HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1931* Publisher: Cambridge University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs, two slight dents to edges, absolutely minimal shelf wear. Spine browned and aged. GOOD* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, slight damp marks & inscription erased to ffep. Pencil annotation to rear end-paper, no marks to text, slight marks to top and fore edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout. Two fold out stamp maps at rear showing the northern and southern sky.* Pages: 153 pp. text. xxxv pp. appendices & index at rear.* Description: The text of a series of wireless talks expanded into book form aiming at the provision of an easy, readable and not over-serious introduction to the most poetical of sciences, modern astronomy. Although much water has passed under the bridge since this was written it still gives a good grounding to the amateur.* A NEAR VG copy of the 1st./1st with minor text block faults, reduced to good by spine age. No dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5111
Title: The Stars in Their Courses
Author: Jeans, Sir James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/GD/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn. 1st. Imp.
Publisher: Macmillan & Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: UK 200
Date Published: 1931-01-01
Size: 19.4 x 13.8 x 2.4 cm

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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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