Pierre Curie
by Curie, Marie; Kellogg, Charlotte [Translator]; Kellogg, Vernon [Translator]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. First Edition. Very Good. First American edition. (States "Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1923." on copyright page.) 242pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Photo illustrated. Near Fine in rare dust jacket with original price intact ($2.25), chipped at head and tail, else Very Good. Jacket torn along tips, rubbed and scuffed, small scrape along back panel. Name written on front flyleaf. The Nobel-winning physicist and chemist's biography of her husband, quite rare in its original jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170314001
- Title
- Pierre Curie
- Author
- Curie, Marie; Kellogg, Charlotte [Translator]; Kellogg, Vernon [Translator]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...