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The Comet Is Coming!: The Feverish Legacy of Mr. Halley
by Calder, Nigel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670232165
- ISBN 13
- 9780670232161
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar Jacket Cover. Written in anticipation of the return of the most famous of comets--exciting book on Halley's Comet and its history , legends, and on the science of comets. Tan linen half-cloth with black titles, blue boards. Very clean and unmarked. Light wear of lower front corner. Tight, solid and square. Ffep has a small drawing and initials on corner. Otherwise interior is Fine. Illustrated with maps, photos, diagrams, some in color , some b/w. Jacket is very clean with slight edgewear. Halley's Comet--1066, 1758, 1910, 1979, 1985--when? 160 pages with Bibliography and Index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Viking Press, New York, 1981.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012311
- Title
- The Comet Is Coming!: The Feverish Legacy of Mr. Halley
- Author
- Calder, Nigel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670232165
- ISBN 13
- 9780670232161
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- COMETS; SCIENCE; ASTRONOMY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Fine
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- FFEP
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