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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. B&W photos and illustrations (illustrator). Book has marbled edges; front hinge is a little shaken; brown boards have a little edge wear; gilt trim and writing is bright.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

Zustand: Fair. Chicago and Philadelphia: Union Publishing House, 1909. Salesman Dummy edition. 8vo hardcover. Illus. Fair book. Shelfworn with light staining. Front hinge cracked. Sales log in rear has a penciled entry. Inquire if you need further information.

leather_bound. Zustand: Very Good. Very good embossed hardcover with decorated edges. 561 pages decorated endpapers. Union Publishing 1908.

8vo, pp. xiv, with frontispiece, then random sample pages to 542, [3] index, [8] printed testimonials, [1] advertisement in half broadside giving descriptions and price of the bindings available, [16] blank ruled order book for subscribers (first page partially completed in pencil in a contemporary hand); the present example containing 31 full page plates, and numerous steel engravings (some also full page); paper a little browned due to quality; sampler in contemporary brown cloth, upper cover elaborately lettered in gilt (though faded) with title in blind on rear cover, matching spine sample hinged to fore-edge, with variant cloth sample mounted to hinged spine's verso, variant maroon cloth sample as front paste down, with alternative blue cloth sample lettered in gilt and mounted on rear paste-down, with two alternate endpapers provided; head of spine worn, with further light wear and rubbing at tail, slight rubbing and wear to some of the other cloth samples, with some minor staining to rear cover; a good example. An appealing and variant issue of a salesman's sampler of this popular, if perhaps slightly eccentric, work for the young on technology and science. Such sampler's or canvassing books, previously little studied, are now being recognised as useful and important sources for the study of book publication and history. The 1898 work in full eventually spanned 535 pages with 25 leaves of plates, including the portrait frontispiece, as well as copious woodcut illustrations, many of which are also full-page. The work is written in the form of a series of questions and answers, and is fairly wide-ranging in scope, although in the face of the rapid growth of technology, McGovern struggles at times with his explanations, clearly not fully comprehending himself, the principles that he is endeavouring to explain to his students. For example when attempting to define in common language the units of ohms, amperes, volts, joules, or watts, he simply answers, that 'no' they cannot be simply defined. In the chapter on 'Life', he asks 'What three cardinal things may be named in the Universe?'. His answer: 'Motion (Light and Heat), Matter and Life. Wherein does Life differ from Motion? Life is a Motion that is eccentric, jerky or suspended. It has no regularity or period. If we see a speck of Life in a drop or water, it may go here or there, or it may stand still' (p. 316). Chapters are devoted to electricity, x-rays, compressed air, 'bread, cake and pastry', cheese, nuts, coffee, salt, the spectroscope, chemistry, the bicycle, soap, ice, our clothes, india rubber, paper, glass and concluding with astronomy. An eclectic mix indeed, and whilst perhaps not the most erudite of home companions, McGovern's work, copiously illustrated with striking engravings, nevertheless went through a number of editions and proved extremely popular. Zinman, Canvassing Books, 986 (we have previously handled a variant issue).

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 8vo, The edge of the leather is somewhat serrated with two cushioned pads beneath it. An unused Salesman's Sample Book. The inside rear cover has a sample of the deluxe binding for this work. "Alligator Grained Leather, Cushioned Lids, with gilt edges, 3.75 ". Photogravures.