The World of Ice
by Dyson, James L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962 Signed on page facing title page in blue pen: " For Al Northrup with Sincere regards Jim Dyson Lafayette College June 8, 1963". Northrop was a classmate of Dyson - '33 Lafayette class reunion ticket laid in. Second printing. Illustrated with 83 photographs, 2 charts, 3 maps. 8vo. Grey cloth stamped in blue and gilt. 62 B&W full page photo plates. 17 chapters. xiii. 292 pages. Dust jacket worn at edges. near Fine/ Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Cultural Connection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17116
- Title
- The World of Ice
- Author
- Dyson, James L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Geology, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
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Cultural Connection
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...