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In the Presence of the Creator: Isaac Newton and His Times
by Gale E. Christianson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, The Library of Great Lives, Collector's Edition, 1989. Foreward by Richard S. Westfall. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine. Slight rubbing of gilt on bottom edge of book. Else Fine / As New. Appear unread. Bound In full (genuine) red leather with hubbed spine. Gorgeous copy. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Library of Great Lives note laid in as well as unused Easton book plate. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M1166
- Title
- In the Presence of the Creator
- Author
- Gale E. Christianson
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1989
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; History; Biography & Autobiography; Easton Press;
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About the Seller
Barbed Wire Books
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Longmont, Colorado
About Barbed Wire Books
Barbed Wire Books is an independantly owned real bookstore in northern Colorado. We've been in business since 2009 and are proud of our award-winning, 5-star reputation for excellent customer service. Our store stocks all sorts of books with note-worthy Western Americana and Children's sections. Not all inventory is listed online so please contact us for specific titles.
Glossary
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- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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