Welcome to the web site of me, David Gower-Spence. Based in the Post Office at Peasedown St. John neat Bath in England, I offer a selection of over 30,000 second hand, out of print, rare and scarce books as well as good reading books from just £3.00
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Second Hand Books On Astronomy
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D. Van Nostrand Co, Hardback, 1964 Good. A reasonable reading copy only. Gently bruised at head & tail of spine and corners, boards a little faded. Leans very slightly. Text bright and tight.
William Heinemann, Hardback, 1955 in Dust Wrapper. Good - in Poor DJ. DJ faded and spotted, some loss at head of spine. Top edges of text block heavily spotted and browned. Text bright and tight.
N.E.L., Paperback, 1963 Good+. A little rubbed at the edges, head and tail of the wraps. Pages tanned, dull at edges of text block. Slightly fragile but tight.
Lutterworth Press, Hardback, 1968 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good - in Good DJ. Edges of DJ somewhat ruffled, some small nicks and tears that are mostly closed. Previous owners inscription to the rear endpaper and flap.
British Broadcasting Corporation, Hardback, 2001 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners with commensurate ruffling to the dustwrapper, small stain to the reverse of the dust wrapper spine. Price Clipped. Text complete, clean and tight but with a small mark to the margin of the last 3 pages.
Basil Blackwell, Hardback, 1950 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Good+ - in Good+ DJ. DJ a little faded with a couple of vertical marks to upper panel. Small previous owners sticker to ffep.
Basil Blackwell, Hardback, 1950 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Good - in Good DJ. Unlaminated DJ a little edgeworn and faded with a nick to the spine, further rubbing to the extremities. Upper board slightly sprung. Previous owners inscription to ffep, on a small sticker.
Mitchell Beazley, Hardback, 1994 in Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and top corners with commensurate ruffling to the dust wrapper. Text complete, clean and tight.
Cassell & Company, Hardback, 1897 Good+. Boards a little rubbed at extremities, more so at head of spine. Light spotting throughout, text and illustrations mostly unaffected. Tight. A nice, solid copy.
