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Brunngraber (Rudolf) Radium.
£295
London, Harrap, 1937,
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Brunngraber was a German industrial designer and author. In Radium he speculates about near-contemporary cornering of the radium market causing problems in a hospital using it as a medicine cure cancer.
Rare in jacket. An important sci-fi title.
In stock
VG+/VG – ownership name on front endpaper, otherwise near fine. Jacket is price clipped and has a 4′ price label on front flap. Minor soiling to spine and tiny chip to base of spine.
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