ISBN: 9780674374607 - the harvard college observatory: the first four directorships (belknap press) (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condición: UsedGood. Hardcover; with a foreword by Donald H. Menzel; surplus library copy with t he usual stampings; reference number written on spine; fading, scuffing, an d shelf wear to exterior; corners bumped; information about book taped to f ront endpaper; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jac ket.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. First Edition. Large 8vo. [13],495 pages, Index, Notes. 56 illustrations. Red cloth, silver letters. Near fine condition, unworn, owner's name stamped on lower edge of text block, on front pastedown, and on two lower margins, some paint spots on shelf edge of boards. Dustjacket slightly worn, spine panel faded. Foreword by Donald H. Menzel. From dj: "The authors vividly portray the genesis, growth, and achievements of a major scientific institution and its relations with other observators. Through the use of photographs and correspondence they also portray the men and women who played essential roles in the development of astronomy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." ISBN 0674374606 ; Belknap Press; 56 illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 508 pages.…

Hardcover. Foreword by Donald H. Menzel. Small 4to. Red cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 495pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. An exceptionally tight 'n' bright, all-around superb first edition of this thick history of this pioneering astronomical institution.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Large octavo. Red cloth, silver spine lettering. xiii, 495 pp. Foreword by Donald H. Menzel. Illustrated with 56 black-and-white photographs and reproductions. A comprehensive history of the Harvard College Observatory during its first four directorships, from 1839 to 1919, documenting the institution's scientific development and the individuals who shaped nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American astronomy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Edges are slightly spotten and soiled. Jacket severely faded on spine and rubbed elsewhere. Clean, unmarked, tight binding.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xiii, 495 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Silver. Fine In A Clean Dj Priced $15.00, , Rubbing At Corners, Slight Fading To Spine Panel, 1/2" Tear At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge. Photographs (ilustrador).