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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Scribner
Publication date August 1, 2001
Pages 173
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780684867304
ISBN-10 0684867303
Dimensions 0.50 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
Original list price $14.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Traces the history of the screwdriver from a sketch in da Vinci's pad to a later patent and mass production. (view table of contents)
Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780684867298 Book cover for 9780756765880
 
from Scribner (September 1, 2000)
9780684867298 | details & prices | 173 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $22.00
About: Traces the history of the screwdriver from a sketch in da Vinci's pad to a later patent and mass production.
from Diane Pub Co (March 1, 2000)
9780756765880 | details & prices | 173 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $22.00
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Paperback
Book cover for 9780684867304
 
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from Scribner (August 1, 2001)
9780684867304 | details & prices | 173 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.00
About: Traces the history of the screwdriver from a sketch in da Vinci's pad to a later patent and mass production.
Miscellaneous
Book cover for 9780743219082
 
from Scribner (September 1, 2001)
9780743219082 | details & prices | List price $12.00
About: The Best Tool of the Millennium The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium.
Prebinding
With Witold Rybczynski | from Turtleback Books (September 1, 2001)
9780613920377 | details & prices | 173 pages | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $25.80
About: Traces the history of the screwdriver from a sketch in da Vinci's pad to a later patent and mass production.

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