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SCIENCE AND THE NEW NATIONS
by Gruber, Ruth [editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1961. 314pp. Account of the first international conference in Israel, represented by 40 countries discussing the impact of scientific and technical progress to the world and to the future of human welfare. Book is in fine condition. Jacket shows some rubbing at edges and browning near spine, with small chip on back cover, but is otherwise in good, clean condition. Pages tight and clean. [loc.=World History]. Signed by Editor. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7914
- Title
- SCIENCE AND THE NEW NATIONS
- Author
- Gruber, Ruth [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Basic Books, Inc. Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science, history, conference, technology
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
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Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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