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Book Description: Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, 2001. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine (small fault). Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Near Fine. 1st Printing. Wide Large Octavo. Light adhesive stains on ffep. Bookseller Inventory # 01078668

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Book Description: Perseus Books Group, Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A., 2001. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (T) oversized Hardcover in VG condition; Dustjacket in VG condition; pgs. Bookseller Inventory # 68054

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Book Description: Perseus Publishing, 2001. HARDCOVER Mathematics-Popular Surveys and Recreational . USED, Standard. Bookseller Inventory # 01978073820541026

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Book Description: Perseus Pub., Cambridge, Mass., 2002. Hardcover. Large octavo in grey DJ (purple-yellow DJ); xxvii, 239 p, b&w illus ; 25 cm. Science Fiction; Philosophy. || The first-ever annotated edition of the beloved classic is beautifully illustrated and brilliantly brought to life for a new generation of readers. Published in 1884 by an English clergyman and headmaster, it is a fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being visiting a three-dimensional world. || Contents: pt. 1.; This world --; 1.; Of the nature of Flatland --; 2.; Of the climate and houses in Flatland --; 3.; Concerning the inhabitants of Flatland --; 4.; Concerning the women --; 5.; Of our methods of recognizing one another --; 6.; Of recognition by sight --; 7.; Concerning irregular figures --; 8.; Of the ancient practice of painting --; 9.; Of the universal colour bill --; 10.; Of the suppression of the chromatic sedition --; 11.; Concerning our priests --; 12.; Of the doctrine of our priests --; pt. 2.; Other worlds --; 13.; How I had a vision of Lineland --; 14.; How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland --; 15.; Concerning a stranger from Spaceland --; 16.; How the stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland --; 17.; How the sphere, having in vain tried works, resorted to deeds --; 18.; How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there --; 19.; How, though the sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it --; 20.; How the sphere encouraged me in a vision --; 21.; How I tried to teach the theory of three dimensions to my grandson, and with what success --; 22.; How I then tried to diffuse the theory of three dimensions by other means, and of the result --; The fourth dimension in mathematics. Very gently worn DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint scuff to spine foot, else fine in near fine(-) DJ. First edition, first printing (full number line). Bookseller Inventory # 80546

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Book Description: Basic Books. Hardcover. Book Condition: Used: Very Good. Bookseller Inventory # SONG0738205419

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Book Description: Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, 2002. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. The first-ever annotated edition of the beloved classic. Flatland is a unique, delightful satire that has charmed readers for over a century. It is a fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a mysterious visitor to the Land of Three Dimensions. Remainder mark on foot. Small scratch on front cover of jacket(sticker removal). Otherwise book and jacket and in very good condition. Bookseller Inventory # 002131

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Book Description: Basic Books 2001-12, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: good. Annotated edition. 0738205419. Bookseller Inventory # 601544

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Book Description: Perseus Books Group, Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A., 2001. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Grey boards with silver lettering to spine; Text and pages are clean and bright with no markings; DJ has shelf wear to edges and some rubbing to the front and rear; Dj front has a crease down the middle; Small spec of discoloration on front lower edge; Bookseller Inventory # 005460

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Book Description: Perseus Publ, 2002. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The product of an agreeably dotty cleric named Edwin Abbott Abbott and first published in 1884, Flatland distills all that the Victorian era knew of higher mathematics--and then some--into a witty, complex novel of ideas. 239 pages. Hardcover; Dj. Contact Steels for more classic Fiction titles. Family owned bookstore since 1973. Fiction. Bookseller Inventory # 060023

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Book Description: Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, 2002. Hardcover. First edition thus. 239pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/4 purple paper with light gray paper covered boards. Near fine. The foot of the spine is gently bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The rear panel is very lightly soiled. There is a short closed tear in the bottom edge. Flatland was originally published in 1884 and describes a two-dimensional world. From the jacket- "Touching on such diverse topics as ancient Babylon, Karl Marx, the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the Gregorian calendar, Mt. Everest, and phrenology, Stewart makes fascinating connections between Flatland and Edwin A. Abbott's life and times.". Bookseller Inventory # 21120

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