Handbook Descriptive Astronomy by Chambers, Used (14 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Halbleder. Condition: Befriedigend. Third Edition, re. ??? Zustand: Poor! ExLibrary. Heavily worn contemporary binding, back open. Provenance: Library of the British Astronomical Association (stamps to title). Beide Deckel deutlich gelockertr. Innen: Bindung hält, Ppaier gebräunt, wenig fleckig --- Inhalt: Book I: The Sun and Planets, Book II Ecipses and associated Phenomena, Book III Physical and miscellaneous astronomical phenomena, Book IV Comets, Book V Chronological astronomy, Book VI The starry heaven, Book VII Practical astronomy, Book VIII A sketch of the history of astronomy, Book IX Meteoric Astronomy, Book X Spectroscopic astronomy, Book XI Astronomical bibliography, XI Astronomical tables; Vocabulary of definitions, Index. With 286 figures KK-PS23-5 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1700.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 3ème Édition. 3 ème edition Volume in-8 (230 x 150 mm), relié percale éditeur XVIII 928 pp Abondamment illustré de planches HT en noir et blanc et couleurs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fourth Edition. Original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Mild rubbing and soiling. Spine ends and corners mildly rubbed and bumped. Crack at center of binding, o/w solid. Clean text. Browned pages, most heavily on title page and adjacent tissue guard for frontispiece. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fourth Edition. Original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Mild rubbing and soiling. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped. Shaken binding with webbing showing at cracked hinges. Light pencil marking to text. Lightly browned pages. Former owner name on front pastedown. No ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 676 pages.

Condition: Fair. 1861. No Edition Stated. 514 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt telescope illustration to front board. Rough cut page edges. Illustrated throughout with black and white diagrams and two-tone plates. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Moderate tanning and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, with ex-libris plate to front pastedown and pencil mark to front endpaper. Cracking to inner hinges. Illustrations remain bright and clear. Boards have heavy edge wear with heavy rubbing to surfaces. Erosion to hinges, spine ends and corners. Heavy crushing to spine ends, with moderate tanning to spine and gilt. Heavy bumping to corners. Heavy tanning and foxing to textblock.

Volumes I & II (of III). 8vo. pp. ix, xxxi, [1], 676; xix, [1], 558, [2]ads. 67 plates (incl. folding colour frontis. in Vol. I & woodburytype frontis. in Vol. II, some folding or double-page incl. 2 in Vol. II rear pocket). 355 text illus. large folding broadsheet in rear pocket. indices. original cloth (some discolouration to covers of Vol. II, spine ends slightly frayed). Fourth Editions, Revised & Enlarged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fourth Edition. 1890. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. 3 Volume Set. Ex-Library with standard markings.

Fourth edition. 8vo. xxxii, 676, 8 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt to the spine. 36 plates, a handful double page, plus several hundred further illustrations in the text. Discolouration to the spine and, more pronounced, to the rear board, early school prize inscription to the verso of the frontispiece with leaching onto the recto.