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Bok, The Milky Way.

Bok, Bart J / Bok, Priscilla, F.

The Milky Way. The Harvard Books on Astronomy.

Second Edition. Philadelphia / Tokyo, The Blakiston Company, 1946. 15 cm x 21.9 cm. VI, 224 pages. Frontispiece. Ninety-three illustrations and two large-scale photographic maps of the Milky Way. Rear pastedown contains two booklets, entitled ‘The Northern Milky Way’ and ‘The Southern Milky Way’, both from “The Milky Way” by Bart J. Bok and Priscilla F.Bok (1941). Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only foxing and discolouration to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Very light stain to upper internal pages. Minor signs of wear to dustjacket. Minor dampstain to rear centre of bookblock. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

Includes for example the following chapters: Presenting the Milky Way / The Sun’s Nearest Neighbors / The Whirling Galaxy / The Interstellar Gas: Galactic Rotation and Interstellar Gas / Explorations in Space / How Old is the Milky Way? etc.

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Bok, The Milky Way.