Albany and Cincinnatti: Erastus H. Pease & Co. And Jacob Ernst. Good+. 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather cover with black panel on spine, gilt lettering. Leather is scuffed, primarily near edges, and cracked at joints. Spine scuffed and has loss of about 1/4 inch at head and tail of spine. Binding sound. Endpapers and several adjoining leaves heavily foxed around edges due to acid in leather. Pages lightly tanned. No marks in text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 228 pages .

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Bookseller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15373
Title: A Treatise On Astronomy, Descriptive, Theoretical and Physical
Author: Robinson, H.N
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Erastus H. Pease & Co. And Jacob Ernst
Place of Publication: Albany and Cincinnatti
Date Published: 1849
Bookseller catalogs: Astronomy; First Editions, Signed, & Collectible;

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My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.

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