Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 7, 1869
by Sands, Commmodore B. F. (Director) & Simon Newcomb & William Harkness & Asaph Hall; et. al
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good+. 1870. Second Revised Edition. 1/4 leather. Chromolithographs; lithographs, charts, woodcuts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 217 pages; 1870 Government Printing Office. 2nd revised edition. 4to in original forest green cloth with titles brightly in gilt to upper board; spine unlettered, as issued. This 2nd edition, slightly revised from the original 1869 edition, with the addition of several components to the Observations of Hall, as well as the printing of Plates VI - VIII on heavier paper. Soundly bound and clean with partial split to the cloth over the front joint and superficial localized bubbling to cloth over boards. Penciled note at front, presumably in his hand: "From Senator Tipton January 18, 1871" (Thomas Tipton, Republican Nebraska). Contents very fresh and neat with all plates present and in excellent condition. Includes 5 chromolithographs depicting the Eclipse, several lithographs of facilities and instruments etc as well as charts and woodcuts in text. VG ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40860
- Title
- Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 7, 1869
- Author
- Sands, Commmodore B. F. (Director) & Simon Newcomb & William Harkness & Asaph Hall; et. al
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington D. C.
- Date Published
- 1870
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century Subjects and Studies; Astronomy; Outer Space;
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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