Cosmic Fishing: An Account of Writing Synergetics With Buckminster Fuller Tapa dura - 1977

Macmillan Company. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. (science, biography)

New York: Macmillan. Hardcover. 1977. 1st Edition. Thin, tall 8vo 157pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. An irreverent but deeply respectful portrait of R. Buckminster Fuller by his friend and admirer of forty years .

Macmillan Company, 1977. Hardcover. Good.

Tight spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some areas of soiling/sunning to the boards and spine exterior. Jacket has some areas of heavy edge-wear and a half-inch tear that has been repaired with tape. Jacket design by Bob Silverman. 'Sonny Applewhite and I meet deliberately and premeditately,' says Fuller on the creative process behind this book, 'and thereafter find ourselves spontaneously, inadvertently hauling in word-netted shoals (schools of cosmic fish, i.e., epistemological pisces).' Applewhite, who was mentored by Fuller and worked as a CIA officer, described himself as 'a lover of the great indoors', a 'taxophilist'—or obsessive researcher, cataloguer, and collector of eclectic knowledge—who took pride in living his life without ever having changed a tire or diaper, boiled an egg, or visited a psychiatrist. 157 pp. Biography/Memoir.

New York: Macmillan, 1977. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/fine.

New York: MacMillan Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0025027107 . B&W Illustrations & Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright, though one gather of the text block appears to be not as evenly sewn as the rest of the block. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and beginning ears to the upper edges. "uller spent much of his youth on Bear Island, in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine. He attended Froebelian Kindergarten. [5] He was dissatisfied with the way geometry was taught in school, disagreeing with the notions that a chalk dot on the blackboard represented an "empty" mathematical point, or that a line could stretch off to infinity. To him these were illogical, and led to his work on… Leer más

Macmillan Company. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($7.95 price intact). Published by Macmillan, 1977. Octavo. Black cloth over white boards stamped in silver. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light spotting to top board edges. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear, nicks, and small tears. Book placed in custom acetate protector. 157 pages. ISBN: 0025027107. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Division. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Macmillan Company, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!