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The Southern Sky; Astronomy through Your Own Eyes

Author: Wood, Harley:  
Description: Angus and Robertson 1965 1965 335 g.; VIII, 120 pages, list of plates, introduction by author. Aqua coloured endpapers. Black and white photographic frontispiece, showing the Southern Milky Way in red light to show the hydrogen clouds. The text is illustrated with 10 black-and-white photographic plates and numerous sky charts/maps and the occasional black-and-white illustration. Illustrated front cover, showing the Milky Way, with bright blue background and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. Heavy bumping to the lower right-hand corner of the front board and shelf wear to the lower book boards. Light browning to the text block edges and foxing to the top text block edge. A little age toning to the internal pages. Illustrated dustwrapper, the same illustration as for underlying board, with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the heel of the backstrip. Rubbing to all dustwrapper creases, Staining and marking to the dustwrapper panels. There is a half inch tear to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel and a smaller tear to the top edge of the rear dustwrapper panel. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. " Told in simple language of the layman and suitable for the enthusiastic amateur of any age, The Southern Sky is largely a guide to start recognition. It is designed for use in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa -- anywhere in the southern hemisphere." -- from the front fold over panel. Digital image available upon request. Astronomy
Book Number: 0106232
Keywords: Astronomy, Southern Hemisphere, Star Recognition
Price: $16.00 (AUD)
  
  
Bookshop Name: Syber's Books
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Bookshop Type: · Secondhand Books (Internet)  · Secondhand Books (open to public)  
Region:VIC - Melbourne
Contact Name: David Syber or Penny Merritt
Address:38 Chapel St
Windsor
Victoria  3181
Email:sybersbooks@alphalink.com.au
Phone:95302222
Description:We are general book dealers, with a LARGE (over 70,000 books) collection of science fiction and fantasy, literature, and crime fiction in paperback, and hardcovers.
In Hard Cover we stock modern literature ( mainly as 1st editions), true crime, Science Fiction, Cooking, Biography, History, Natural History, Australiana, Military related books, Children's books, Science, religion, westerns, Arts and other bits and pieces that have been described as "quirky" or "odd".
Because our stock is shelved at two shops, it is best to ring first to find out where a book is. ( We will happily transfer an item from one shop to the other on 24 hours notice.)
Opening Hours:Chapel St. Shop
38 Chapel St Windsor 03 9530 2222
Open by Midday 7 days a week Closing around 5.30 - 6.00 pm

668 GlenHuntly Rd Caulfield Sth 03 9523 6686 open Midday -- 5.00 pm Every day except Thursday

11.00 am until 5.00 pm everyday
Terms:We offer our books as described, and should our description be inaccurate, we will refund the cost of the book.
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