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Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good Minus. FIRST EDITION. From the dust jacket, "Quasars -- or quasi-stellar objects associated with discrete radio sources -- look, to optical astronomers, like very blue but otherwise normal stars... As the quasars were investigated further it became clear that they are amoung the most exciting discoveries in astrophysics in this century." This volume is a collection of lectures given in Manchester in 1965, when quasars were attracting attention in the popular media. 112 pp. Very slight edgewear to book, light wear and light creasing to DJ edges, a couple tiny closed tears, and light scuffing to DJ surfaces. Gilt lettering to book spine, tight, bright, clean.
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QUASARS: THEIR IMPORTANCE IN ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS
by Kahn, F. D., and H. P. Palmer
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QUEEN OF THE DAWN : A LOVE TALE OF OLD EGYPT
by Haggard, H. Rider
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London: Hutchinson, 1925. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Actual physical copy. Romance novel set in the Egypt of yore. 287 pp. Hinge just barely starting. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Slight spine lean. Reading crease to spine. Light soiling to front board. Light rubbing to rear board with a two-inch scratch. Acid transfer from old newspaper article placed in book, to FFEP, rear endpapers. Age-browning to pages of text block.
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QUENTIN DURWARD
by Scott, Sir Walter
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London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1911. Hardcover. Good. REPRINTED. LEATHER-BOUND. A 1.5" chip on edge of cover from top spinecap to front, and scuffing top of pages. Surfaces scraped and scuffed. Small nicks to top edge and rear spine. Edges worn. Lightly age-tanned. This Everyman's Library Collector's Edition is bound in supple burgundy leather with rounded corners and top gilt. Gilt lettering and design debossed to spine. Gilt design with the words "Everyman, I will go with thee and be thy guide, in thy most need to go by thy side" debossed to front cover. Thin silk ribbon bookmark. Illustrated endpaper art, in pale yellow, with "RLK 1905" in the lower right corner (Reginald L. Knowles) is heavily based on that of William Morris and his Kelmscott Press, whereas the quote is derived from the medieval play, Everyman. Clean, tight. 474 pp with notes and glossary. No. 140 of the Everyman's Library. "Quentin Durward is an historical novel by…
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QUICK AND EASY WINEMAKING FROM CONCENTRATES AND FRUIT JUICES
by Delmon, P.J. and B.C.A. Turner
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New York: Hippocrene Books, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus. A guide to easily and inexpensively make wines from always-available juices, rather than starting with fresh fruit, which requires quite a bit of knowledge and skill to process. "This book describes the fruit juices, syrups and concentrates which can be used; offers clear, step-by-step instructions for each part of the operation; and gives simple recipes for making the wine of your choice." Table wines, apertifs, and dessert wines await you! 107 pp. Light speckling to top and fore edges, slight edgewear to book and DJ, .25" closed tear to top edge of DJ at spine. Gilt lettering to spine, green boards. Some interesting and helpful photos. Tight, bright, clean.
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