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- From: bcollins@utdallas.edu (ARLIN B COLLINS)
- Subject: Re: Availability of "Explanatory Supplement"
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:01:40 GMT
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- jbrown@stein.u.washington.edu (Jeffery Brown) writes:
- >In article <727701137snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> chris@chrism.demon.co.uk writes:
- >>Does anyone know if the long-awaited new edition of the "Explanatory
- >>Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac" has been published yet?
- >>
- >It has, but it's now published commercially, not by the US Gov't Printing
- >Office and H.M. Stationery Office.
- >
- >"Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac", P. K. Seidelmann, ed.
- >1992 Published by University Science Books. ISBN 0-935702-68-7 (that's
- >hardbound; I don't know if it's available in softcover). I got mine back
- >in September or so, having ordered it in advance. Unfortunately, I've
- >forgotten what it cost me; I think it was in the $50 (+/- $15) range, and
- >I know I got a discount by ordering it early.
- >---
- here's a little more info:
- University Science Books
- 20 Edgehill Road
- Mill Valley, CA 94941
- FAX: 415/383-3167
-
- 750 pages, hardcover
-
- I got mine from Science Book Club (same basic company as Astro-book-club)
- order #47160
- retail: $65.
- member: $45.
- 'bonus' $30. (after you accumulate a "bonus" credit)
-
- so, sign-up with Astro-book club, get the basic package,
- and one of your '4' books can be this one....
- whatever, enjoy.
-
- ---I am not affiliated with these book clubs,
- just a happy customer for a few years.
-
- --
- Arlin B Collins Fri 22 Jan Sun Civil Naut Astro
- bcollins@utdallas.edu rise: 07:28 07:02 06:32 06:02
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