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Lot 143
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [ASTRONOMY]. Publications of the Lick Observatory... Volume VIII. Sacramento: W. W. Shannon, 1908.
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$190
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[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [ASTRONOMY]. Publications of the Lick Observatory... Volume VIII. Sacramento: W. W. Shannon, 1908. Folio. Illustrated with 70 photographic plates of nebulae and other heavenly bodies and several intertextual illustrations. 46 pp. Publisher's full dark brown pebbled cloth, boards ruled in blind, front board and spine stamped in gilt, rear board stamped in blind.
Condition
Spine toned, gilt nearly invisible, spine chipped and boards worn, hinges starting, tissue-guards on plates worn, foxed and creased, several gutters cracking, text and plates lightly toned. Good. FIRST EDITION WITH BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. Uncommon. Ownership signature of physicist Carl Dolnick and mathematician Ardis T. Monk.
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