ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY: Accompanied with Numerous Illustrations, a Colored Representation of the Solar, Stellar, & Nebular Spectra, & Celestial Charts of the Northern & the Southern Hemispheres
by J. Norman Lockyer
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton, 1874. American Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Color and b/w Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In half black leather over green boards, gilt spine titling, 8vo, 312pp. Features foldout illustrations at rear showing the celestial charts of the hemispheres plus, full color frontis featuring the Spectra of the sun, stars &tc. (shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, toning and browning to pages and endpapers, light foxing to illustrations).
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0827879
- Title
- ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY: Accompanied with Numerous Illustrations, a Colored Representation of the Solar, Stellar, & Nebular Spectra, & Celestial Charts of the Northern & the Southern Hemispheres
- Author
- J. Norman Lockyer
- Illustrator
- Color and b/w Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- American Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- Ingalls2017 ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY: Accompanied with Numerous Illustrations, a Colored Representation of the Solar, Stellar, & Nebular Spectra, & Celestial Charts of the Northern & the Southern Hemispheres.
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Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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