A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy (Volume I, the Sun, Planets, and Comets)
by Chambers, George F
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1889. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Mild rubbing and soiling. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped. Shaken binding with webbing showing at cracked hinges. Light pencil marking to text. Lightly browned pages. Former owner name on front pastedown. No ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 676 pages .
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- Old Editions Inc.
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- 11542
- Title
- A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy (Volume I, the Sun, Planets, and Comets)
- Author
- Chambers, George F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford At the Clarendon Press
- Date Published
- 1889
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science / Astronomy;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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