COPERNICUS AND HIS WORLD by Kesten, Hermann - 1946

Secker & Warburg, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. 2nd Edition. 408 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Insect damage to rear free endpaper and pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Secker & Warburg, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. Second Edition. 409 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Price inscription to front free endpaper. Deckled edges. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Spine and edges are moderately tanned, with noticeable crushing and slight splitting to ends. Noticeable marks overall. Book has a minor backwards lean. Boards are slightly bowed.

Roy Publishers, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American, very good hardcover (no dust jacket) shows bit of soil to covers and page edges, light bumping to corners and some other mild trace wear. 408 pages illustrated by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Solid copy of this look at the legendary mathematician and astronomer.

Roy Publishers, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. No Edition Remarks. 408 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces moderately tanned. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.

Secker and Warburg, 1946. Hardcover. Good. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Slight age tone to cloth boards. Tan cloth with burgundy decoration. Clean unmarked pages.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later edition. Near fine in boards with sunned spine. No dustwrapper.

New York: Roy Publishers, 1946. 408 pages. Frontispiece/title page illustrated in shades of blue. Additional illustrations in text. Previous owner's name stamp on title page and a couple of other pages in book. Pages otherwise good condition. Endpapers with red and beige illustrations. Beige cloth with brown bands and black title on spine. Brown and beige illustration on upper cover. Edges show very light wear. Brown DJ illsutrated on both covers. Edges and corners worn with small chips. DJ not price clipped. VG+/VG. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Steiner-Prag, Hugo.