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The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation
by Grudin, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0899199402
- ISBN 13
- 9780899199405
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Ticknor & Fields, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1990 Ticknor & Fields. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has light brown paper-covered boards with purple cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. 257 pages. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge; spine is very lightly sunned. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
In this provocative book, the author of Time and the Art of Living explores the nature and origins of creativity.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14102
- Title
- The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation
- Author
- Grudin, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0899199402
- ISBN 13
- 9780899199405
- Publisher
- Ticknor & Fields
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Sociology and Culture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology and Culture;
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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