Chicago, IL: University Of Chicago Press, Date: 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 341 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket. First Edition / First Printing. 5,4,3,2,1. NOTE: Foxing to page edges. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. 1990. University Of Chicago Press ISBN 0226870545 9780226870540 [US]

University of Chicago Press, Date: 1990-12-15. hardcover. Used: Good. 1990. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226870545 9780226870540 [US]

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Date: 1991. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Ex-library book with one marking (numbers and letters taped to spine), extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, bright pages, tight binding, else Very Good(+).. Red octavo, gilt to spine, x, 341 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. Astrophysicists -- United States -- Biography. || Contents: Prologue: Tracking the Legend of Chandrasekhar -- The Simple and True -- Choosing the Unconventional: A Family Trait -- Determined To Pursue Science: Lahore and Madras, 1910-1930 -- Discoveries, Personal and Scientific: Cambridge and Copenhagen, 1930-1933 -- Fellow of Trinity College: Cambridge, 1933-1934 -- The Absurd Behavior of Stars: Eddington and the White Dwarfs: Cambridge, 1934-1935 -- "I Must Push On in My Directions": Cambridge and Harvard, 1935-1936 -- Lalitha: Madras, 1936 -- Scientist in the Midst of Political Turmoil: Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1937-1952 -- The Autocrat of the Editor's Desk: The Astrophysical Journal: Chicago, 1952-1971 -- In the Lonely Byways of Science: Chicago, 1972-1989 -- Epilogue: Conversations with Chandra. 1991. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226870545 9780226870540 [US]

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, Date: 1991. x, 341p., b/w illus., dj. 1991. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226870545 9780226870540 [US]

University of Chicago Press, Date: 1990-12-15. hardcover. Used:Good. 1990. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226870545 9780226870540 [US]

ISBN10: 0226870545, ISBN13: 9780226870540, [publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Spine slightly slanted, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Especially nice copy of this biography of a Nobel Prize laureate.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
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Chicago University of Chicago Press 1991 Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket First edition. Spine slightly slanted, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Especially nice copy of this biography of a Nobel Prize laureate.

ISBN10: 0226870545, ISBN13: 9780226870540, [publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Spine slightly slanted, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Especially nice copy of this biography of a Nobel Prize laureate.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
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University Of Chicago Press, Date: 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 307 Pp + Unpaginated Notes And Illustrations Pages At End. Fine, With University Of Chicago Press Announcement Of Forthcoming Publication On October 1990. 1990. University Of Chicago Press ISBN 0226870545 9780226870540 [US]