The Story of the Sun
by Ball, Sir Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. xii, 376 p.p., [18 p.p. ads]. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titling to front board and spine, and blind tooling. Some rubbing to front board, joint, spine ends, and corners. Minor bumping to spine ends. With eleven full-page colour plates w/ tissue guards, and numerous illustrations. Stub at List of Illustrations form missing page. Gift copy with inscription to front pastedown dated 1900. Ownership inscription to pastedown. Foxing to endpapers but interior clean. First edition released in 1893. Valuable and very interesting nineteenth century scientific text of the sun and solar system.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002407
- Title
- The Story of the Sun
- Author
- Ball, Sir Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Sun, Solar System, Astronomy, Stars, Sun Spots, Solar Corona, Eclipses, Solar Phenomena
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Astronomy;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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