The Story of the Heavens
by Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Original green cloth. Shaken, splitting along upper joint and torn at head of spine, light marginal browning and offsetting, som
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Casset & Company, 1893. New and Revised edition. First published in 1885. Frontispiece and 17 lithographed plates, some in colors, numerous illustrations in the text. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original green cloth. Shaken, splitting along upper joint and torn at head of spine, light marginal browning and offsetting, some newspaper clipping tipped onto endpapers, else a very good copy. New and Revised edition. First published in 1885. Frontispiece and 17 lithographed plates, some in colors, numerous illustrations in the text. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. With two Original photographs. With TWO ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS, tipped onto board, one showing the Moon and the other the Pleiades.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28273
- Title
- The Story of the Heavens
- Author
- Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece and 17 lithographed plates, some in colors, numerous illustrations in the text. 1 vols. Thick 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green cloth. Shaken, splitting along upper joint and torn at head of spine, light marginal browning and offsetting, som
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New and Revised edition. First published in 1885
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Casset & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Astronomy | Photography | Lithography
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