Starry Messenger A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei
by Sis, Peter created and illustrated by
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Northport, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1996). Stated First edition; 4to.; blue embossed cover boards with gilt lettering on spine and pictorial endpapers; hardcover; color illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a very good but price clipped pictorial dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- WellRead Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33366
- Title
- Starry Messenger A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei
- Author
- Sis, Peter created and illustrated by
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1996)
- Keywords
- Children, Biography, Astronomy, Scientists
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...