Reports on the Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, December 21-22, 1889 and of the Total Eclipse of the Moon, July 22, 1888

Language: English

Published by State Office, A.J. Johnston, superintendent of state printing, Sacramento, 1891

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Boards show only a touch of shelfwear plus a bit of wear to spine head; gilt spine text is clear. Binding tight; pages clean; inside cover shows p/o signature dated 1892 and, below, a different owner's bookplate. The book's first half features a series of reports by astronomers and others, about the December 1889 solar eclipse and the July 1888 total lunar eclipse. Three silver prints of the solar eclipse from unretouched negatives plus sketches and diagrams. The book's second half consists of "a catalogue of the library published by the Lick Observatory." A startlingly uncommon title. 242 pages total + plates. U.S. buyers, contact me for a possible discount.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Reports on the Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, December 21-22, 1889 and of the Total Eclipse of the Moon, July 22, 1888
Author
S.W. Burnham and J.M. Schaeberle; introduction by Edward S. Holden
Publisher
State Office, A.J. Johnston, superintendent of state printing, Sacramento
Publication year
1891
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
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Washington Square Autographed Books

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Hi all! I've been accumulating volumes for well over half my life, mostly autographed and inscribed copies. Wrote a book on book collecting for a Random House imprint in 2004 and another, "Book Collecting Now: The Value of Print in a Digital Age," for Chatwin Books, published in 2019. I intended to keep most of these books forever, but my wife and I decided to move to Manhattan, which meant downsizing from an enormous suburban house, with practically unlimited bookshelf space, to an apartment in Greenwich Village. So hello, AbeBooks!…

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