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Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 7, 1869
Sands, Commmodore B. F. (Director) & Simon Newcomb & William Harkness & Asaph Hall; et. al.
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington D. C., 1870
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Add to basket1/4 leather. Condition: Very Good+. Second Revised Edition. Chromolithographs; lithographs, charts, woodcuts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 217 pages; 1870 Government Printing Office. 2nd revised edition. 4to in original forest green cloth with titles brightly in gilt to upper board; spine unlettered, as issued. This 2nd edition, slightly… revised from the original 1869 edition, with the addition of several components to the Observations of Hall, as well as the printing of Plates VI - VIII on heavier paper. Soundly bound and clean with partial split to the cloth over the front joint and superficial localized bubbling to cloth over boards. Penciled note at front, presumably in his hand: "From Senator Tipton January 18, 1871" (Thomas Tipton, Republican Nebraska). Contents very fresh and neat with all plates present and in excellent condition. Includes 5 chromolithographs depicting the Eclipse, several lithographs of facilities and instruments etc as well as charts and woodcuts in text. VG . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
