STAR-LAND: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens
by Ball, Sir Robert Stawell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1890. xii, 376, [xvi pub. cat. dated 8.90] pp. Frontis. portrait of the author and 92 text figures. Plain blue cloth, gilt. The author was Lowndean Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. No fading. Gift inscription dated 1895 to the end-paper.. Tenth thousand. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TT135
- Title
- STAR-LAND: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens
- Author
- Ball, Sir Robert Stawell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Tenth thousand
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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- Gilt
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