Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 1963
Seller: Trouve Books, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages are clean without markings. Spine has slight edge wear. 'My continuing philosophy is predicated, first, one the assumption that in dynamical counterbalance of the expanding universe of entropically increasing random disorderliness there must be a universal pattern of omnicontracting, convergent, progressive orderliness and that man is that anti-entropic reordering function of universe and, secondly, upon the assumption that man is born with an extraordinary inventory of faculties with an extraordinary inventory of universal phenomena.
Condition: Good. Good condition. (Science in literature, essays, science) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1967
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:
Published by Anchor Books, Garden City, New York, 1971
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some moderate rubbing and edgewear, some creasing. Text has some staining and yellowing, but remains tight in binding with no ownership markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Anchor Books, 1971
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1971. First edition thus. 145 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press (1963), 1967
Seller: H.L. Mendelsohn, Fine European Books, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 8vo, pictorial wraps. xiv+163 pp. A few b/w illustrations. Covers somewhat soiled and shelfworn. Rubber ownership stamp at top of title page, contents else very good and clean, with no markings. Binding tight. Overall about good plus. "Arcturus Books edition, March 1967.".
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Edge wear, small sketch on front endpaper. A nice, crisp copy. ; 8vo; 145 pages.
Published by Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, New York, 1971
ISBN 10: 0385012039 ISBN 13: 9780385012034
Seller: Ziebarth Books, Coal Valley, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Softcover Edition. First paperback edition. 145 pages. Near fine. "These prose pieces and prose-poem essays show the development of the thinking of R. Buckminster Fuller, the world-famous inventor of the Geodesic dome.".
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1967
ISBN 10: 0809302470 ISBN 13: 9780809302475
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35.
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Published by Southern Illinois Univ Press/Feffer & Simons. Carbondale/London. (1967)., 1967
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
163pp. small 8vo Line iIllustrations & diagrams. Blue cloth (bound paperback). Ex-library, back pocket roughly removed: VG+/no dj.
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL, U.S.A., 1969
Seller: RW Books, Strasburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Third Printing. 163 pages. The dust jacket is a plain brown wrapper without printing, with a 3/4 inch bottom edge tear and the spine lightly stained. The words, "Fuller, No More Secondhand God" is written in ink across the front. Dusk jacket is encased in Brodart dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Southern Illinois University Press
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition with light wear to cover. One marking on title page. Missing DJ. Ex-library.
Published by Southern Illinois UP, Carbondale, 1967
Seller: Invisible Books, Brighton, United Kingdom
Softcover. Condition: Good. Some external wear, text pages in very good condition.
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1967
Seller: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 1st Printing. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: AB35. DESIGNED BY: Andor Braun. COVER DESIGN BY: H. Lawrence Hoffman. CONTENTS: Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 1 No More Secondhand God; 2 Machine Tools; 3 The Historical Attempt by Man to Convert His Evolution from a Subjective to an Objective Process; 4 Universal Requirements of a Dwelling Advantage; 5 The Fuller Research Foundation, 1946-51; 6 A Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science; 7 Introduction to Omnidirectional Halo; 8 Omnidirectional Halo. SYNOPSIS: Collected prose and prose-poem essays written by Mr. Fuller from 1940 to 1962. Contains additions to Mr. Fuller's Dymaxion principles. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Doubleday
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55.
Published by Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL, 1963
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Square 8vo, pp. 163. Introduction by the author. Frontis portrait. Illustrated with charts. Spine slightly worn at ends, o/w a VG tight copy. Several essays from the self-described "explorer in comprehensive anticipatory design science.".
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with some scuffing a bit of edge wear to creaseless covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 165 pages, contents include: Machine tools, The historical attempt by man to convert his evolution from a subjective to an objective process, Universal requirements of a dwelling advantage, The Fuller research foundation, 1946 - 51, A comprehensive anticapatory design science, Omnidirectioal halo, etc.
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Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL, 1963
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good+, 1st edition from 1963, dust jacket has some rubbing and edge wear, fore edge has some light soiling, front hinge a bit cracked, inside is unmarked and clean.
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL, 1963
First Edition Signed
Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BUCKMINSTER FULLER IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing at the panels and one small closed tear along the front panel's top-edge. Octavo, consisting largely of "prose and prose-poem essays", reflecting Fuller's "own principles of design and important new additions to Mr. Fuller's Dymaxion principles".
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 1963
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Buckminster Fuller to the designer of the book, Andor Braun on the front endpaper. 'To Andor (sic) Brown, With gratitude and admiration for his design of this book, Buckminster Fuller'. A very good or better copy in 1/4 white cloth over black paper covered boards in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some light overall use, a touch of scuffing to the bottom of the front panel and one small chip at the crown of the spine. Architect, creator of the geodesic dome, engineer, inventor and philosopher, Fuller remains one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the 20th century.