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The Planets
by Sobel, Dava
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1841156213
- ISBN 13
- 9781841156217
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: Harper Perennial PS.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. A few slight marks. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: A few b/w photos with some b/w line drawn illustrations within text.* Pages: 236 pp. text. lxiii pp. glossary, notes, bibliography, illustrations, postscript & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- This groundbreaking new work traces the ?lives? of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes. Dava Sobel's unique tour of the solar system is filled with fascination and beauty. In lyrical prose interspersed with poems by Tennyson, Blake and others, ?The Planets? gives a breathtaking, intimate view of those heavenly bodies that have captured the imagination since humanity?s first glimpse of the glittering night skies.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4422
- Title
- The Planets
- Author
- Sobel, Dava
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 2nd.Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 1841156213
- ISBN 13
- 9781841156217
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 304
- Date Published
- 2006-07-03
- Size
- 12.9 x 19.8 cm
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