America's Answer to the Russian Challenge: In Which Electric Power, As a Common Denominator, is Requisitioned to Throw Light on the Russian Enigma and the Challenge it Presents to Western Civilization
de Sibley, Robert
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, tape stain on front pastedown endpaper, boards lightly worn.
- Librería
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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San Francisco: The Farallon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, tape stain on . front pastedown endpaper, boards lightly worn.. 1931. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xi, 171pp. Three tipped-in color reproductions of vivid Soviet posters. Maps, photos. Signed and numbered (#35) by author on copyright page. The hydroelectric engineer author was the American delegate at the Second World Power Conference held in Berlin in 1930 and discusses his interactions with Herbert Hoover, Albert Einstein, and others, as well as plans for global hydroelectric resources. Gray cloth spine with black cloth sides emblazoned with a gilt lightning bolt on front boards. Jacket flaps laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages .
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- Librería
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 54477
- Título
- America's Answer to the Russian Challenge: In Which Electric Power, As a Common Denominator, is Requisitioned to Throw Light on the Russian Enigma and the Challenge it Presents to Western Civilization
- Autor
- Sibley, Robert
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good with no dust jacket; Front free endpaper removed, tape stain on front pastedown endpaper, boards lightly worn.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Limited Edition; First Printing
- Editorial
- The Farallon Press
- Lugar de publicación
- San Francisco
- Fecha de publicación
- 1931
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- ELECTRICITY, SOVIET Union, 1930s
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Russia and Soviet Union;
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