STAR-LAND: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens
by Ball, Sir Robert Stawell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1899. xiii, 398,pp. Frontis. photo with telescope at Cambridge University and 94 text figures. Full red calf school prize binding with gilt decoration and titles. Dble gilt ruled borders to the boards, gilt. Matching red marbled end-papers. The author was Lowndean Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. No fading, labels or inscriptions. A fine example in a beautiful binding. . New and Revised Edition. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GT321
- Title
- STAR-LAND: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens
- Author
- Ball, Sir Robert Stawell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
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