Shooting the Sun by Byrd,Max - 2004

Random House Publishing Group, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 2003. Hardcover. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hard Cover. Bantam Books 2004. Smudges on Inside of DJ. First Edition. Scratches on DJ. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better.

New York: Bantam Books, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by author on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has a frayed corner and edgewear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'Grant' and 'Jefferson'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very good in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Price-clipped dust jacket is otherwise fine. Book is fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'Grant' and 'Jefferson'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

New York:: Bantam,, (2003.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (initials bottom edge of textblock). First printing. Historical novel based on an event in the life of Charles Babbage - "an English genius of legendary eccentricity. He invented the cowcatcher, the ophthalmoscope, and the 'penny post' . . . And all his life he was in desperate need of enormous sums of money to build his fabled reasoning machine, the Difference Engine, the first digital computer in history. To publicize his Engine, Babbage sponsors a private astronomical expedition - a party of four men and one remarkable woman - who will set out from Washington City and travel by wagon train two thousand miles west, beyond the last known outposts of civilization. Their ostensible purpose is to observe a total eclipse of the sun predicted by Babbage's computer, and to photograph it with the newly invented camera of Louis Daguerre." 305 pp.

New York: Bantam. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0553802089 . Signed edition. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription on the title page, by the author. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Max Byrd was born in Atlanta, Georgia and now lives in northern California. He was educated at Harvard and at King's College, Cambridge, England. He has taught English at Yale and the University of California, Davis, though he left academia some time ago to become a full-time writer. During his teaching years he published a number of scholarly books and articles about 18th-century literature, which now rest in moldy obscurity in a few stately libraries." (from FantasticFiction) ; Signed by Author .

New York:: Bantam,, (2003.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Historical novel based on an event in the life of Charles Babbage - "an English genius of legendary eccentricity. He invented the cowcatcher, the ophthalmoscope, and the 'penny post' . . . And all his life he was in desperate need of enormous sums of money to build his fabled reasoning machine, the Difference Engine, the first digital computer in history. To publicize his Engine, Babbage sponsors a private astronomical expedition - a party of four men and one remarkable woman - who will set out from Washington City and travel by wagon train two thousand miles west, beyond the last known outposts of civilization. Their ostensible purpose is to observe a total eclipse of the sun predicted by Babbage's computer, and to photograph it with the newly invented camera of Louis Daguerre." INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "For . .. . Greetings from the old Santa Fe… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.