Create or Perish : The Case For Inventions And Patents.
Language: English
Published by Preliminary Edition, published by the Author, Cambridge, MA, 1964
- Hardcover
- Used
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Seller: Yesterday's Book Shop, CORVALLIS, OR, U.S.A.Yesterday's Book Shop
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See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards show some spotting and scuffing along with edge and corner bumps/wear. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. There are no signatures or bookplates, no library markings, etc. Text pages are clean and bright but the end pages show some very faint foxing spots. This is a Fleming are a copy of which is described on the copyright page: "This preliminary edition is issued with the special permission of The M.I.T. Press which will, at a future date, publish the lectures in revised form.".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Create or Perish : The Case For Inventions And Patents.
- Author
- Robert H. Rines
- Publisher
- Preliminary Edition, published by the Author, Cambridge, MA
- Publication year
- 1964
- Condition
- VG-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- First Editions, Legal and Government Publications, Reference / Engineering / Medical
Yesterday's Book Shop
CORVALLIS, OR, U.S.A.
5-star seller
AbeBooks seller since February 4, 2026
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| Item | 5 to 15 business days | 3 to 7 business days |
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| First item | US$ 5.90 | US$ 14.90 |
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Yesterday's Book Shop is a small, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in Maryland in 1966 under the name The Collector's Corner, which mainly dealt in older books, stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the main focus became only books and printed matter.
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Yesterday's Book Shop
OR, U.S.A.