The Transit Of Venus Enterprise In Victorian Britain

London: Pickering & Chatto, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Green hardcover 1st edition, lacking dustjacket as issued. A very good copy with minor scuffing to the covers and light edge-wear ot the boards. Half-title is uncut from front free-endpaper. The interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding, lacking tightness. 220 pp.,… Saber más sobre este artículo

United Kingdom: Pickering & Chatto Ltd, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Pickering & Chatto, London, 2008. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. 8vo in boards, 220pp, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc __CONDITION : A well preserved AS NEW unmarked and unread copy (hint of tanning to leaves). ... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

Routledge. HARDCOVER. Good. Personalized author inscription on half title page. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no other markings found. Cover bright and shiny with light scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped with minimal tip wear.

new hc

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. In the nineteenth century, the British Government spent money measuring the distance between the earth and the sun using observations of the transit of Venus. This book presents a narrative of the two Victorian transit programmes. It draws out their cultural significance and explores the nature of "big science" in late-Victorian Britain.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2020. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 220 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2020. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 220 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.