The Mysterious Universe
by Jeans, Sir James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1931. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. An expansion on the Rede Lecture 1930. Contents include "Relativity and the Ether" and "Matter and Radiation". Frontis illustrated with a B&W Picture of a Cluster of Nebulae. 154 Pages, 220g, 7 1/2 Tall. Light blue cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. Some patchy loss of colour to cloth (see photo. Spine slightly faded and tanned. Hinges sound and Binding firm. No inscriptions. Slight tobacco odour. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013130
- Title
- The Mysterious Universe
- Author
- Jeans, Sir James
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- SCIENCE/ASTRONOMY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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