A Guide to the Planets
by Moore, Patrick; L. F. Ball (Illust)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Plates; B&W Photos and figures; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 254 pages; 1954 W. W. Norton & Company. HC/DJ 1st American edition. Snugly bound and neat in original color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $5.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos from telescope observations and many colored plates contributed by L F Ball. Prior ownership of noted Lunar cartographer, Luis Freile with ownership in pen to the title page and his ink ownership stamp to front endpage and a couple/few pages of the text. Freile was the chief cartographer responsible for the highly regarded Map of the Moon issued by Rand McNally in 1969. It was the first detailed lunar map available for sale to the public. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed with a few nicks and tiny chips at edges. Freile has penned an observational note at front. Very attractive copy with a notable associational ownership. VG++/VG+ .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51323
- Title
- A Guide to the Planets
- Author
- Moore, Patrick; L. F. Ball (Illust)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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