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Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination and the Birth of a World
by 9781841156682
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 184115668X
- ISBN 13
- 9781841156682
- Seller
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.Full Number Line.* Date of Publication: 2002* Publisher: Fourth Estate.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, minimal creases to spine & hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions. No visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: One block of 16pp. colour & b/w photos.* Pages: 323 pp. text. xxvii pp. Acknowledgements, references, notes, bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- Oliver Morton has a sense of place and a hunger for Mars, and a thrilling manner of communicating both. His account of our nearest neighbour's history, geology and human potential is exhaustive. Morton touches on just about everything, from soil composition to survival techniques; from Martians to maps (maps, above all: they are his abiding subject, metaphor and organising principle). His artistry is to hide his daunting range of interests under a passionate and gripping human narrative: this book is about what Mars has meant, means and may one day mean for us. This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf & reading wear reducing it to VG++* This is bulky and heavy item. A small extra contribution is included in the price to cover the cost of carriage.*
Synopsis
To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter's works as their guide. The aim of these editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter's intentions while benefiting from modern printing and design techniques. The colors and details of the watercolors in the volumes are reproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now been possible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over the years. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit restores six of Potter's original illustrations. Four were sacrificed in 1903 to make space for illustrated endpapers, and two have never been used before. Of course, Beatrix Potter created many memorable children's characters, including Benjamin Bunny, Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddle-duck and Jeremy Fisher. But whatever the tale, both children and adults alike can be delighted by the artistry in Potter's illustrations, while they also enjoy a very good read. Because they have always been completely true to a child's experience, Potter's 23 books continue to endure.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2081
- Title
- Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination and the Birth of a World
- Author
- 9781841156682
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 184115668X
- ISBN 13
- 9781841156682
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 368
- This edition first published
- 2002
- Size
- 23.2 x 14.8 x 4 cm
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