Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American
by Gardner, Martin
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Very Good/Very Good Minus
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About This Item
London: George Allen and Unwin Limited, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 8vo Large (over 7¾" - 9¾"). N/a. 253pp. (blue spine) 1969. First UK edition. 8vo. large sized. A very good or very good plus, clean, tight copy in very good minus jacket. Original publisher's blue boards - gilt embossed to the spine. A former owner's prize bookplate is pasted to the front endpaper. Upper edge dyed blue as it should be. The jacket has not been price-clipped; it has a couple of creases to the lower corner of the rear flap, a slight chip to the head of the front panel, rubbing with slight loss to the head of the spine and a 3.5cm repaired tear to the head of the front panel. A very good copy in good plus or very good minus jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 239966
- Title
- Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American
- Author
- Gardner, Martin
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen and Unwin Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo Large (over 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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