United Kingdom: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. A Very Good hardcover in a Fair dustjacket. The book is in slightly aged yellow boards, bumped to the spine ends and corners. Internally, tape residue where the previous owner has affixed the dustwrapper, no writing or stamps, unmarked pages, slightly foxed to the text-block edges. The bright dustjacket is creased to the edges, with small closed tears, a 1/2 inch loss to the spine head, and tiny chips to the spine heel and tips - supplied in a new removable archival sleeve. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .

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Bookseller: The Old Bookshelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9595
Title: Introducing the Universe
Author: Hickey, James Campbell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Date Published: 1952
Keywords: Astronomy
Bookseller catalogs: Astronomy;

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About The Old Bookshelf

Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016

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Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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....
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"...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...