Search Results: Books by wilkins h percy

New York: Prentics-Hall, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover.

Frederick Muller Ltd, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. First Edition. 107 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations, illustrative plates and maps throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking & crinkling, mild tanning, thumb marking and occasional foxing. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened. There is bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: British Astronomical Association,, 1950. First Edition. . Paperback. Very Good. creased as printed, unread.

London: British Astronomical Association,, 1957. First Edition. . Paperback. Very Good.

London: British Astronomical Association,, 1959. First Edition. . Paperback. Very Good.

harrap, 1956, first edition ,, . near fine, small closed slit top front, jacket only, NO BOOK

Museum Press Limited, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., 1962. 160 pp. White endpapers. Black cloth with gilt titles. Beige DJ. Light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+. Hard Cover.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1958.. 2nd edition. "Dr Wilkins, leading authority on the Moon, spent sixteen years preparing what is universally acknowledged as the standard Map of the Moon. In these pages he takes the reader to the eyepieces of some of the largest telescopes in the world and illustrates his descriptions with drawings and maps, most of which were specially made for this book...The author concludes with a fascinating survey of evidence of lunar changes and possible forms of life." Pp.180, black & white photo frontispiece + 5 further photograps and 20 drawings, maps to endpapers. Blue cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with edge tears and small loss to top front edge. VG/Good.

London: Frederick Muller, 1958. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good / Fair. Second edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 180pp. From the dustwrapper,"The Moon is the nearest of all celestial bodies and will, undoubtedly, be the first world in space to be visited by rocket-ship. It is therefore of great interest, and may soon become a matter of importance, to know as much as possible about this alien world, especially the nature of the surface features. Not only the immense mountain ranges, gigantic craters, bottomless pits and clefts but many strange objects, unknown on the earth, are described in this book in language that everyone can understand." Illustrated throughout. Condition: Whilst to book is in good readable condition, the page edges are foxed. The dustwrapper is complete but chipped and rubbed to all edges, and is now within a protective sleeve.

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1958. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 180pp. Edgewear and short tears to dust jacket which is now in protective mylar. Tiny blue bleed stain to lower inside rear gutter, with some staining to rear jacket corner..