The Torch-Bearers: Watchers of the Sky
by Noyes, Alfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good-
- Seller
-
Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1922. The First Printing of Watchers of the Sky, although complete in itself, is also the first part of a trilogy of books known as The Torch-Bearers. The subject matter deals with scientists in history, such as Copenicus, Galileo, and Newton, whose great discoveries revolutionized the world of thought and changed the lives of mankind forever. The book is in Very Good+ condition, with the rare, existent, price-unclipped dust jacket, in Good- condition. (Click on photo.) This clean, handsome book is bound in black cloth with a pastedown illustration by famed American artist and illustrator, Spencer Baird Nichols. The book has light edgewear at corner and spine tips, and the boards are slightly cocked. The book is tightly bound, with the address stamp of a former owner on the front free endpaper. The text pages are clean and bright throughout. The dust jacket has chipping, mainly at the spine tips and front panel, exactly as shown in photo. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 1/8 inches and includes 281 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000969
- Title
- The Torch-Bearers: Watchers of the Sky
- Author
- Noyes, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- British Poetry, Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Literature; Poetry; Medicine and Science;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Born in the midst of the Great Depression, the theme of the 1939 World’s Fair was “The World of Tomorrow” - a theme that captured the hearts of a generation. Check out the maps, souvenirs, and other ephemera on Biblio!
Collecting History of the Circus in America
Step right up! Take a look at the center ring, where you will see displayed the most amazing, most colorful series of history books that the world has ever seen! Right this way, folks…
