Published by Free Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 074321675X ISBN 13: 9780743216753
Seller: Goodwill of Colorado, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!.
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Published by Free Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0743216768 ISBN 13: 9780743216760
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 1 Edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Published by Free Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0316859893 ISBN 13: 9780316859899
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Illustrated (illustrator).
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Published by Abacus, 2004
ISBN 10: 0349115079 ISBN 13: 9780349115078
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Simon & Schuster Audioworks, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2002
ISBN 10: 074352666X ISBN 13: 9780743526661
Seller: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, U.S.A.
audio Book. Condition: Good. FOUR AUDIO CASSETTES. Four STURDY Audio Cassettes in the box published by Simon & Schuster Audio. The case shows some shelf wear and crease. The tapes sit snuggled inside, just fine. Enjoy this abridged performance. RELIABLE!.
Published by Free Press, NY, 2002
ISBN 10: 074321675X ISBN 13: 9780743216753
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. NY: Free Press, copyright 2002. (First printing). x,422 pages. Illustrated. 9.5 x 6.5", hardcover, dj. ISBN 074321675X. Adventures of Pierre-Francois-Andre Mechain & Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre in establishing meter as measure of earth. VG.
Published by Little, Brown, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0316859893 ISBN 13: 9780316859899
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st UK Edition.
Published by Free Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 074321675X ISBN 13: 9780743216753
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean throughout. DJ not price clipped.
Published by The Free Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0965460924 ISBN 13: 9780965460927
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Clean throughout.
Published by Free Press (2002), New York, NY, 2002
ISBN 10: 074321675X ISBN 13: 9780743216753
First Edition
Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Good. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: Free Press. Very Good/Good. (2002). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 422 pp., DJ frayed, shelfwear .
Published by Free Press, New York, New York, U. S. A., 2002
ISBN 10: 074321675X ISBN 13: 9780743216753
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing (Number Line With The One Present). Includes Bibliographical References, Acknowledgments, Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Brown Paper Over One Quarter Orange. Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Two Minor Bumps To The Spine Ends. The Unclipped Jacket Has Minor Wear And Some Creasing To The Upper Back Edge.
Published by Free Press (2002), NY, 2002
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG in VG DJ. Illus (illustrator). 1st ptg. A mission to measure the earth by two intrepid astonomers who then had to decide what is more important, the truth or its appearance. DJ price clipped.
Seller: Gene Sperry Books, Quincy, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Alder, Ken., The Free Press, 2002, c2002, 1st Edition, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 422 pp with notes, bibliography & index, full color portrait frontis, B&W illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 074321675X, ".two intrepid astronomers (Delambre and Mechain) set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world.".
Published by Free Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 074321675X ISBN 13: 9780743216753
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. True first edition with deckle-edged pages - NOT the similar-looking book club edition. This copy has the price on the DJ and the full number line (without the price on jacket it is a BCE). 1st printing. From a private collection (not ex-lib). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. DJ unclipped; shelfwear very minor. A nice copy. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Published by Free Press, 2002
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 2002. First Edition. 422 pages. No dust jacket. Brown boards with an orange cloth spine. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges.
Published by Free Press, 2002. 422 pp., 2002
Seller: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Den Haag, Netherlands
Paperback, in very good condition. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.
Published by The Free Press 2002, 2002
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Tidy ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Seller: Libros Tobal, Ajalvir, MADRI, Spain
Tapa Dura. Condition: Como Nuevo. Texto en inglés. Tapa dura con sobrecubierta de editorial ilustrada. Como nuevo. This volume tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce both the metric system and the first struggle over globalization. Amidst the scientific fervour of the Revolution, two French scientists, Delambre and Mechain, were sent out on an expedition to measure the shape of the world and thereby establish the metre (which was to be one ten-millionth the distance from pole to equator). Their hope was that people would use the globe as the basis of measure rather than an arbitrary system meted out by the monarchs. As one scientist went north along the French meridian and the other south, their experiences diverged just as radically. After seven years, they received a hero's welcome upon their return to Paris. Mechain, however, was obsessed over a minute error in his calculations that he'd discovered and concealed, and which eventually drove him to his grave. His death forced his colleague Delambre to choose between loyalty to his friend and his science.
Published by Little Brown, London,, 2002
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
First edition. Hardcover, octavo; blue boards with gilt spine titling, blue endpapers; 466pp., monochrome illustrations, index and notes. Minor wear; toned text block and page edges; mildly frayed dustwrapper corners. Very good in like dustwrapper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Published by Little Brown, London, 2002
Cloth. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: Vg. First UK Edn. 466pp. Illus. Size: 8vo.
Published by Little, Brown, London, 2002., 2002
Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
466 pp, tinted end-papers, b&w plates and illustrations, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j.
Published by Free Press, 2002
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. with a full number line starting with 1.
Published by Free Press, 2002
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus. The measure of all things the seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world Special Collection by Ken Alder. Published by Free Press in 2002. Paperback. The truth belongs to everyone, but error is ours alone. - The Measure of All Things Amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world, one voyaging north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona. Their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator, a standard that has since swept the planet. The Measure of All Things is the astonishing story of one of history. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Published by The Free Press, 2002
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus. The Measure of all Things The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the World Special Collection by Ken Alder. Published by The Free Press in 2002. Hardcover. In June 1792, the erudite and cosmopolitan Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre and the cautious and scrupulous Pierre-Francois-Andre Mechain set out from Paris - one north to Dunkirk, the other south to Barcelona to calculate the length of the meter. In the face of death threats from village revolutionary councils, superstitious peasants, and civil war, they had only their wits and their letters to each other for support. Their findings would be used to create what we now know as the metric system. Despi. Collectible item in very fine condition.