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(CELESTIAL.) Elias Colbert. Astronomy Without a Telescope: Being a Guide-Book to the Visible

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(CELESTIAL.) Elias Colbert. Astronomy Without a Telescope: Being a Guide-Book to the Visible

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(CELESTIAL.) Elias Colbert. Astronomy Without a Telescope: Being a Guide-Book to the Visible Heavens. 14 celestial charts lithographed in blue, 104 pages. 4to, 9½x8 inches, publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, moderately worn; contents clean. Most recent publicly available sale record is 1938. Chicago: George & C.W. Sherwood, 1869

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(CELESTIAL.) Elias Colbert. Astronomy Without a Telescope: Being a Guide-Book to the Visible

Name: (CELESTIAL.) Elias Colbert. Astronomy Without a Telescope: Being a Guide-Book to the Visible
SKU: 165834072
Price: 1000 USD
Availability: InStock

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