Early Astronomy and Cosmology: A Reconstruction of the Earliest Cosmic System
Published by London: George Allen & Unwin, 1932
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: MostlyAcademic, Berrima, NSW, AustraliaMostlyAcademic
AbeBooks seller since October 6, 2021
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 79.56
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Printed in Great Britain. First Printing. [Date from the copyright page.] Frontispiece, Foreword, Preface, Figures, Footnotes, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography, Index; 192 pages. The original maroon cloth shows a little softening of the corners and rippling to the extreme bottom edge of the upper board. Gilt lettering on the bumped spine is still clearly legible. The original dustjacket is still here; however, it is extremely toned and split at the front joint. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] The book's interior is creamy-bright, quality paper, and is completely clean. Top-edge colored maroon. There is an interesting presentation note, in ink, on the front free endpaper: "To A. S. D. Maunder F.R.A.S. / from Robert Barker F.R.A.S." Barker headed a group of astronomers active in the British Astronomical Association; the recipient was Annie Scott Dill [Russell] Maunder. When she married Walter Maunder in 1895, she had to resign her work at the solar telescope in Greenwich Observatory because married women were forbidden to work in public service. (Nevertheless, she was editor of the BAA Journal for many years.) She was refused membership in the Royal Astronomical Society in the 1890s because of her gender and was, finally, one of the first women admitted in 1916.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Early Astronomy and Cosmology: A Reconstruction of the Earliest Cosmic System
- Author
- Menon, C. P. S. Foreword by L. N. G. Filon.
- Publisher
- London: George Allen & Unwin
- Publication year
- 1932
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
MostlyAcademic
Berrima, NSW, Australia
AbeBooks seller since October 6, 2021
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