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TAKING THE STARS: Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to Astronauts
by Ifland, Peter
- Used
- fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1575240955
- ISBN 13
- 9781575240954
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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About This Item
Newport News, VA, and Malabar, FL: The Mariners' Museum and Krieger Publishing Company, 1998. xvi, 222 pages. A history of sextants and other instruments used in celestial navigation--all beautifully illustrated by color photographs of instruments from the author's collection, which he donated to the Mariners' Museum. Both book and dust jacket are in virtually as-new condition.. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1024
- Title
- TAKING THE STARS: Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to Astronauts
- Author
- Ifland, Peter
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1575240955
- ISBN 13
- 9781575240954
- Publisher
- The Mariners' Museum and Krieger Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Newport News, VA, and Malabar, FL
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Nautical Maritime Antiques
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime; Antiques and Collectibles;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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