Exploring Planetarium by Moore Patrick (6 results)

Condition: Good. 1968. Third impression. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Cyril Deakins. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes, with plastic cover. Book is square and binding is tight. Pages are clean and bright with only minimal finger soiling. Some underlining in text in pencil. Cover boards are in great shape. Dust jacket has some sun fading to the colors along the spine. Although a library item. it only circulated a few times. Prominent tape stains to cover boards and both front and back end papers. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, markings and shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. ex-library copy. there is some edge wear on the book and jacket. old tape residue. all pages remain clear and presentable. fairly good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Reprints. Hardcover. Very good in like dustjackets (sterling prices intact). A fine pair of well-written juvenile astronomy books, by the well-known of British astronomer/broadcaster, each illustrated with b/w drawings by Cyril Deakins in a charming and clear style. Some of the information may be slightly dated, but much is still relevant and correct and a lot is historical information anyway. The first volume is co-authored by Henry Brinton. Australian postage is set at $12, overseas postage for the two books is set at $15, so ignore any site's default postage, which will be revised down when the order is processed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. No signatures. Ink number on front endpaper. Some rubbing and creasing to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 96 pages. Green boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 210 x 134mm. Purple illustrated endpapers. Illustrated by Cyril Deakins. Astronomy, aimed at younger readers. "Who could ask for a better of more experienced guide to the Planetaria of the world than Patrick Moore? Boys and girls who are fascinated by astronomy and all the new, exciting ventures into space will find Mr. Moore's account very much to their taste. And once again Cyril Deakins has brought the pages vividly to life with over fifty drawings." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Among the Stars; Star Globes and Orreries; The first Planetarium; Theatre of the Stars; Speeding-up the Solar System; Some special Effects; Space-travel in the Planetarium; The Celestial Sphere; Patterns of Stars; The Depths of Space; In the Planetarium; Glossary; Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Moore, Patrick. Exploring the Planetarium. London: Odhams Books 1968. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Very good. Slight bumping and shelf wear to dust jacket and price clipped. Green boards bright. Binding strong and tight. Contents clean and bright 94pp. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.