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One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
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Hardcover
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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
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.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780684867304
 
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
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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.