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The Place of Astronomy in the Ancient World: A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society and the British Academy
by D. G. Kendall, D. G. Kendall, S. Piggott, D. G. King-Hele, I. E. S. Edwards, Frank Roy Hodson (ed)
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- fair
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0197259448
- ISBN 13
- 9780197259443
- Seller
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1974. Hard cover. Fair/Fair. Jacket is worn along edges. Top edge of jacket is chipped with a one inch tear near front cover hinge. Jacket spine is lightly tanned and foxed, but text is legible. Spine is cracked, but binding is secure. Foxing on top edge of text block, not visible on pages. Fore edge of text block is stained, visible in the margins of some pages, but not covering text. Text is clean and unmarked.
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- Moe's Books
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- Title
- The Place of Astronomy in the Ancient World: A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society and the British Academy
- Author
- D. G. Kendall, D. G. Kendall, S. Piggott, D. G. King-Hele, I. E. S. Edwards, Frank Roy Hodson (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0197259448
- ISBN 13
- 9780197259443
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- SMR
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
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