From Deferent to Equant: Volume of Studies on the History of Science of the Ancient and Mediaeval Near East in Honour of E.S. Kennedy (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 500)
by King, David A.; Saliba, George
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0897663950
- ISBN 13
- 9780897663953
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 569 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Minimal wear to the binding. A sound, clean copy. Contains a few photographs and figures as well as mathematical equations. A nice copy. Scarce in hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048373
- Title
- From Deferent to Equant: Volume of Studies on the History of Science of the Ancient and Mediaeval Near East in Honour of E.S. Kennedy (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 500)
- Author
- King, David A.; Saliba, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0897663950
- ISBN 13
- 9780897663953
- Publisher
- New York Academy of Sciences
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- 1987; David A. King; George Saliba; Deferent; Equant; History of Science; Sciences; Ancient; Medieval; Islam; Islamic; Arabic; E. S. Kennedy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Astronomy;
- X weight
- 2.1 lb
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...