United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; 6th Impression. Hardcover. Very Good 6th Impression hardcover (stated) in Fair dustjacket. Clean blue cloth boards lightly bumped to spine ends and rubbed to corners. Text block edges very lightly foxed. Internally, no writing or stamps. Clean, bright, crisp pages. Unclipped dustjacket bumped and chipped to spine ends, with closed tear to front upper spine edge. Some chipping to corners and light foxing to panels - supplied in a new removable archival sleeve. Nice copy. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages .

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Bookseller: The Old Bookshelf (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 60531
Title: THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES
Author: James, Jeans. Sir
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; 6th Impression
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
Date Published: 1945
Keywords: Astronomy
Bookseller catalogs: Astronomy;

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Welcome to the home of The Old Bookshelf, situated in Campbeltown on the West Coast of Scotland. Our wee bookshop holds over 15,000 New, Antiquarian, Out of Print and Used titles available for immediate despatch. We maintain a wide general stock, specialising in local, Scottish, maritime and military. Out of print and new titles are catalogued every day.Scottish Independent Retail Awards Regional Finalist: 2011 and 2015. Winner 2016

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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...
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Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...