Handbook of the Stars, for School and Home Use

** TRUE 1ST EDITION, 1868 ** HARDCOVER BOOK ** NO DUSTJACKET ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** CLEAN AND STAIN-FREE ** TEXT UNMARKED ** SOUND AND SOLID ** Published by Woolworth, Ainsworth, and Company, 1868. NOTE: The photos you can access with this listing are of the actual book you will be sent; please examine them closely as they provide the best indication of condition. With 224 pages, followed by 17 full-page star-chart illustration plates. Contains numerous in-text photos and other illustrations, including color frontispiece under tissue guard. Bound in heavy-duty cloth-covered boards with embossed gilt lettering on the spine (somewhat dull). The book has no major flaws, does show brief, occasional, minor signs of use and age (light wear to the cloth binding at the top and bottom of the spine). The book is clean and stain-free, square and straight, still firm and tight in its binding. Corners have not been bumped. Pages are lightly age-toned, but all pages are clean and stain-free, and all text and illustrations remain crisp and legible. Previous owner's name on blank front page, but we detected no other writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings in book. Five-star seller, buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B20.…