EARTH AND SKY MARVELS OF ASTRONOMY The Wonder Books:
by Smith, Clarence R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago. Univ. of Knowledge, Inc. 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small quarto, hardcover, VG in blue buckram boards with bright gilt design of observatories on cover. Illustrated throughout. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Introduction by Glenn Frank, Editor in Chief of series. Preface by Smith. Chapters on starry night, galaxies and super galaxies, Titans of outer space, solar system, earth, new ideas at 1940. 383 pp.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56127
- Title
- EARTH AND SKY MARVELS OF ASTRONOMY The Wonder Books:
- Author
- Smith, Clarence R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chicago. Univ. of Knowledge, Inc. 1940
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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"...