Between the Planets by Fletcher Watson Natural History Museum 1st Paperback Ed

Description: Title of your page goes here Between the Planets by Fletcher Watson Natural History Museum 1st Paperback Ed Title - Between the Planets Editor - Fletcher G. Watson / Pages - 224 Publishing – The book was copyrighted by The President and Fellows of Harvard College in 1941, 1956 and 1962. As a paperback the book was revised in 1962 and published by Anchor Books in Cooperation with the American Museum of Natural History as Anchor Book No. 17. This is one of the first printings of the 1962 Anchor Book, American Museum of Natural History editions. From the front end - “The Natural History Library makes available in paperback format books of enduring interest in the life and earth sciences. Published in cooperation with The American Museum of Natural History and Doubleday Anchor Books, this series introduces the student and the general reader to the study of man–his origins, his nature, and his environment–and to the whole natural world, from sub-microscopic life to the universe at large”. From the back cover - “The spectacular – but little understood–phenomena of comets, asteroids, and meteors are described and explained in this book from the distinguished Harvard Astronomy Series, now specially revised by the author, Between the Planets illumines the differences between comets, each with a nucleus, coma and tail; asteroids, minor planets to be principally between the orbits of Mars and Jupitor ; meteors, commonly known as ‘Shooting Stars,” some which travel in swarms with predictable solar orbits; and meteorites, chunks of stone and metal, weighing up to many million tons, which bombard the earth. Fully illustrated with line drawings and photographs, this book presents a full, vivid account or the origins, orbits, and composition of these celestial objects”. Condition - The book is clean, complete and tightly bound. The cover is unfaded. Cover wear is limited to mild edge wear. The spine edge is edge scuffed but is otherwise fully intact with all print clear and legible. There are no markings in the book. The pages are slightly age toned. There are no torn, missing, loose, creased or marked pages. The book is in overall very good+ condition. The book will be shipped in a box via media mail. Multiple book purchases made the same day might be eligible for combined shipping at a lower overall cost. If you wish to purchase more than one book place your choices in a cart then request and wait for a total prior to paying. ••••••••••

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