GREENWICH OBSERVATORY, 3 VOLUME SET
by Forbes, Eric C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. A very good three volume set in a fair slipcase. The books are in clean blue cloth covered boards which are lightly bumped to the spine ends/corners. Internally all three are without writing or stamps, toned pages, toned to the edges. Each book is covered in its original glassine jacket, all of which are in fair condition, only being creased to the edges with losses and closed tears. The slipcase is in only fair condition, being heavily bio depredated to the sides with small separations at the front corners and a water stain. This being a heavy set, the additional postage required is reflected in the price. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40634
- Title
- GREENWICH OBSERVATORY, 3 VOLUME SET
- Author
- Forbes, Eric C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- Astronomy;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
The Old Bookshelf
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About the Seller
The Old Bookshelf
Biblio member since 2005
Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute
About The Old Bookshelf
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...