The Planets by Dava Sobel ISBN 13: 9781857028508

London: Fourth Estate. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2005. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 271 pp. .

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Fourth (4th) Estate Ltd., London, 2005. ISBN: 1857028503. Hardcover (14 x 21 cm), 271 pages [with glossary, details (notes), bibliography and list of illustrations]. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Near Fine condition. Lightly bumped. The dj is covered in an archival book cover (removable). "This groundbreaking new work from Dava Sobel, author of the bestselling 'Longitude', tells the story of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes. This extraordinary book of science, history, biography and storytelling will engage and delight. It is at once timely and timeless, and of infinite relevance to this age in which new planets are being discovered elsewhere in our galaxy, around stars other than the Sun." Weight (before packaging): 440g