Book About a Thousand Things

This Book is one that will interest those who are inquisitive and wish to broaden their scope in the facts of many things, but also practices, beliefs and items of human interest. This Book was written in 1946, but many of the thousand things continue to be relevant today, or have not changed too much. This is a… Read more about this item

A fun vintage fact book! In very good condition, with the dust jacket having small tears around the edges, but intact. Text block is tight. Covers and inside are clean. We do not use stock photos - the photos show the actual book you will receive. We are a small vintage shop in Canby, Oregon that stocks vintage books that are a fundraiser… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 552 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth covered boards. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends.… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harper & Brothers, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1000 in x 8.2000 in x 5.8000 in.

Harper and Brothers, 1946. first edition. hardcover. very good: age wear/soiling to boards and spine, bumped corners, some toning/foxing on endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 552pp. offbeat reference work compiled over a long career as a newspaperman, with short helpful answers to questions like: What causes the London fogs? What is a diamond "of the first… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Very Good. Later. Very good; Fine edges are dirtied, rear end page has stain by the binding, cover is faded and wearing around edges and spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, (1946). Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Later printing. "A treasury of odd and fascinating information," expressions, terms, etc. 552 pages, index. Green boards with gold titles on brown squares of spine. $5.95 price intact on dust jacket flap. Jacket has Harper Blue Ribbon sticker. Rubs and couple… Read more about this item

Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x1x5. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Owner's name on fep, else unmarked.

New York: Harper & Row, 1946. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. Book is clean and tight.

Harper & Brothers, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harper & Brothers, 1946. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Edité Par Stad Brugge. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1979. Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; B&W Photographs; 552 pages; PIctorial paperback covers. The covers also have flaps that open to illustrated map of the museum. There is very light rubbing along the edges and turns. No creasing or tears. No ownership marks. Interior pages… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1946. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Generally poor.

Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co., 2007. Jacket and boards have only light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harper & Brothers. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Roger's bookplate on front endpage.From the collection of United States Army General Bernard William Rogers. Rogers served as the 28th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and later as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and Commander in Chief, United States European Command.

Barnes & Noble. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Harper & Brothers, 1946.. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, hardcover, VG in edgeworn browned dj. 552 p. A treasury of odd and fascinating information by the author of "A Book About the Bible" Do fish swim backwards? What is a rain crow? Does corn grow faster at night? Why are certain soft drinks called pop? etc.