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Thomas Alva Edison: An American Myth.
by WACHHORST, Wyn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0262231085
- ISBN 13
- 9780262231084
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's brown cloth with white spine lettering, octavo, pp. ix, 328. Illustrated. Illustrated dust jacket a little weary from pre-mylar days, with light chipping at some extremities, thus Good only. Jacket now ensconced in a new sheet of archival Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000685
- Title
- Thomas Alva Edison: An American Myth.
- Author
- WACHHORST, Wyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0262231085
- ISBN 13
- 9780262231084
- Publisher
- Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, [1981].
- Place of Publication
- Mit
- This edition first published
- 1981
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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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...
- Chipping
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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