OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY
by Herschel, Sir John F. W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Blanchard & Lea, 1861. 557 pp. Original brown cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Title rubbed. Corners bumped. Wear to extremities. Binding is scuffed. Foxing throughout. Previous owner's name in pencil on fpde. Marginal notes in pencil on ffep. Illust. w/ numerous plates and wood-cuts.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9459NH
- Title
- OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY
- Author
- Herschel, Sir John F. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Blanchard & Lea
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- Natural History, Astronomy, Astrology, Zodiac, Planets, Stars
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...