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Doubleday, 1982-06-16. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Doubleday, 1982-06-16. hardcover. Acceptable. 6x1x9. Ex-Library markings.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1966. First Edition Thus. 662 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Couple of pages removed after title page but does not effect textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Boards are bowed. Visible wear and water marks to boards.

Doubleday, 1982-06-16. hardcover. Good. 9x6x2. Nice good condition. Has dust jacket with edge and corner wear and tear from normal use biting a strong spotless Pages smoke-free home.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Gilt lettering on black & blue cloth covered boards in a white dust jacket. 8vo, 805pp. New revised edition.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1972. (new, revised edition). Hardbound. FINE / Good+. Book - as new except for faint softening of spine ends - navy cloth with blue title block, gilt lettering and trim. DJ - intact and unclipped but has sunned spine, light age soil, wear to spine ends and three 1" rips on edge (tape repaired on inside). "Biographical entries are arranged in chronological order ( Imhotep-2980 B.C. to Sagan-1934)...numbered from 1 to 1195." Extensive index (Abacus to Zuider Zee) keyed to biography number, as are cross-references within biographies. Table of contents is an alphabetical list of the scientists listed (Abano to Zworykin).

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1982. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. xxxv, [1], 941, [5] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Parts of DJ pasted to end papers. Cover has some wear and soiling. This revised edition has added 310 additional biographies. Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology is a history of science by Isaac Asimov, written as the biographies of over 1500 scientists. Organized chronologically, beginning with Imhotep (entry "[1]") and concluding with Stephen Hawking (entry "[1510]"), each biographical entry is… Read More

USA: Doubleday, 1982. Doubleday 1982 2nd Revised Edition Fine/Very Good DJ Bright pages. Bright glossy dust jacket with mended tears. HEAVY ITEM.. 2nd Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. No Exp.