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Engines: The Golden Library of Knowledge
by Sprague de Camp
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
The Villages, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Golden Press Inc., 1959. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jack Coggins. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Seller photographs. Original price 50¢. 56 pages. 8vo. Clean and tight - has been gently read or unread. No writing. Trade. not ex-library. Light wear to cover and spine. Spine ends' corner tips', and edge wear. One corner crease. Remainder mark with a tad of ink at top of margin edges. Age tanning. Colorful illustrations and engine diagrams. In addition to the chapter on " The Age of Engines," "Putting Energy to Work," and "The First Engines;" the author includes various types of engines: wind and water, steam, diesel, gas, electric, and nuclear. Index included.
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- Bookseller
- D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121323
- Title
- Engines: The Golden Library of Knowledge
- Author
- Sprague de Camp
- Illustrator
- Jack Coggins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Golden Press Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 56
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- children, non fiction, science, engines, intermediate reader, young teen reader How Things Work, Machinery, Intermediate
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage-Children; Large Golden Books-Golden Press;
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D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.
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The Villages, Florida
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