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Cosmic Phenomena: Comets, Eclipses, Meteor Showers
by Uanin, Gabriele Or Vanin, Gabriele
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1552094235
- ISBN 13
- 9781552094235
- Seller
-
Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 1999. First Printing ( So Stated) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book is an introduction to the nature and observation of the greatest celestial phenomena that are visible to the unaided eye. The first section introduces the Great Comets. The second section looks at meteors or "falling stars". The third section is dedicated to eclipses. The book offers more than 300 photographs selected from the world's most famous observers. Volume itself has black covers with the author's name in gilt and the volume title and publisher name in white. 167 pages, including an index and a bibliography. Printed on high quality paper. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. A very nice, collectible quality, copy; available for immediate shipment carefully packed in a box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0009481
- Title
- Cosmic Phenomena: Comets, Eclipses, Meteor Showers
- Author
- Uanin, Gabriele Or Vanin, Gabriele
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing ( So Stated)
- ISBN 10
- 1552094235
- ISBN 13
- 9781552094235
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo, New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Astronomy. Comets. Meteors, Eclipses. Cosmic Phenomena: Comets, Eclipses, Meteor Showers.
Terms of Sale
James Lasseter, Jr.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
Focus on, but not limited to, signed nonfiction books that are relatively scarce.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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