Other Worlds Than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds Studied Under the Light of Scientific Researches
by Proctor, Richard A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
london Lichfield: lLongmans, Green, and Co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Fourth edition revised xii - (ii) - 318 pages, frontis + 6 full page plates 1 folding + text illustrations.The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions. Prize bookplate to front paste down presented by the governor's of Christ Hospital 1896 to B.A,B McCave.Bound in a full dark plum full calf, with the hospitals gilt crest to upper board, the boards with 2 gilt ruled borders. The spine with gilt decorations to the compartments. The binding clean and tight with no splits or chips.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03615
- Title
- Other Worlds Than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds Studied Under the Light of Scientific Researches
- Author
- Proctor, Richard A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- lLongmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- london Lichfield
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 16mo - over 5� - 6�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- iso-graphic projections, planets, space. astronomy
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