MAKING YOUR OWN TELESCOPE.
by Thompson, Allyn J
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Sky Publishing Corporation, (1951)., (1951).. Good. - 8vo, orange cloth titled in gilt on front cover & spine; in pictorial tan dw (soiled; creased & slightly chipped at edges; owner's inscription on front endpaper). xi, [i] & 211pp. Frontispiece & textual illustrations. Good. <p>Reprint of the 1947 edition.<p>"Between the covers of this book are complete and detailed instructions for making your first telescope. Step-by-step directions, and numerous diagrams by the author, enable you to produce an instrument which will reveal markings on the surface of the moon little more than a mile across...." -- From the dw blurb.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 719
- Title
- MAKING YOUR OWN TELESCOPE.
- Author
- Thompson, Allyn J
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge, MA: Sky Publishing Corporation, (1951).
- Date Published
- (1951).
- Keywords
- SCIENCE; ASTRONOMY; TELESCOPE; OPTICS; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS; HOW-TO; INSTRUCTIONS; ALLYN J. THOMPSON.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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