The Book Nobody Read; chasing the revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
by Gingerich, Owen
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0802714153
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714152
- Seller
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Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Walker & Company, 2004. Hardcover. Good/very good. Octavo, 306 pages. Brown boards with gilt accents and slightly cocked spine. Firm binding; no loose pages. Lightly tanned edges and pages. Dust jacket with minor wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayside Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11181
- Title
- The Book Nobody Read; chasing the revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
- Author
- Gingerich, Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0802714153
- ISBN 13
- 9780802714152
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wayside Books
Biblio member since 2021
Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...