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Near Fine in Very Good- jacket. 8-1/2 x 11 Cloth in DJ; 442pp; Slight scuffing, small mark & a tiny bit of edgewear to DJ, DJ protected by mylar sleeve, decorated endpapers, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/VG-condition. Unique, comprehensive reference work presents a complete history of geared planetary machines from Archimedes to present-day astronomical clocks based on personal examination of numerous machines, instruments and clocks in Europe and North America, as well as on study of the scientific literature. Includes bibliography and over 300 illustrations.
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Good; Hardcover, Missing Jacket; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Moderate wear to the covers; Library stamps to the endpapers; Text pages are clean & unmarked; The binding is good with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 3.9 lbs; Dark blue cloth covers with title in gold lettering along spine; 1978, University of Toronto Press; 442 pages; "Geared to the Stars: The Evolution of Planetariums, Orreries, and Astronomical Clocks, " by Henry C. King.
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Good+ in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Clean jacket with no tears (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Excellent binding with a straight spine; This book will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75? ? 11.75? tall); Orange dust jacket with astronomical drawing & title in dark blue lettering; 1978, University of Toronto Press; 442 pages; "Geared to the Stars: The Evolution of Planetariums, Orreries, and Astronomical Clocks, " by Henry C. King.
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Good+ in a Good+ jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Dust jacket has sun-fading along the spine area, otherwise is clean and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Excellent binding with a straight spine; This book will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75Äù Äì 11.75Äù tall); Orange dust jacket with astronomical drawing & title in dark blue lettering; 1978, University of Toronto Press; 442 pages; "Geared to the Stars: The Evolution of Planetariums, Orreries, and Astronomical Clocks, " by Henry C. King.
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Good in Fair dust jacket. 0802023126. 442 pages. Extensive footnotes, glossary, bibliography and index. Over three hundred black and white illustrations. "Traces the complete history of geared planetary machines from the inventions of Archimedes to the astronomical clocks of the present day...The only work of its kind...Concerned not only with the machines themselves but also with the craftsmen who made them and the uses to which they were put."-from dust jacket. Moderate wear to clean and unmarked book. Binding intact. Minor moisture-induced undulating to inner portion of bottom edge of first 110 pages or so. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this masterful treatise.; 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; ASTRONOMICAL MODELS ASTRONOMY PLANETS SCIENCE.
