Donald K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0841209057
- ISBN 13
- 9780841209053
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1985
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Title Page
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- Inscribed
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