THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE
by Capek, Karel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. first U.S. edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo, black cloth covers with paper labels on top and spine in blue and orange, in perfect condition. vi [2] 242 pages. Unclipped dust jacket has printed price of $2.50 on front flap. Dust jacket is a bit rubbed, with small chip at top edge of front panel; spine slightly darkened with some wear at head and foot. Rear panel has some soil. Bleiler, 1978, Atomic Power; Mystical. "A young engineer, in an endeavor to find some solution to the problem of the coal shortage, discovers a process by which the energies of the atom in coal are freed from the gross material, and these are so powerful that they burn by slow combustion at the rate of only half a hundredweight to a steamship's journey around the world." - from the dust jacket. Studio
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019845
- Title
- THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE
- Author
- Capek, Karel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first U.S. edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Octavo
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