ISBN10: 0226724565, ISBN13: 9780226724560, [publisher: The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London (1988). First edition/first printing, with number series: [-] 88 5 4 3 2 1 on copyright page.] Hardcover First Edition 6 3/4" x 9 1/2", xviii, 561 pp., illustrated with repros. of black & white astronomical photos, charts, etc. Appendix: Notation and Units; References; Index. Foreword by William A. Fowler. Dark blue cloth with titles, etc., and University of Chicago device stamped in silver on the spine; glossy, blue, black & white photo-pictorial dustjacket with a repro. of a Palomar Observatory photo of the spiral galaxy NGC 5457 in Ursa Major, on the front panel. These defects are present in this copy: a 1" yellow magic marker strip on fore-edge of book at the head of spine; 3 light indentations in central area of the outer front cover of book, with the same set of indentations on the front panel of the dustjacket (not breaking through the paper of the dustjacket), lower left-hand (fore-edge area) of the back of dustjacket panel (corner area) shows a 1" vertical tear to the paper, 2" crease running diagonally across the corner area of the dustjacket, inner front flap of dustjacket shows light creases. These defects are not visible in the scan of the book in its dustjacket. Interior is clean & unmarked. Scarce first printing of an important book. Weight: 2 1/2 lbs.
[Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: ...
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ISBN10: 0226724565, ISBN13: 9780226724560, [publisher: University Of Chicago Press, Chicago] Hardcover First Edition Black Cloth. First Printing. New, Still In Shrink Wrap, New Dj.
[Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1988]
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