Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom
by George Gamow
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$23.26A$18.61
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About This Item
Cambridge at the University Press, 1955 Book. Fair. Light Brown Cloth Boards. Reprint. 8.5" Tall x 6.75" Wide. Classic work of popular science by the physicist George Gamow, a sequel to 'Mr Tompkins in Wonderland', using fantastic stories to illustrate scientific principles. 97pp, illustrated with black and white drawings. Red lettering to top board and spine. Some bumping to spine and corners, mar to boards and edges, otherwise fair/good copy with no inscriptions. DJ edgeworn, torn and soiled..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011431
- Title
- Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom
- Author
- George Gamow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cambridge at the University Press
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8.5" Tall x 6.75" Wide
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....