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Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Blue Leatherette. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. No Additional Printings. Blue Leatherette. Fine/No Jacket. No Additional Printings. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 278 pages; this book contains four accounts of new telescopic instruments developed in the U.S.: 'The Very Large Array,' ( a radio telescope) by D.S. Heeschen; 'The Multiple Mirror Telescope,' by Jacques M. Beckers, and others; The Space Telescope,' by C.R. O'Dell; 'The Einstein Observatory and Future X-Ray Telescopes,' by Riccardo Giacconi, and others; from the Preface: "This monograph contains accounts of the history, planning, and completion of the latest generation of telescopes to be built in the U.S.--a radio telescope, and optical/infrared telescope, an X-ray telescope, and the first large space telescope. These new instruments deserve particular scrutiny because astronomy is an observational, and not an experimental science.".

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good- in wraps. Minor wear to exterior, including a small crease to bottom corner of rear panel. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8.40 X 5.40 X 1.20 inches; 462 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. This is the 3rd Edition, Limited to 1000 copies.Green Boards with gilt lettering and decoration to front board and spineSome fading to Spine and front boardYellowing to pages Minor foxing mainly to page edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine unmarked copy. Hardcover. The book would be Fine but for the book a little stretched by being opened wide at the title page. Otherwise, Fine. Scarce. Robust shipping.