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Astronomical Myths; Based on Flammarion's "History of the Heavens
by Blake, John F
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 21 x 15 cm. Octavo. xvi 431pp. Many illustrations, frontispiece, engravings, diagrams. Folding "Chart of the Constellations" opposite page 1 in nice condition without tears. Bound into blue cloth with gilt lettering and design. Vertical tear to rear hinge which has been reinforced intenally. Scattered pencil underlining. Boards are cocked. A complete, "binding copy" which is quite worn. Based on Camille Flammarion's work, but not a direct translation. OCLC #: 2849196.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74411
- Title
- Astronomical Myths; Based on Flammarion's "History of the Heavens
- Author
- Blake, John F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- Astronomy Astrology Mythology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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