Description: Description: A very good or better 1938 First Edition copy of engineer, inventor, author & philosopher R. Buckminster Fuller's "Adventure Story for the Mind." A first printing of his first book, Nine Chains to the Moon published by J.B. Lippincott Company in New York. Condition: 8vo. 408 pages with appendix and two, fold-out charts at the rear. Publishers' distinctive copper metallic colored cloth with black print to the front and spine and map endpapers. Just light edgewear with a bump to the corners and softening to the spine ends. Pages are slightly tanned with heavy toning to pages 52-53 where a clipping was removed. The dust jacket is in very good condition with the $4.00 price intact on the lower front flap. Some chipping to the fold and spine ends, a closed tear has been repaired on upper front cover. A bit of toning a foxing visible on the back cover and rear fold. Overall, a very good and quite collectible copy of Bucky Fuller's important first book.
Price: 495 USD
Location: Chester, Vermont
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Product Group: Book
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Lippincott
Weight: 2 lbs
Subject: Science & Medicine
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1938
Publication Year: 1938
Unit Type: lb
Language: english
Illustrator: n/a
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Fuller, R. Buckminster
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Topic: An adventure story for the mind
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: R. Buckminster Fuller books
