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The Microscope
by Allen, R. M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: D, Van Nostrand Company, 1944. Manual for microscopists, giving the fundamentals of microscope uses, equipment, and operation for various specialties. State third printing, originally published four years earlier. Hardcover, full grey cloth, red & blue titling. Light wear to book, endsheet & first three leaves with creased corners; scarce jacket shows some chipping, small stains; ink name place & date on free endsheet. Text clean; [2], viii, 286 pages; index, glossary, bibliography, figures, b/w plates, color frontispiece.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0904
- Title
- The Microscope
- Author
- Allen, R. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- D, Van Nostrand Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- History of Science, Optics, Microscopy, Engineering
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
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