Observations Made During the Year 1883 at the United States Naval Observatory
by Shufeldt, R.W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office. Used - Good. 1887. hardcover. Cloth. Quarto. Discontinuous pagination, with multiple appendices. Some shelf wear and noticeable scuffing to boards, tearing & fraying along joints and tail of spine. Moderate foxing & toning to pages. Altogether very sound. Good. (Subject: Astronomy).
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
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- C58316
- Title
- Observations Made During the Year 1883 at the United States Naval Observatory
- Author
- Shufeldt, R.W
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Washington: Government Printing Office
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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....
- Shelf Wear
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
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