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THE SECOND WASHINGTON CATALOGUE OF STARS, together with the ANNUAL RESULTS UPON WHICH IT IS BASED. ...
by Eastman, John R 27a
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG book. Spine gilt decorated & lettered.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington: GPO. VG book. Spine gilt decorated & lettered.. 1898. Hardcover. VG book. Tight. Marbled eps. FINE inside BUT modern bkplt. List of 26 corrections laid in. Bound in two types of red morocco. . Five raised ribs. Both hinges sound tho the three outer spine hinges torn, a 1" chip in the other. Inner hinges perfecly sound. Edges scuffed EXCEPT raised ribs not scuffed at all. Binders ticket of A Zichtl, Wash DC. Bound in half dark red pebbled red morroco, boards in same morroco but a lighter red. Very clean book, even all three text block edges. Book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. 12"x9", lxiii,287pp. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002158
- Title
- THE SECOND WASHINGTON CATALOGUE OF STARS, together with the ANNUAL RESULTS UPON WHICH IT IS BASED. ...
- Author
- Eastman, John R 27a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. Spine gilt decorated & lettered.
- Publisher
- GPO
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- VG book. Tight. Marbled eps. FINE inside BUT modern bkplt. List of 26, corrections laid in. Bound in two types of red morocco.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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