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Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Ex-library with usual markings...filing tab on spine and card folder on inside cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Harcourt, Brace, 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Very nice clean copy in baby blue covers. Pages are unopened. Covers have a few small age spots. Neat jacket with mild spine sunning, & short tear to rear. Price is not clipped..

New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1965. A remarkably fresh, crisp, and clean copy. Bright, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket, handsomely illustrtated by Charles McCurry, is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Not price clipped (3.25). Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Original blue cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "This inspiring story is based on the remarkable life and achievements of Johann Frederick Böttger, who was born in Berlin in 1686. A homeless boy, with an inquiring mind, he was apprenticed to the court alchemist and launched on a search for the secret of making gold. When he failed, he fled the country. Later he was imprisoned by the King of Saxony who refused to believe that Böttger had not already learned the secret. Forced to continue his experiments in prison, Bottger did discover a secret - not how to make gold but porcelain, hitherto only known in ancient China.… Leer más