An Easy and Comprehensive Description of the Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, With Their Several Uses; Containing Definitions, with a great Number of Problems on the Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, with easy Directions for working them: to which is added, a Description of the Solar System, Agreeable to the Latest Improvements
by Davis, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
£80.95£40.48
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About This Item
London: printed for the author Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second edition of an extraordinarily rare book on maps and globes, rebound in modern leather. No online record of any other copy of the first or second edition as of June 2021. Lacking the plate of the solar system that should be at the back..
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- Bookseller
- Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB] (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003417
- Title
- An Easy and Comprehensive Description of the Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, With Their Several Uses; Containing Definitions, with a great Number of Problems on the Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, with easy Directions for working them: to which is added, a Description of the Solar System, Agreeable to the Latest Improvements
- Author
- Davis, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- printed for the author
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- geography, globes
- Vbf_category
- 10105
Terms of Sale
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
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. 5% GST applies to all orders shipped within Canada.
About the Seller
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Biblio member since 2015
Kingston, Ontario
About Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller specializes in illustrated books from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Particular interests include natural history, French Modernism, Japanese craft and aesthetics, early anatomy books, fine press and bindings.
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- 12mo
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- Plate
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