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The Story of the Heavens
by BALL, Sir Robert Stawell
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No DJ
- Seller
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Hullavington, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell & Co Ltd, 1897. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. New Revised Edition. DESCRIPTION: Full blue leather prize binding by Relfe Brothers, London with gilt device of Reading School to front. Gilt floral borders to boards. Five ridged spine with decorated panels and gilt titles on red leather tile plate. Marbled edges. Illustrated with ieghteen coloured plates and numerous drawings. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners, edges and chipped spine ends. 1.5cm tear to upper front spine edge. Rubbed boards with marks. Cracked front and rear endpapers. Hinges remain firm. strong hinges. Stain marks to endpaper margins with light rippling to lower margin of opening pages and upper margins of closing pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages xix, 556. Size: 24cm by 15.5cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jacket and Cloth
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10789
- Title
- The Story of the Heavens
- Author
- BALL, Sir Robert Stawell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
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All our books are sold with a 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
SHIPPING
Orders are usually shipped within 1-2 business days. All quoted shipping costs are based on books weighing less than 1Kg. If your book order is heavier than 1Kg or oversized, we may contact you to let you know if extra shipping is required. Overseas shipping costs are based on either Royal Mail International Tracked Service, ParcelForce or Fedex. If you wish to use a specific or alternative tracked service than the one shown, we would be pleased to provide you with a quote.
**PLEASE NOTE** that customers are responsible for all import duties or taxes on overseas deliveries. Please check your local rules and regulations before purchasing.
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Hullavington, Wiltshire
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Device
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