Recreations in Astronomy, with Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work
de Henry White Warren
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Kanab, Utah, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1879 This is an exceptional, near fine hardcover copy of the first edition, published by Harper & Brothers in 1879. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), gilt front board decoration (Ursa Major; bright), 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 284 pp. including glossary/index, 83 illustrations and maps of stars (frontispiece and 82 figures), a color plate of spectra (with a laid in tissue guard) and "maps to find the stars at the end". Near fine (slight edgewear/rubbing; mildly bumped corners; pages clean and binding tight and square). Scarce first edition in this condition. (K086). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Boojum and Snark Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4568
- Título
- Recreations in Astronomy, with Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work
- Autor
- Henry White Warren
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Harper & Brothers, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1879
- Palabras clave
- ASTRONOMY, TELESCOPES, STARS, CONSTELLATIONS
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Science;
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Sobre el vendedor
Boojum and Snark Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Kanab, Utah
Sobre Boojum and Snark Books
General antiquarian and out-of-print books. Specializing in medicine, history of medicine, science, technology and technical books.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Plate
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
