The Calendar ; The 5000-Year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens - and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days
by Duncan, David Ewing
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1857029798
- ISBN 13
- 9781857029796
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
4th Estate, London, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Diagrammatic. illustrated with bibliographical note, a timeline, and index. The illustrations are line drawings in black-and-white. Colour illustrated cover. Slight rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, otherwise the book is clean and free of annotation." "This is the first complete history of the calendar, and in it are tales of science, religion, superstition and politics of many ages from ancient Egypt to the flowering of Indian and Islamic civilisations. (And onwards). Size: 12mo (standard paperback). XXII, 360 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Diagrammatic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science & Technology; ISBN: 1857029798. ISBN/EAN: 9781857029796. Inventory No: 0247143. . 9781857029796
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0247143
- Title
- The Calendar ; The 5000-Year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens - and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days
- Author
- Duncan, David Ewing
- Illustrator
- Diagrammatic
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1857029798
- ISBN 13
- 9781857029796
- Publisher
- 4th Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BZDB2 CALENDAR COSMOLOGY SPACE AND TIME Science & Technology; Diagrammatic Unbranded ISBN: 1857029798 EAN: 9781857029796 Duncan, David Ewing The Calendar ; The 5000-Year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens - and What Happened to the Missing
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- 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...