MANCHESTER U.P, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 112 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Strong cigarette smoke smell. Light tanning to pages; more prominent to text block edges. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible scuffing, tanning and marking overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with visible loss and creasing to panels.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1665753303MEP
Title: Quasars: Their Importance in Astro
Author: F. D. Kahn & H. P. Palmer
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: MANCHESTER U.P
Date Published: 1967

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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....
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...