Makers of Astronomy
by Hector Macpherson
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. No Edition Stated. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1706094313ADA
- Title
- Makers of Astronomy
- Author
- Hector Macpherson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1933
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...